Have you ever thrown out your kapla after destroying one of your structure ? Or did you use them again afterwards ? In the building industry, we throw out everything. Did you know that it is possible to take a 15 minutes shower with only 10 liters ? With the Low-Techs it's possible.

Our project wants to apply the concept of Low-Tech and the re-use of components from building in deconstruction to provide a low-carbon and zero-waste habitat. Being comfortable while respecting the planetary limits.

In order to achieve this goal, we need to reinvent the Low-Tech with respect to the urban contexte and the re-use complexity. The project has the following ambitions :

• Reusing components from a building in deconstruction close to EPFL
• Create a Low Tech and dismantable demonstrator so it can be a house and then transform in a communitarian pavilion
• Adapt the Low-Tech concept to urban areas
• Design and built low-techs
• Implement the principles of circular economy to a real scale project

Since 2022, we have worked hand in hand with over 250 students, 150 volunteers, multiple EPFL entities, the Commune d'Ecublens, the Etablissement scolaire d'Ecublens and many private partners to build a community pavillon in Ecublens. The project comes to an end and will be inaugurated on Feb. 27th 2025.

From now on, we will work on adaptations of the building, on learning from its construction and would like to start a new project! The options are numerous and diverse, so if you're interested by the low-tech and the re-use approaches, don't hesitate to contact us (see contact below)

Coordinateur technique : Maxence Grangeot Coordinateur académique: Michka Mélo Professeur: Corentin Fivet