Samsara, the Story of Reusing the Glass from the Centre Pompidou

Official Selection Science Film Competition 2021 - Global Section
What is Circular Construction?
The reuse of Centre Pompidou's beautifully bent glass is one of the many stories that illustrate how we can transition towards a circular economy in the built environment. Other projects in Paris, such as the Circular Pavillon and the Ferme du Rail, show how we can turn waste into resources and wealth while creating new, local jobs. The building industry is responsible for 39% of greenhouse gas emissions and more than a third of our waste. The Circular Engineering for Architecture lab at ETH Zurich analyses how to overcome the technical and logistical challenges for reusing building materials.
Samsara means “the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound” in Sanskrit.
Credits
Interviewees
Morgan Moinet - Architect & director @REMIX - www.remixremix.fr
Romée de la Bigne - Designer & co-founder @MAXIMUM - www.maximum.paris
Clara Simay - Architect & co-manager @GRAND HUIT - grandhuit.eu
Projects
Pavillon Circulaire by Encore Heureux
Ferme du Rail by Grand Huit
Centre Pompidou by Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers - renovation by Elioth - reuse by Maximum
More information on the reuse of Centre Pompidou's glass: Faire et Refaire du Verre by Raphaël Ménard
Filmed by
Alexandre Attias - www.alexandreattias.com
Nicolas Noële-Prevot - nnp-video.com
Pierre Baffy - www.metronomostudio.com
Catherine De Wolf - www.catherinedewolf.com
Voice by Elise Guillaume
www.eliseguillaumeart.com
Original Music by Manon Mullener
www.manon-mullener.ch
Photograph courtesy of
Alexandre Attias - www.alexandreattias.com
Structural Xploration Lab (SXL) - www.epfl.ch/labs/sxl/
Cyrus Cornut (Encore Heureux) - www.cyruscornut.com
Directed by
Catherine De Wolf (Prof. Dr. ir. arch.) - www.catherinedewolf.com
Assistant Professor of Circular Engineering for Architecture at ETH Zurich