Felix Heisel / CCL

How can architecture rethink construction sustainably as the challenge of embodied carbon continues to exacerbate the climate crisis? A design research program dedicated to advancing the construction industry from linear material consumption to a circular economy, the Circular Construction Lab (CCL) was founded by @felix.heisel in 2020 at @cornellaap . For CCL, circular construction involves activating the built environment as it currently exists for reuse and reconfiguration while designing and constructing buildings that can act as material depots for future assemblies. At this lecture, Heisel will expand on circular construction and the reuse imperative, from CCL’s policy white paper on deconstruction for New York State to his work on residential prototypes designed for future disassembly across Europe. This event will be moderated by Gizem Karagoz, assistant vice president of green economy at @nycedc . A circular construction and reuse trade fair, featuring New York–based organizations and vendors, will precede the lecture. Stay tuned for more information! 🗓️ Thur, May 14 🕑 5:30 pm trade fair; 6:30 pm lecture 📍 Frederick P. Rose Auditorium at The Cooper Union 🎟️ Free for League members and Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff; $20 general admission. Register at the link in bio. Not a member? Join at archleague.org/membership 📸 Circular Construction Lab | Catherine Commons Deconstruction Project, Ithaca, New York, 2021. Image credit: Jason Koski, UREL

Very much looking forward to this conversation with Kate Raworth about Dougnut Economics in NYC/NYS at the New York City Department of Design and Construction DDC Talks, November 29th. @cornell.architecture @cornellaap @kate_raworth #DDC #ddctalks

Join us this Monday, Nov 24 for a launch webinar of: Embodying Justice in the Built Environment: Just and Equitable Land Use Transitions in Advancing Carbon Neutrality (Link to register for the webinar and download the workbook in comments.) This new workbook provides a framework for centering justice in land use planning for a carbon-neutral future. This newest guide was created by the Reparative Praxis Lab, Just Places Lab, and the Circular Construction Lab at Cornell AAP; Dylan Stevenson at the University of Washington College of Built Environments; and the Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning. Working with the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance leadership and member cities, the research team developed this free, practical guide with question sets and practice stories about how cities can address equities and injustices in the built environment while working to lower embodied carbon. This is the second guide and workbook in the Embodying Justice in the Built Environment series. Download the guide and register to join the public webinar on Monday,November 24 at 12:00 noon US Eastern Time / 9 am US Pacific Time @cornell_crp @cornellaap @cnca_80x50 @abrakadylan @akopetzky_ @felix.heisel @gretchenmworth @deirdrekennedy_ @justinpeng_ @davidperovsek @zoningatlas #justplaceslab

One year after 2024 Build Fest, MycoShell is standing proudly on the grounds of the original Woodstock Festival, becoming more and more part of the ground its materials originally came from. #circularconstruction #reuse #regenerativearchitecture #circulareconomy #mycelium #vault #woodstock @regenerativearchitecturelab @andrewb_9 @cornellaap @cornell.architecture @bethelwoodscenter @buildingfestival

We managed to get to Bethel Woods 5 min before sunset on our way from NYC and see MycoShell in the winter version ❄️❄️❄️ and it looks good!

The Circular Construction Lab and Just Places Lab, and CR0WD are excited to announce the publication of the co-authored white paper, “Constructing a Circular Economy in New York State: Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse.” The transition from a linear to a circular construction economy represents the possibility to unlock billions of dollars, introduce thousands of new green jobs, divert millions of tons of waste, and prevent 75% of embodied carbon emissions. This white paper provides valuable data and recommendations for the policy and practice changes necessary to meet New York State’s climate goals while realizing significant untapped economic potential. Free download and more information at: ccl.aap.cornell.edu #reuse #deconstruction #circulareconomy #circularconstruction #circularity #salvage #preservation #economicimpact #climatechange #newyorkstate #nys #ccl @cornellaap @cornell.architecture @cornell_crp @atkinsoncenter @jenni_minner @wyetham @diane.cohen.4251 @ithacareuse @gretchenmworth

Take a look at highlights from BuildFest 2024 featuring AAP faculty and alums! Organized and curated by Neal Lucas Hitch (M.S. MDC '24), BuildFest was a five-day live-work festival where academics and researchers built large-scale art installations on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock festival. Images 1-4: MycoShell - installation by Architecture Lecturer Marta H. Wisniewska's Regenerative Architecture Lab, and Assistant Professor of Architecture Felix Heisel's Circular Construction Lab. MycoShell exhibits the potential of biological self-growing and adaptive building materials toward a collaborative future of the digital and the analog. MycoShell is constructed of structural mycelium-bound composite panels that have been grown from a local fungal strain of the Ganoderma family on regional agricultural byproducts of corn and hemp. Images 5-8: Curtain Call - installation by Office Office cofounded by AAP alum Cait McCarthy and Jordan Young (both M.Arch '20) Curtain Call investigates the use of semi-automated construction methods to test the formal, spatial, and structural capacity of light wood framing. Semi-automated construction is a hybrid method that emphasizes human-robot collaboration and allows human participants at all skill levels to easily engage in the construction process. Read the full article in Dezeen - link in bio. Images: Breyden Anderson (2,5) and Thanut Sakdanaraseth (1,3,4,6,7) @regenerativearchitecturelab @marta.h.wisniewska @felix.heisel @caitmccarthy @jordanpttn @officeoffice_ @ab_cde_works @buildingfestival @bethelwoodscenter @cornelleinhorn @cornell.architecture @neallucashitch @andrewb_9 @atkinsoncenter

A nice BuildFest24 summary by Ellen Eberhardt on Dezeen

MycoShell at Bethel Woods 2024 Build Fest Cornell Regenerative Architecture Lab and Circular Construction Lab MycoShell is an installation that exhibits the potential of biological self-growing and adaptive building materials designed to reflect the advancing research of the MycoBuilt project, a cross-disciplinary collaboration of faculty and students in mycology, engineering, and architecture at Cornell University, MycoShell is constructed of structural mycelium-bound composite panels that have been grown from a local fungal strain of the Ganoderma family on regional agricultural by-products of corn and hemp. Additionally reinforced with natural fibers, the result is a bio-based, carbon-negative, and fully circular building component with structural capacities. MycoShell Project Credits: Marta H. Wisniewska (ReAL) and Felix Heisel (CCL), Andrew Boghossian, Brenda Bai, Lauren Franco Natasha Becker, Matthew Glaysher, Marina Rosolem, Jeeya Savani MycoShell BuildFest team: Idil Derman, Eavan Flanagan, Edozie Onumonu, Jasper Owen @regenerativearchitecturelab @marta.h.wisniewska @felix.heisel @ab_cde_works @buildingfestival @bethelwoodscenter @cornelleinhorn @cornellaap @cornell.architecture #mycelium #myceliumdesign #myceliumconstruction #architecture #designbuild #material #materialexploration #circularconstruction

Something slightly different today: The Urban Mining and Recycling Unit (UMAR) by Werner Sobek, Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel at Empa Dübendorf has been included into Sustainable Structures - a children’s book on sustainable construction by Kathrine McMillan. Thank you for the reinterpretation of our work for this completely new and so important audience! #sustainablestructures #sustainableconstruction #circularconstruction #umar #urbanmining #recycling @cornellaap @cornell.architecture @empa_materials_science @werner.sobek @kitarchitektur

MycoShell at Bethel Woods 2024 BuildFest by Cornell Regenerative Architecture Lab and Circular Construction Lab MycoShell is an installation that exhibits the potential of biological self-growing and adaptive building materials designed to reflect the advancing research of the MycoBuilt project, a cross-disciplinary collaboration of faculty and students in mycology, engineering, and architecture at Cornell University, MycoShell is constructed of structural mycelium-bound composite panels that have been grown from a local fungal strain of the Ganoderma family on regional agricultural by-products of corn and hemp. Additionally reinforced with natural fibers, the result is a bio-based, carbon-negative, and fully circular building component with structural capacities. MycoShell Project Credits: Marta H. Wisniewska (Regenerative Architecture Lab) and Felix Heisel (Circular Construction Lab), Andrew Boghossian, Brenda Bai, Lauren Franco Natasha Becker, Matthew Glaysher, Marina Rosolem, Jeeya Savani MycoShell BuildFest team: Idil Derman, Eavan Flanagan, Edozie Onumonu, Jasper Owen @regenerativearchitecturelab @marta.h.wisniewska @andrewb_9 @buildingfestival @bethelwoodscenter @cornelleinhorn @cornellaap @cornell.architecture @atkinsoncenter #mycelium #myceliumdesign #myceliumconstruction #architecture #designbuild #material #materialexploration #circularconstruction

MycoShell at Bethel Woods 2024 Build Fest Cornell Regenerative Architecture Lab and Circular Construction Lab MycoShell is an installation that exhibits the potential of biological self-growing and adaptive building materials designed to reflect the advancing research of the MycoBuilt project, a cross-disciplinary collaboration of faculty and students in mycology, engineering, and architecture at Cornell University, MycoShell is constructed of structural mycelium-bound composite panels that have been grown from a local fungal strain of the Ganoderma family on regional agricultural by-products of corn and hemp. Additionally reinforced with natural fibers, the result is a bio-based, carbon-negative, and fully circular building component with structural capacities. MycoShell Project Credits: Marta H. Wisniewska (ReAL) and Felix Heisel (CCL), Andrew Boghossian, Brenda Bai, Lauren Franco Natasha Becker, Matthew Glaysher, Marina Rosolem, Jeeya Savani MycoShell BuildFest team: Idil Derman, Eavan Flanagan, Edozie Onumonu, Jasper Owen @regenerativearchitecturelab @marta.h.wisniewska @felix.heisel @ab_cde_works @buildingfestival @bethelwoodscenter @cornelleinhorn @cornellaap @cornell.architecture #mycelium #myceliumdesign #myceliumconstruction #architecture #designbuild #material #materialexploration #circularconstruction