Recent and Selected Publications
Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular Economy
Birkhäuser, 2022, with Hebel, Webster
Urban Mining und kreislaufgerechtes Bauen
engl.: Urban Mining and Circular Construction, Fraunhofer IRB, 2021, with Hebel
Selected Book Sections
Heisel, Felix. 2022. “After Construction, Inevitably Comes De-Construction.” In Cornell Journal of Architecture: AFTER, edited by Val Warke, Todd Petrie, and Hallie Black, 12:58–75. Ithaca NY, USA.
Heisel, Felix, Caroline O’Donnell, and Dillon Pranger. 2020. “New Deconstruction: The Rebirth of a Circular Architecture.” In The Architecture of Waste: Design for a Circular Economy, edited by Caroline O’Donnell and Dillon Pranger, 191–204. New York City, USA: Routledge.
Heisel, Felix. 2020. “Economics for a Circular Environment.” In The Architecture of Waste: Design for a Circular Economy, edited by Caroline O’Donnell and Dillon Pranger, 205–14. New York City, USA: Routledge.
Hebel, Dirk E., and Felix Heisel. 2020. “Cultivated Building Materials: The Forth Industrial Revolution?” In The Materials Book, edited by Ilka Ruby and Andreas Ruby, 145–49. Berlin, Germany: Ruby Press.
Heisel, Felix. 2020. “Reuse and Recycling: Materializing a Circular Economy.” In The Materials Book, edited by Ilka Ruby and Andreas Ruby, 156–60. Berlin, Germany: Ruby Press.
Selected Journal Articles
Heisel, Felix, Joseph McGranahan, Joseph Ferdinando, and Timur Dogan. 2022. “High-Resolution Combined Building Stock and Building Energy Modeling to Evaluate Whole-Life Carbon Emissions and Saving Potentials at the Building and Urban Scale.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling 177 (February): 106000.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106000.
Kakkos, Efstathios, Felix Heisel, Dirk E. Hebel, and Roland Hischier. 2020. “Towards Urban Mining—Estimating the Potential Environmental Benefits by Applying an Alternative Construction Practice. A Case Study from Switzerland.” Sustainability 12 (12): 5041.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125041.
Heisel, Felix, and Sabine Rau-Oberhuber. 2020. “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.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118482.
Heisel, Felix, and Dirk E. Hebel. 2019. “Pioneering Construction Materials through Prototypological Research.” Biomimetics 4 (3): 56.
https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics4030056.
Heisel, Felix, Juney Lee, Karsten Schlesier, Matthias Rippmann, Nazanin Saedi, Alireza Javadian, Adi Reza Nugroho, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block, and Dirk E. Hebel. 2019. “Design, Cultivation and Application of Load-Bearing Mycelium Components: The MycoTree at the 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.” International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development 6 (1): 296–303.
https://doi.org/10.20533/ijsed.2046.3707.2017.0039.
Heisel, Felix, Karsten Schlesier, Juney Lee, Matthias Rippmann, Philippe Block, and Dirk E. Hebel. 2017. “Pilzmycele in der Architektur: MycoTree - nachwachsende Baustoffe für die Städte der Zukunft.” BIOspektrum, Im Spektrum - Vorschau, 23 (07.17): 850.
Selected Conference Papers and Posters
Heisel, Felix, Joseph McGranahan, and Andrew Boghossian. 2022. “ScanR: A Composite Building Scanning and Survey Method for the Evaluation of Materials and Reuse Potentials Prior to Demolition and Deconstruction.” In Sustainable Built Environment Conference SBE 2022. Berlin: IOP Publishing. (accepted)
Jawanrudi, Damun, McGranahan Joseph, and Felix Heisel. 2021. “A Comparative Analysis of Quantification and Validation Methods for Prospecting the Anthropogenic Mine as Material Reserve for Circular Construction.” In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 012169. 2042. Lausanne: IOP Publishing.
https://doi.org/doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012169.
Minner, Jennifer, Felix Heisel, Wyeth Augustine-Marceil, Melody Chen, Andrew Boghossian, Shriya Rangarajan, Jason Rearick, et al. 2021. “Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development (CR0WD): Participatory Research to Advance the Regional Circular Economy.” In Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2021 ACSP 61st Annual Conference. Miami.
Heisel, Felix, and Val Warke. 2021. “Building on Material: Towards Circular Construction in the First-Year Design Studio.” In 2021 ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference - Curriculum for Climate Agency: Design (in)Action. New York City, USA.
Heisel, Felix, and Sasa Zivkovic. 2021. “ON PAPER // Reciprocity between Architecture and Environment.” In 2021 ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference - Curriculum for Climate Agency: Design (in)Action. New York City, USA: Pratt Institute.
Heisel, Felix, and Cameron Nelson. 2020. “RhinoCircular: Development and Testing of a Circularity Indicator Tool for Application in Early Design Phases and Architectural Education.” In AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: CARBON. Pennsylvania.
Kakkos, Efstathios, Felix Heisel, Dirk E. Hebel, and Roland Hischier. 2019. “Environmental Assessment of the Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) Unit by Applying the LCA Framework.” In SBE19 Brussels - BAMB-CIRCPATH “Buildings as Material Banks - A Pathway For A Circular Future,” 225:012049. 1. 5-7 February 2019, Brussels, Belgium: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.
Heisel, Felix, Karsten Schlesier, and Dirk E. Hebel. 2019. “Prototypology for a Circular Building Industry: The Potential of Re-Used and Recycled Building Materials.” In Sustainable Built Environment Conference SBE 2019, 323:012023. Graz, Austria: OP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science.
Selected Key Notes and Lectures
Heisel, Felix. 2022. “Design and Policy for Circular Construction.” Public Lecture presented at the Living Heritage Symposium, San Antonio, USA, February 11.
Heisel, Felix. 2022. “Buildings, Materials and the Planet: Towards Circular Construction.” Public Lecture presented at the Revitalize Lecture Series, Aalto University, Helsinki, February 10.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Urban Mining Und Kreislaufgerechtes Bauen.” Public Lecture presented at the UDK TUESDAY, University of the Arts, Berlin, November 9.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Care for Materials, Buildings and the Planet: Towards Circular Construction.” Public Lecture presented at the Public Programs: Care, Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, Pittsburg, November 8.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Circular Construction.” Public Lecture presented at the PrattFutures: Land, Energy and Building Cycles, Pratt Institute, New York City, NY, USA, November 2.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Circular Construction: From Global Aspiration to Local Implementation.” Opening Keynote presented at the Deconstruction + Reuse 2021, Pittsburg, PA, October 19.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Cultivating Regenerative Architectures.” Public Lecture presented at the Climate Action Relay: From niche to mainstream, Bath, UK, September 28.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Cultivating Load-Bearing Structures: The MycoTree.” Public Lecture presented at the Mycology for Architecture: Mycelium Structures, Hub for BioTechnology in the Built Environment, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, August 19.
www.mycologyforarchitecture.com.
Heisel, Felix. 2021. “Urban Mining and Circular Construction.” Input Lecture presented at the Digital Craft Exchange, Woods Bagot, New York City, USA, June 3.
Heisel, Felix. 2020. “Circularity and Informality.” Input Lecture, Monash University and RMIT University, Melbourn, Australia, May 28.
Selected Magazine Articles
Logan, Katharine. 2022. “Waste Not, Want Not: Case Studies of Building Material Reuse.” BuildingGreen, January 20, 2022.
https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature/waste-not-want-not-case-studies-building-material-reuse.
Wolfinger, Bettina. 2021. “Baustoffrecycling: Die Wiedergeburt Der Wiederverwendung.” Mareiner Brettgeschichten, November 15, 2021.
Melbourne, Scott Jennings. 2019. “Lessons of Informality: Architecture and Urban Planning for Emerging Territories - Concepts from Ethiopia / Metropolis Nonformal.” Journal of Landscape Architecture 14 (1): 94–95.
https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2019.1623554.
Kuhn, Thomas. 2020. “Jetzt schon an den Abriss denken.” WirtschaftsWoche, July 10, 2020.
Hebel, Dirk E., and Felix Heisel. 2020. “Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR).” BAUART - Architektur und Kultur, January 2020.
Hebel, Dirk E., and Felix Heisel. 2020. “Kreislaufgerechtes Bauen – Kultivierte Baumaterialien: UMAR & MycoTree.” H2O – Das Kundenmagazin von Keramik Laufen Und Similor, January 28, 2020.
Selected Exhibitions
Angélil, Marc, Katharina Blümke, Dirk E. Hebel, Jenny Rodenhouse, Bisrat Kifle, Felix Heisel, and Marta H. Wisniewska. 2021. “Quo Addis - Conflicts of Co-Existence?” Presented at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - Vennice Biennale, Venice, Italy, November 22.
Hebel, Dirk E., Felix Heisel, and FCL Singapore. 2021. “Mycelium-Bound Building Materials.” Public Exhibtion presented at the Belgrade International Architecture Week, Belgrade, Serbia, April 22.
Heisel, Felix, 2hs Architects and Engineers, FCL Singapore, Sustainable Construction, KIT Karlsruhe, and Bisrat Kifle. 2020. “Added.Value.Pavilion / MycoTecture / Recycling_Spaces.” Public Exhibition presented at the Enough is Enough, BETA 2020, Timișoara Architecture Biennial, Timișoara, Romania, November 28.
Heisel, Felix, Sustainable Construction, KIT Karlsruhe, and FCL Singapore. 2020. “MycoTecture.” Public Exhibition presented at the Critical Zones: Observatories for Earthly Politics, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany, February 23.
https://zkm.de/en/exhibition/2020/05/critical-zones.
Hebel, Dirk E., Felix Heisel, and Laura Mrosla. 2019. “Urban Mining and Recycling - Futurium.” Exhibition presented at the Denkraum Natur, Futurium Berlin, September 5.
Hebel, Dirk E., Felix Heisel, Karsten Schlesier, Alireza Javadian, and Nazanin Saedi. 2018. “Beazley - Design of the Year.” Exhibition, The Design Museum London, September 11.
https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/beazley-designs-of-the-year-2018.
Hebel, Dirk E., and Felix Heisel. 2016. “Daring Growth.” Public Exhibition presented at the Venice BIennale, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy, May 25.
http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/archive/54th-exhibition/collateral-events/.
Selected Digital and Print Media Coverage
Marshall, Aarian. 2022. “Why Cities Want Old Buildings Taken Down Gently.” Wired, February 22, 2022.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-cities-want-old-buildings-taken-down-gently/.
Dean, James. 2022. “Unbuild Better: A Collegetown Case Study in Deconstruction.” Cornell Chronicle, February 16, 2022.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/02/unbuild-better-collegetown-case-study-deconstruction.
Landers, Jay. 2022. “New York Municipality to Electrify All Buildings in Bid to Decarbonize.” Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers, January 18, 2022.
Cornell Media Relations Office. 2021. “Five Ways to Make Sustainability a Resolution | Cornell Chronicle.” Tip Sheets: Five Ways to Make Sustainability a Resolution, December 16, 2021.
https://news.cornell.edu/media-relations/tip-sheets/five-ways-make-sustainability-resolution-0.
Bhatia, Meher. 2021. “Ithaca Launches City-Wide Decarbonization, Partners with Climate Startup and Cornellians.” The Cornell Daily Sun, November 29, 2021, sec. CITY.
Provost, Kaitlin. 2021. “Felix Heisel: Building a Sustainable Future.” Cornall Alumni Affairs, October 13, 2021.
https://alumni.cornell.edu/article/felix-heisel-building-a-sustainable-future/.
DGNB. 2021. “Green Solutions Awards.” November 1, 2021.
https://www.dgnb.de/de/veranstaltungen/preise/green-solutions-awards/index.php.
Construction21. 2021. “Green Solutions Awards 2020-21: Who Are the International Winners?” Construction21.Org. November 11, 2021.
Weisbrod, Katelyn. 2021. “Warming Trends: Climate Divide in the Classroom, an All-Electric City and Rising Global Temperatures’ Effects on Mental Health.” Inside Climate News (blog). November 13, 2021.
Prevost, Lisa. 2021. “Sustainability Advocates Ask: Why Demolish When You Can Deconstruct?” The New York Times, September 1, 2021, sec. Business.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/business/waste-salvage-deconstruction-sustainability.html.
Selected TV and Radio Coverage
Günther, Sebastian. 2020. “Recycling von Baumaterial - Leben im Abfall kann so wohnlich sein.” Kulturplatz. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxmO2ZTSTWE.
Marschner, Jan, Armin Maiwald, and flashfilm. 2021. “50 Jahre Maus - Die Geburtstagssendung.” 16:9. Die Sendung mit der Maus. Berlin, Germany: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxmO2ZTSTWE.
Marschner, Jan, Armin Maiwald, and flashfilm. 2021. “Die Sendung mit der Maus: Bergbau in der Stadt - Teil 3.” 16:9. Die Sendung mit der Maus: Urban Mining. Berlin, Germany: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
Marschner, Jan, Armin Maiwald, and flashfilm. 2021. “Die Sendung mit der Maus: Bergbau in der Stadt - Teil 4.” 16:9. Die Sendung mit der Maus: Urban Mining. Berlin, Germany: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
Marschner, Jan, Armin Maiwald, and flashfilm. 2021. “Die Sendung mit der Maus: Bergbau in der Stadt - Teil 1.” 16:9. Die Sendung mit der Maus: Urban Mining. Berlin, Germany: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
Marschner, Jan, Armin Maiwald, and flashfilm. 2021. “Die Sendung mit der Maus: Bergbau in der Stadt - Teil 2.” 16:9. Die Sendung mit der Maus: Urban Mining. Berlin, Germany: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).
Fuchs, Stefan, and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). 2020. Kreislaufwirtschaft Beim Bauen: Das Konzept Des Urban Mining. Podcast. Karlsruhe, Germany.
Horn, Charlotte. 2021. “How to Reuse a Demolished Building.” People Fixing the World. BBC World Service.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszv2n.
Ernst, Andrea. 2020. “Wenn die Rohstoffe knapp werden - Bauen mit Schutt.” 3sat/ORF Documentary. Gesellschaft. Vienna, Austria: 3sat.
https://www.3sat.de/uri/96d14b0c-2e52-4050-a7e3-f11fd0e61066.
Günther, Sebastian. 2020. “Aus Alt bau Neu! Architekten entdecken Recycling.” Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF1).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I095C1YgLK0.