Guillaume Habert
ETH Zurich, Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
Papers
5
Total Citations
967
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5
About
Guillaume Habert is a leading researcher at the intersection of sustainable construction and digital fabrication. His work fundamentally rethinks how we build, focusing on the environmental and economic implications of integrating robotics and computational design into the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Habert’s major contributions include providing the first rigorous, data-driven assessments of digital fabrication’s real-world impact. His seminal 2018 study on the productivity of a robotically built wall (459 citations) offers a critical cost and time analysis, challenging assumptions about automation’s efficiency. He has also pioneered the environmental perspective, demonstrating through life-cycle assessments (e.g., his 2017 work on a robotically fabricated concrete wall, 232 citations) that digital methods can reduce material waste for complex structures. By establishing environmental design guidelines (243 citations), Habert has created a framework for the industry to adopt these technologies sustainably. His work is notable for its balanced view, addressing not only technical potential but also the shifting roles and labor implications within the AEC sector.
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- 2Environmental design guidelines for digital fabrication243 citations · 2016
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- 5Rethinking the roles in the AEC industry to accommodate digital fabrication10 citations · 2018