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Scholarly Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Carcassi, O. B., Salierno, R., Falcinelli, P. A., Paoletti, I. M., & Ben-Alon, L. (2024). Upscaling Natural Materials in Construction: Earthen, Fast-Growing, and Living Materials. Sustainability, 16(18), 7926. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16187926
  2. Carcassi, O. B., & Ben-Alon, L. (2024). Additive manufacturing of natural materials. AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION,
  3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105703
  4. Carcassi, O. B., Akemah, T., & Ben-Alon, L. (2024). 3D-Printed Lightweight Earth Fiber: From Tiles to Tessellations. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2023.0341
  5. Carcassi, O. B., Maierdan, Y., Akemah, T., Kawashima, S., & Ben-Alon, L. (2024). Maximizing fiber content in 3D-printed earth materials: Printability, mechanical, thermal and environmental assessments. Construction and Building Materials, 425, 135891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135891
  6. Carcassi, O. B., Habert, G., Malighetti, L. E., & Pittau, F. (2022). Material Diets for Climate-Neutral Construction. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(8), 5213–5223. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05895
  7. Pittau F., Carcassi O.B., (June 2022), Biobased: tendenze e innovazioni per gli involucri, ARKETIPO 155, 36-43, Milan
  8. Carcassi, O. B., Habert, G., Paoletti, I., Claude, S., & Pittau, F. (2022). Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Novel Bio- Based Composite for Building Insulation. Sustainability, 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031384
  9. Carcassi, O. B., Paoletti, I., & Malighetti, L. (2021). Reasoned catalogue of biogenic products in Europe. An anticipatory vision between technical potentials and availability. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 63–70. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-10578
  10. Carcassi O.B., Habert G., Malighetti L., Pittau F. (2022). Material diets for climate-neutral buildings, Preprint version at Research Square, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-113216/v1

Book

  1. Carcassi, O. B., (2024), Designing the climate-neutrality. How to re-think the construction process of buildings by growing mycelium based biocomposites, Monfalcone, Italy, EdicomEdizioni, ISBN: 979-12-81229-07-5 (https://www.edicomstore.it/vetrina/designing-the-climate-neutrality/)

Book Chapters

  1. Paoletti I., Carcassi, O. B., Anishchenko M. (2024). Material Balance Design: Digital tools and circular innovations for a new technological culture in architecture. In: Bruno Figueiredo, Philipp L. Rosendahl, Michela Turrin, Ulrich Knaack, Paulo J. S. Cruz (eds) AM Perspectives: Research in additive manufacturing for architecture and construction, SOAP –Stichting OpenAccess Platforms, Rotterdam, DOI: https://doi.org/10.47982/a82n7r50 12. Carcassi O.B., (2021). Nature Reloaded. Microalgae as Future Landscape Ecology. In: Paoletti, I., Nastri, M. (eds) Material Balance. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-54081-4_9
  2. Carcassi, O. B., De Angelis, E., Iannaccone, G., Malighetti, L.E., Masera, G., Pittau, F. (2020). Bio-Based Materials for the Italian Construction Industry: Buildings as Carbon Sponges. In: Della Torre, S., Cattaneo, S., Lenzi, C., Zanelli, A. (eds) Regeneration of the Built Environment from a Circular Economy Perspective. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33256-3_23
  3. Carcassi, O. B., (2018), Anti-disciplinary Design and Bio-Design, Articles on Magazine D1GIT, 120g Dossier, issue II, edited by 120g, (ISBN 9788894347715)

Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings

  1. Carcassi, O. B., Maierdan Y., Kawashima S., & Ben-Alon L. (2024). Recyclability of Earth-Fiber Materials for 3D Printing. In Proceedings of the IASS 2024 Symposium Redefining the Art of Structural Design August 26-30, 2024, Zurich Switzerland, DOI: https://app.iass2024.org/files/IASS_2024_Paper_614.pdf
  2. Shin, E., Carcassi, O. B., Maierdan, Y., Kawashima, S., Ben-Alon, L. (2024). Developing 3D-printed Natural Fiber-Rich Earth Materials in Construction. In: Beckett, C., Bras, A., Fabbri, A., Keita, E., Perlot, C., Perrot, A. (eds) Second RILEM International Conference on Earthen Construction. ICEC 2024. RILEM Bookseries, vol 52. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62690-6_4
  3. Carcassi, O. B., Zowqi M.-H., Maierdan Y., Kawashima S., & Ben-Alon L., (2024), 3D-Printed Light Straw Clay: Optimizing Printing Paths. In: Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies. Anais…João Pessoa(PB) UFPB / IFPB, 2023. Available in: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/international-conference-on-non-conventional-construction-materials-and-technologies-311551/663773-3D-PRINTED-LIGHT-STRAW-CLAY—OPTIMIZING-PRINTING-PATHS. Access in: 12/11/2024
  4. Perez K.V., Carcassi, O. B., Ben-Alon L. (2024). Traditional Textile Integrity and Avenues for Bio-Based Digital Weaving, In Biocalibrated: Tools and Techniques for Biodesign Practices Symposium. London (Forthcoming)
  5. Castellano, G., Paoletti, I.M., Malighetti, L.E., Carcassi, O. B., Pradella, F., Pittau, F. (2023). Bio-based Solutions for the Retrofit of the Existing Building Stock: A Systematic Review. In: Amziane, S., Merta, I., Page, J. (eds) Bio-Based Building Materials. ICBBM 2023. RILEM Bookseries, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33465-8_31
  6. Chadha K., Ramos Montilla N., Paoletti I.M. & Carcassi, O. B. (2023). Programmed Growth: A Living Mycelium and Clay Composite. In: Immanuel Koh, Dagmar Reinhardt, Mohammed Makki, Mona Khakhar, Nic Bao (Eds.), HUMAN-CENTRIC - Proceedings of the 28th CAADRIA Conference, Ahmedabad, 18-24 March 2023, Pp. 311–320. DOI: https://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/caadria2023_213
  7. Pittau F., Carcassi, O. B., Servalli M., Pellegrini S. & Claude S. (2022). Hygrothermal characterization of bio-based thermal insulation made of fibres from invasive alien lake plants bounded with mycelium, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2022, DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012069
  8. Augello A., Carcassi, O. B., Pittau F., Malighetti L., De Angelis E. (2022). Closing the loop of textile: Circular building renovation with novel recycled insulations from wasted clothes. (2022). Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 38, 203-209. https://doi.org/10.14311/APP.2022.38.0203
  9. Carcassi, O. B., Habert, G., Malighetti, L. E., & Pittau, F. (2022). How can a Climate-Neutral Building Look Like? Construction Technologies and Architecture, 1, 279–286. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/CTA.1.279
  10. Carcassi, O. B., Malighetti L. (2021). Retrofitting with organic waste metabolism - The Region Lombardy Case Study, In: Areti Markoupoulou (eds) Responsive Cities - Disrupting through circular design 2019, Barcelona (ISBN 978-84-120885-1-9)
  11. Carcassi, O. B., Lavagna M., Malighetti L. (2019). Life Cycle Assessments of bio-based insulating materials. A literature review, In: Italian Network Conference on LCA 2019, Rome (ISBN 978-88-8286-389-0)
  12. Carcassi, O. B., Contrada F., Grassi G. (2018). A Review of Bioreactive Envelopes and Their Future Developments for 3D/4D Printing technologies, In: ABS 2018, Bern (ISBN 9783952488348)
  13. Gomarasca S., Paoletti I., Carcassi, O. B., (2018), STRUNA STRucture-NAture: a first study for the design of a domestic photobioreactor, Elsevier, Poster presentation: The 8th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts 2018, Seattle

Extended abstract

  1. Carcassi, O. B., Schleck G., Ben-Alon L. (2024). Mycelium Mosaics: Mapping Stakeholder Communities for Accessible Biodesign, In: How do we grow a Biodesigner? Research Directions: Biotechnology Design. Published online 2024:1-4. DOI:10.1017/btd.2024.1