CEA Lab featured in The Architectural Record’s article “Continuing Education: Circular Construction”
In The Architectural Record, Matthew Marani interviews Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf, highlighting the urgent shift needed from linear to circular construction to address building waste, with a focus on adaptive reuse and design for ease of disassembly.
The Architectural Record features an interview by Matthew Marani with Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf, highlighting her research on the critical shift from linear to circular construction to tackle building waste. Her interdisciplinary team at CEA Lab is using AI-powered software to match salvaged building components with new construction needs. Catherine notes that while circular construction is mainly seen in niche projects like the renovation of Centre Pompidou where she participated in making the reuse of the bent glass panels a reality, together with Elioth and Maximum Architecture (who won the Trophée Eiffel 2022 in the Reuse category for it), broader industry adoption requires efficient material connections among all stakeholders.
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The Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA) develops research on matching reused architectural materials with people and projects through digitalization for a circular built environment. For more information visit our webpage.