Publications by Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet

Plane Reciprocal Diagrams

James Clerk Maxwell is one of the giants of scientific thought, and whilst his groundbreaking contributions to electromagnetism and statistical physics are well known, his profound insights into the theory of structures are appreciated less widely. Maxwell ...

Cambridge University Press2025

A standardized method to assess the reuse potential of building components

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

This paper presents a standardized assessment method to evaluate the reuse potential of building components, addressing the construction industry's need for sustainable resource management. The procedure relies on basic data about the assessed building, wi ...

CRC Press2025

An extensive database of Swiss building structures to predict the availability of materials and components

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

Predicting the availability and quantities of reusable components and recyclable materials is one of the challenges of a wider implementation of circular economy practices in construction. A detailed knowledge of the composition of past and current buildin ...

CRC Press2025

Pedagogy of an interdisciplinary, hands-on workshop to design and build floor systems with reused materials

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Célia Marine Küpfer, Peter Zurbrügg, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

This paper reflects on the pedagogy used for a series of student workshops on building with reused materials at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and presents the results of its 7 th edition, which focused on floor systems. During these w ...

CRC Press2025

The persistent practice of reuse in the modern era: A survey of francophone advertising in Switzerland from 1851 to 1968

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

This study examines the persistent, though often overlooked, practice of material reuse in francophone Switzerland, exploring advertisements from 1851 to 1968 that illustrate a continuous and practical approach to reclaiming construction materials. These a ...

CRC Press2025

Analysis and Synthesis of Existing Procedures Used to Determine the Reuse Potential of Building Elements

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

Amid escalating concerns over CO2 emissions, resource depletion, and waste generation in construction, reusing building elements from obsolete structures presents a sustainable solution. This paper critically reviews 21 procedures used in Europe and the Un ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2025

New tectonics of concrete through rubble reuse

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Stefana Parascho, Maxence Grangeot

Driven by the sustainability of the construction industry, concrete rubble is increasingly considered as a construction material rather than a waste. Analysing structures from such material through the conceptual tool of tectonics highlights a fertile grou ...

CRC Press2025

Large Concrete Rubble as a New Structural Construction Material: Opportunities and Digital Processes for Load-Bearing Walls

Christophe Moser, Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Maxence Grangeot

Concrete is amongst the most wasted materials on earth, mainly due to building demolitions. Currently, after a building’s end of life, concrete is crushed to be used as replacement gravel in new concrete mixes or for backfilling. Aiming to increase the cir ...

MDPI AG2025

Unraveling the architectural design process: A comprehensive study of challenges in designing with reused components

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet

With increasing environmental problems such as resource scarcity, high CO₂ emissions, growing construction waste and biodiversity loss, the design strategy with reused components offers a much-needed sustainable solution. However, a radical shift in the co ...

CRC Press2025

Maximisation of the environmental performance of beams through the optimisation and comparison of different typologies

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Edisson Xavier Estrella Arcos, Noémie Isabelle Denise Riez

This study aims to enhance the Environmental Performance (EP) of structural elements focusing on isostatic beams to mitigate the construction sector’s impact. The objective of the study is to determine the optimum typology and geometry to maximize EP for a ...

Elsevier BV2025