Urban Mining & Recycling
Peer-reviewed papers & book chapters
E Kakkos, F Heisel, D E Hebel, R Hischier; Towards Urban Mining—Estimating the Potential Environmental Benefits by Applying an Alternative Construction Practice. A Case Study from Switzerland; Sustainability 12 (12): 5041; (2020); Link
D E Hebel, F Heisel; Kreislaufgerechtes Bauen – Kultivierte Baumaterialien: UMAR & MycoTree.; H2O – Das Kundenmagazin von Keramik Laufen Und Similor; (2020).
D E Hebel, F Heisel; Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR); BAUART - Architektur und Kultur; (2020).
F Heisel; Reuse and Recycling: Materializing a Circular Construction; In The Materials Book; pp.156–59; Lafarge Holcim Forum Cairo; Germany and Switzerland (2020).
F Heisel, S Rau-Oberhuber; Calculation and Evaluation of Circularity Indicators for the Built Environment Using the Case Studies of UMAR and Madaster; Journal of Cleaner Production 243 (SI Urban Mining): 118482; (2020); Link
E Kakkos, F Heisel, D E Hebel, R Hischier; Environmental Assessment of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) Unit by Applying the LCA Framework; SBE19 Brussels - BAMB-CIRCPATH “Buildings as Material Banks - A Pathway For A Circular Future; Belgium (2019); Link
F Heinlein, F Heisel; Interview with Felix Heisel: The Planning Process; Recyclable, by Frank Heinlein; pp. 126–3; Germany (2019); Link
F Heisel; Urban Mining & Recycling (UMAR); In Circular Economy: Kreisläufe schließen, heißt zukünftsfähig sein, 41. DGNB Report; Germany (2019); Link
F Heisel, D E Hebel; Pioneering Construction Materials through Prototypological Research; Biomimetics 4 (3): 56; (2019): Link
F Heisel, D E Hebel; Prototypological Research: Pioneering Construction Materials; Future Cities Laboratory: Indicia 02; pp. 200–207; Singapore (2019).
F Heisel, D E Hebel, W Sobek; Resource-Respectful Construction – the Case of the Urban Mining and Recycling Unit (UMAR); In SBE19 Brussels - BAMB-CIRCPATH “Buildings as Material Banks - A Pathway For A Circular Future; Belgium (2019); Link
A Von Richthofen et a; Urban Mining - Visualizing the Availability of Construction Materials for Re-Use in Future Cities; paper presented at IV2017 - 21st International Conference on Information Visualisation; UK (2017); Link
D E Hebel et al; Beyond Mining - Urban Growth; 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism: Imminent Commons; eds. Yunyoung Lee, Yunji Hwang, Dasom Gong; pp. 48–49. South Korea (2017).
D E Hebel et al; Circular Economy Pedagogical Methods; The Re-Use Atlas: A Designer’s Guide towards a Circular Economy; pp. 110–113; UK (2017); Link
D E Hebel; Reservoir Building: Towards an Idea of Abundant Pertinence; Embodied Energy and Design: Making Architecture Between Metrics and Narratives; 107–116; Switzerland (2017).
D E Hebel, F Heisel; Cultivated Building Materials: Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction; Switzerland; Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH (2017); Link
D E Hebel, M H Wisniewska, F Heisel; Building from Waste - the Waste Vault; IMMINENT COMMONS: Urban Questions for the Near Future; South Korea: Actar Publishers; Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (2017); Link
D E Hebel, P Block, F Heisel, T Mendez Echenagucia; Beyond Mining - Urban Growth: The Architectural Innovation of Cultivated Resources through Appropriate Engineering; IMMINENT COMMONS: THE EXPANDED CITY; pp. 116–127; South Korea: Actar Publishers; Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (2017).
D E Hebel; Technologie: Material und Technik; BodenSchätzeWerte; Unser Umgang mit Rohstoffen; Publikation zur Sonderausstellung von focusTerra; Switzerland; focusTerra, ETH Zürich (2015); Link
F Heisel, K Bisrat; The Economic Importance of Recycling; Lessons of Informality: Architecture and Urban Planning for Emerging Territories - Concepts from Ethiopia; pp. 121–28; Switzerland (2017); Link
Invited lectures
D E Hebel; Concepts for Circular Construction; CE2 Circular Economy, Deep Dive Session; Switzerland (2019).
D E Hebel; Urban Mining; ASTOC; Germany (2019)
F Heisel; Building an Anthropogenic Material Depot - Case Studies from Germany and Switzerland; MINEA WG1 workshop “Prospecting urban minerals and evaluating the recoverability from buildings and infrastructure; Denmark (2019).
F Heisel; Form Follows Re-Cycling; LafargeHolcim Symposium on Sustainable Construction; AUC; Egypt (2019).
F Heisel; Kreislaufgrechtes Bauen: Ein Paradigmenwechsel?!; SDD Festival: Nachhaltigkeit reden? - Nachhaltigkeit leben!; German (2019).
F Heisel; Kreislaufwirtschaft – eine Notwendigkeit; Seminar Urban Mining: Bauen in der Kreislaufwirtschaft; Switzerland (2019).
F Heisel; Towards a Circular Construction Industry - a Paradigm Shift; Wacker Chemie AG; Germany (2019).
D E Hebel; Alternative Zukunft: Stuttgart; Staatliche Akademie der Bildenen Künste Weissenhof; Germany (2018).
D E Hebel; Alternativ(en) bauen – Neuartige Werkstoffe für das 21. Jahrhundert; Germany (2018).
F Heisel; Anregungen Zum Ressourcen-Gerechten Bauen; FRÜHJAHRSEMPFANG des Umweltforum Rhein-Main e.V.; Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt; Germany (2018).
D E Hebel; Baustoffe der Zukunft; BBU-Tage 2018 Fokus Mensch; Germany (2018).
D E Hebel; Material Architektur; SFB1244 lecture series “Adaptivität als Utopie”; ILEK; University of Stuttgart (2018).
D E Hebel; Urban Mining and Recycling, Switzerland (2018).
D E Hebel, F Heisel; Urban Mining and Recycling; Opening of Living Unit UMAR; Switzerland (2018).
F Heisel; Innovative Baukonzepte für das 21. Jahrhundert; Die Zukunft das Bauens: Re-Cycle, Re-Use; DETAIL research; Germany (2018).
F Heisel; Urban Mining and Recycling - Materiallager Der Zukunft; Symposium für ressourcengerechtes Bauen; KIT Karlsruhe; Germany (2018).
F Heisel; Urban Mining & Recycling, (R)Evolution Ahead; NEST at Empa Dübendorf; Schweiz (2018)
F Heisel; Urban Mining and Recycling; Real Estate and Circular Ecomony: how to give waste an identy; Switzerland (2018).
D E Hebel; Alternative Construction Materials; Lecture / Exhibition presented at the FCL Conference 2017; Future Cities Laboratory; Singapore (2017).
D E Hebel; Constructing Alternatives; Hans and Roger Strauch Visiting Critic Lecture at Cornell University; USA (2017).
D E Hebel; Eine alternative Zukunft; IE Industrial Engineering Zürich AG; Switzerland (2017).
D E Hebel; Keynote - Circular Economy-Building from Waste; Circular Thinking – from Upcycling to Biofabrication; Germany (2017).
D E Hebel; Ressourcen der Zukunft; Rotary-Fachseminar; Switzerland (2017).
F Heisel; Building an Urban Mine; Deconstruction Conference; Tu Delft; The Netherlands (2017).
F Heisel; Building from Waste - the Waste Vault; Public Lecture presented at the On the Steps / CYCLO: Architectures of Waste; Cornell University; USA (2017).
F Heisel; Rethinking Abundance, Resource-Adequate Building, and the Example of UMAR; On the Steps; Cornell University; USA (2017).
F Heisel; Urban Mining & Recycling - ein Experimentalbau als Materiallager; Kreislaufgerechtes Bauen / Methoden Projekte Ausblicke; Germany (2017).
D E Hebel; Building from Waste; Conference Lecture presented at the Embodied Energy and Design; Conference by GSAPP; Columbia University; USA (2016).
F Heisel; Building from Waste; MIECF 2016 - Macau International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition; Macau (2016).
D E Hebel; Bauen mit Müll; Public Lecture presented at the Migros Fachtagung Nachhaltiges Bauen; Switzerland (2015).
D E Hebel; BodenSchärtzeWerte - Alternative Ressourcen schaffen; Public Lecture presented at the Alternative Ressourcen schaffen; Focus Terra, ETH Zürich; Switzerland (2015); Link
D E Hebel, P Block, M Wasiuta, B Dillenburger; In the Future, There Will Be No Waste ...; Panel Discussion presented at the IDEAS CITY; ETH Zurich Pavilion; USA (2015); Link
F Heisel; The Waste Vault; Public Talk / Exhibition Opening presented at the architektur 0.15 at bauarena; Switzerland (2015).
M H Wisniewska, F Heisel; Constructing Waste: Upcycling and Rethinking Trash; Seminar and Workshop presented at the Swissnex San Francisco; USA (2015).
M H Wisniewska, F Heisel, T Faulders; Waste Not: Exploring Alternative Building Materials; Public Lecture and Panel Discussion presented at the Swissnex San Francisco; USA (2015); Link