Research project Petite Maison

Petite Maison

The house is divided in three moments: construction, use and deconstruction. Each construction element is linked to a virtual database and remains available for reuse at the future deconstruction.

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Jan 2022
  • Duration in months:
    24
  • Funding:
    Capitale européenne de la culture a.s.b.l. – ESCH 2022
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Carole Schmit (external)

About

The University of Luxembourg under the lead of the architect & guest-professor Carole Schmit together with the research & development specialist Dragos Ghioca from the Master in architecture (FHESS), contributes to the event ESCH2022 with a small house, by curating a collaborative design process on circularity. In cooperation with Prof. Christoph Odenbreit (FSTM), the support of frEsch.asbl and LIST, the house is coproduced thanks to the contribution in kind of a great number of professional partners in Luxembourg and the greater region. Petite Maison is divided in three moments : construction, use and deconstruction. Each construction element is linked to a virtual database and remains available for reuse at the future deconstruction.

Organisation and Partners

  • Department of Geography and Spatial Planning
  • Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
  • Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Project team

  • Carole Schmit, PI, Guest professor of architecture at the University of Luxembourg (external)
  • Christoph ODENBREIT, Project member
  • Dragos Ghioca, Project member, ETH Zurich (external)

Keywords

  • architecture