#80 Re-Use in Construction: with Dr. Catherine de Wolf, ETH Assistant Professor.
Fotos Ⓒ 1. ETH, 2.-3. Catherine de Wolf, 4. Alexandre Attias, ff: ETH
Heute finden viele ihren Traum-Partner mit Hilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz. Kann KI oder diese Technologie auch in der Bauindustrie den besten Match finden? An der Automatisierung für die Wiederverwendung von Baumaterialien arbeitet Dr. Catherine de Wolf. Assistenzprofessorin für "Circular Engineering for Architecture" an der ETH Zürich. Birgit ist unser Kapitän und spricht mit Catherine wie das am realen Beispiel des Centre Pompidou in Paris gelungen ist und warum die Verbindung zwischen Wissenschaft und Industrie der Schlüssel für eine zirkuläre gebaute Umwelt ist.
CEA Digital Circular Economy Lab
A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age
As Assistant Professor of Circular Engineering for Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Prof. Catherine De Wolf is conducting research on digital innovation towards a circular built environment. She is the director of the Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA). The CEA lab is an interdisciplinary team of civil engineers, architects, urbanists, and computer scientists who collaborate towards automating the reuse of building materials. A key element in Catherine's work is ensuring a continuous link between academia and industry. Therefore, she works with real-world examples such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Catherine also co-founded several companies and labs, such as Ankucall_made and the DiCEcall_made lab. She is a member of the board of Switzerland Innovation Park Centralcall_made and the reuse association Cirklacall_made. Next to this, she is a faculty member of the AI Center at ETH Zurich. With an affiliation at EMPAcall_made, Catherine also collaborates with the Urban Energy Systems Lab. Moreover, she is on the Steering Committee of the Centre for Augmented Computational Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, also known as Design++. Finally, she is also a PI in the National Centre of Competence in Research on Digital Fabrication (DFABcall_made). Combining digital innovation with circular, regenerative construction drives all aspects of her academic, designer, entrepreneurial, and filmmaking work.