Zirkuläre Architektur / Architecture circulaire / Architettura circolare Jan Brütting’s doctoral work, and more generally research activities at the Structural Xploration Lab, are featured in the latest tri-lingual special issue…

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2021 Recent research results produced at the Structural Xploration Lab, EPFL are discussed in the latest issue of the Werk, Bauen + Wohnen magazine (issue 5-2021 “Marterialkreislauf”). Werk, Bauen +…

Jan Brütting and colleagues from the Structural Xploration Lab (SXL) present their research on kit-of-parts structures at the Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) conference. AAG is a conference where both…

Design and fabrication of a reusable kit of parts for diverse structures A promising strategy to enable structural component reuse consists in designing a bespoke kit of parts whose elements…

DRIVEN is an incubation program aiming to embed advanced computational design strategies in early stage entrepreneurship for a Circular Economy. As part of their training program, DRIVEN is frequently hosting workshops…

Jan Brütting has been invited to join the Scientific Committee of the symposium. This second edition of the Conceptual Design of Structures Symposia will take place in Attisholz, Switzerland from…

Jan Brütting (SXL) has been invited to present his work at the symposium “CIRCULAR STRATEGIES – Towards a sustainable built environment” at the Institute of Architecture of the University of Applied…

FAI Geneva – Interface 31 – June 2020 “Pour la bonne forme, ingénierie structurale et usage raisonné des ressources”.The latest issue of Interface explores recent research developments in Switzerland related to the…

New journal publication in Frontiers in Built Environment New journal publication “Optimum design of frame structures from a stock of reclaimed elements” in the open access journal Frontiers in Built Environment – Special Topic: Structural…

The research of SXL is featured in the new book “Upcycling” by Daniel Stockhammer (ed.). The book “Upcycling – Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture” by Daniel…

The Chair for Structural Design – Prof. Joseph Schwartz invites Jan Brütting to present his research to ETHZ’s Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA). The lunch talk will take place on March 5th…

Environmental impact minimization of reticular structures made of reused and new elements through Life Cycle Assessment and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Just because components are reused doesn’t mean it is the…

SXL contribution to special issue of ‘The Structural Engineer’, January 2020 Corentin Fivet and Jan Brütting (Structural Xploration Lab, EPFL) contributed to the latest issue of The Structural Engineer. From digital skills…

SXL’s entry at the IASS 2019 Pavilions Expo, October 7-10, 2019. With “1to3”, the Structural Xploration Lab shows the design of one bespoke kit of parts to build three structures of different…

Delivered every year by the International Association for Shell ans Spatial Structures, the Hangai prize recognizes talented young researchers, designers, and engineers working in the field of shell and spatial structures. The award…

International Conference on Structures and Architecture – ICSA 2019, July 24-26, 2019 – Lisbon Jan Brütting is participating in this year’s International Conference on Structures and Architecture – ICSA 2019, held…

July 2nd, 2019 — 1-4 PM — smart living lab (Halle Bleue, Fribourg) This Tuesday July 2nd, the smart living lab is hosting an expert workshop on the circular economy in the…

The reuse of structural components for multiple service lifes Jan Brütting has been interviewed by Future Of Design NYC. The interview is a preamble to the IABSE symposium that will take place on…

New publication in Structures vol 18, April 2019 This paper presents structural optimization techniques to design truss structures that make best use of a given stock of structural components. Still…

The Reuse of Load-Bearing Systems How far can we go when it comes to reuse load-bearing systems for new purposes? What are state-of-the-art design principles and methods? What are the…

Papers at the Annual Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, at MIT, Boston. July 16-20, 2018 Jan Brütting is presenting with Julieta Moradei a paper co-authored…

Jan Brütting receives EDCE PhD Mobility Award 2018 I am currently developing my PhD research at the Structural Xploration Lab (SXL), which is part of the smart living lab in Fribourg. We conduct research…

On 20 November, the Structural Xploration Lab (SXL) will host the Swiss premiere of the movie “Frei Otto, Spanning the Future”, with screening scheduled at 12:00 in Project Room and 19:00 in…

The ski pavilion developed by the Structural Xploration Lab (smart living lab, ENAC) took part in the grand opening of the biennale of architecture lyon (BAL) in the Sucrière, Lyon,…

The ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2015-16 has been selected as the winner of the 2017 ArchDaily Building of the Year Award in the Small Scale Architecture category. With two weeks of…

The construction of the new ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2015/15 has been finished and is now presented to the public. Find here a full description of the project. (c) ICD/ITKE