The Circular Engineering for Architecture lab connects people using digital transformation to foster a circular built environment.
Selected Press
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Fewer utopias, more solutions” in the Game Changers #TheNextBigThing section
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BBC World News
Interview of Catherine De Wolf about her research on BBC World News
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World Economic Forum
Agenda Blog about 4 promising digital technologies for circular construction
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Detail Magazine
Interview in Detail Magazine, the leading international magazine for architecture and structural engineering
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De Tijd
Interview on circular construction with De Tijd (‘The Times’) in Belgium
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“Weniger ist mehr, auch beim Bauen” at the Swiss Sustainability Forum
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Le Temps
With Prof. Dillenburger & Prof. Habert, Prof. De Wolf was interviewed by Le Temps
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Archinect
Article about the dome built by ETH students with reused materials
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Hochparterre
As a board member of Cirkla, Catherine was mentioned in Hochparterre
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Absoluut
Interview of Catherine De Wolf about the twin digital-circular transition
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De Morgen
Article about visionary architects and interview with Catherine De Wolf
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De Standaard
Interview of Catherine De Wolf about the Innovator Under 35 award
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Globe Magazine
“Building on the Past” interviews about the urgent need for reuse in construction.
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German Architects
Interview about learning to use AI for circular construction
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The Architectural Record
Interview on adaptive reuse and design for disassembly to reduce building waste
News
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Venice Architecture Biennale | Insieme
TRACK TRACE AND TRANSFORM
Catherine De Wolf, Vanessa Costalonga, Clara Blum, and Océane Durand-Maniclas were invited to build a structure made from reclaimed bricks, transforming repaired waste materials with traceable pasts and reusable futures, in collaboration with UKZN, Trazando Espacios, and others. -
Kunsthalle Zürich
AAA EXPERIMENTS
The Kunsthalle Zürich’s AI, Art, and Architecture Experiments hosted the “Mehrwerk” structured designed and built by the CEA Lab. Vanessa Schwarzkopf and Catherine De Wolf gave a talk on AI for circular architecture.
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Venice Architecture Biennale | VAMO
VEGETAL, ANIMAL, MINERAL, OTHER
CEA, Digital Structures Group, MIT Morningside Academy for Design, and Anku were nvited to build a lightweight tensile structure made from interlaced hemp rope, upcycled wood, and bio-based cladding from post-consumer waste that celebrates the multiple lifecycles of natural materials while challenging permanence through adaptability, regeneration, and circular reuse. -
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
GAME CHANGERS
As part of the Future Cities Lab, ETH Zurich professors were interviewed on tangible solutions for climate change and other challenges cities face. -
Austria Architekturtage
AMBASSADOR
Catherine De Wolf is the ambassador of the Austrian Architecture Days and was interviewed about the future of construction.
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William F. Baker Research and Design Forum
SOM FOUNDATION
“Creating New Architecture Through Research” was the third William F. Baker International Research and Design Forum organised by the SOM Foundation in partnership with the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid.
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Architecture and Climate Change
DETAIL
Catherine De Wolf was interviewed in these 20 Interviews on the Future of Building, alongside Shigeru Ban, Michael Braungart, Barbara Buser, and other activists and architects.
Selected Talks
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Prix SIA Talks
Catherine was a jury member of the award of the Swiss Institute for Engineers and Architects (SIA) and gave a talk with Emanuel Christ und Cristina Zanini Barzaghi.
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TEDx Talk
“Les nouveaux matériaux”, A talk by Catherine De Wolf at TEDxPanthéonSorbonne about how to lower the embodied carbon of our buildings and how to look at them differently.
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Inaugural Lecture
This event marks the inauguration of Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf at ETH Zurich. Watch her talk “This is not a pipe: how digital innovation can help circular construction.”
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Engadin Art Talks
Catherine spoke at the Engadin Art Talks about hope towards a circular construction!
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Berlin Science Week
Catherine De Wolf, Jennifer Giroux and Annemie Wyckmans spoke at the Rethinking Cities panel moderated by Chris Luebkeman.
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Maddy Keynote
Invited as a Maddy Keynote speaker, Catherine shares her visions for more sustainable architecture during this major, live-broadcasted event about innovation in France.
Labs and Centres
CEA Chair
Catherine is the founder and director of the Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA) at ETH Zurich.
DiCE Lab
This knowledge sharing hub was co-founded by Sultan Çetin and Catherine De Wolf to bring academia, practice, and policy-makers together.
Library of Reuse
Catherine is curator of a collection of books, films, and podcasts about reuse, co-founded with Barbara Buser and Daniel Stockhammer.
ETH AI Center
Catherine joins the ETH AI Center as a new faculty member. Applications for PhD and postdoc positions are open.
NCCR Dfab
As a PI in the National Competence Centre in Research on digital fabrication (dfab), Catherine supervises research on dfab and circularity.
Design++
Catherine was elected Advisory Board Chair of the Center for Augmented Computational Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction.
Selected Awards
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MIT Innovators Under 35
Awarded as one of the 35 global innovators under 35, Catherine De Wolf is recognised in the category “Artificial Intelligence”.
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Arc Award
Together with Momoyo Kaijima, Barbara Buser, Elias Knecht and their students, Catherine De Wolf won the Arc Award for their Reuse Pavilion “CircÛbi”.
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Innovedum
Fostering innovative teaching and learning at ETH.
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Innovator Under 35 Europe
Catherine De Wolf is on the list of Innovators Under 35 Europe who are recognised for their advancements in diverse technical fields.
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Circular Flanders
Support for circular construction projects in the Flanders.
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Marie Curie Fellowship
Catherine De Wolf obtained a Marie Curie Fellowship to conduct a postdoc at EPFL.
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MIT Presidential Fellowship
The MIT Presidential Fellowship is a prestigious program to recruit the most outstanding PhD students worldwide.
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World Excellence
Wallonia Brussels International (WBI) World Excellence Fellowships provides funding for training abroad
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ACSA Awards
The ACSA Award recognised our TAD paper on benchmarking embodied carbon as best research contribution.
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Hangai Prize
The Hang Prize is given to the best papers of the IASS conference.
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Belgian American Educational Foundation
Philanthropy fostering higher education of deserving Belgians and Americans.
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Innovator Under 35 Belgium
Catherine De Wolf was one of the laureates of the Innovators under 35 Belgium Awards.
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crQlr Award
This award recognizes the CircÛbi (“Circular + Huber”) research and teaching pavilion, built with CEA and CAB students from reclaimed timber from the Huber Pavilions.
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Design Educates Award
This award recognizes excellent designs that educate, inspire, and promote sustainability. Awardees: De Wolf, Schwarzkopf, Cousin, Jackow, and Costalonga.