MAP-MAACC and CRD / Doctoral thesis defense: Anne-Cécile Cochet
Demountable ceilings at the ENSCI – © Anne-Cécile Coche
Anne-Cécile Cochet will submit her doctoral thesis entitled ” Design for the Reuse of Construction Materials: a research-project on the case of demountable ceilings “, under the supervision of Antonella Tufano (MAACC-CNAM) and co-supervised by Roland Cahen (CRD).
This doctoral thesis in the new humanities, specializing in Arts, Design and Society (Ecole doctorale de l’Abbé Grégoire, CNAM), was prepared by MAP-MAACC (ENSAPLV) and CRD (ENSCI-Les Ateliers, ENS Paris-Saclay), under a CIFRE contract with Saint-Gobain Research Paris.
Summary
Against a backdrop of depleting raw material resources and an exponential increase in the production of building waste, the reuse of building materials is a practice that is being renewed and experimented with in architecture. To ensure that these practices have a beneficial impact on a large scale, more and more players in the building sector are looking at the possibility of massively increasing the use of reused materials, supported by a regulatory framework that favours it. In this research, we propose that this project to massify reuse should be led by the building industry, with what we will call Design for Reuse. To conceptualize this design method, which aims to ensure the future reuse of building materials designed today, we will draw on the methods of Design for X, eco-design and user-centered design, then pose a hypothesis articulating two design objectives: preservation and transmission. After proposing design tools specific to Design for Reuse, we will propose an experiment based on the case study of demountable ceilings, using project-research methodology. With three design projects and an experimental workshop mobilizing several design professions, we will show that Design for Reuse extends over a spectrum of possibilities, which are situated at different levels of strategic ambition for the building sector.
Jury composition
Jean-François Bassereau, professeur HDR, Institut Mines Telecom Saint-Étienne, ENSAD – rapporteur
Ariane Dupont-Kieffer, professeur HDR, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne – rapporteur
Anne Coste, professeur HDR, ENSA Grenoble – examiner
Nazila Kahina Belkadi, maîtresse de conférences , ENSA Paris-la Villette – examiner
Géraldine Durieux, architect, Rotor – examiner
Katie Cotellon, Saint-Gobain Research Paris – guest
Antonella Tufano, professeur HDR, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – thesis supervisor
Roland Cahen, enseignant-chercheur HDR, ENSCI – co-supervisor