Perform / Transform
Statement of intent:
For the last 100 years, buildings have been built in much the same way. Limited quantities of unfinished building materials are transported to the site in multiple trips, modified according to building design, and assembled by large specialized crews. This inherently wasteful process is most inefficient in its resource and energy consumption, financial expense and time. By capitalizing on existing industrial economies of scale rather than reinventing the wheel the architect is empowered to re-imagine and adapt established materials and products to new use and form.
 
 
Client / Program:
This project was designed and fabricated to serve as an overnight retreat on river front property in King County, Washington.
 
The client was looking to simplify the program to the basics of shelter. The architects responded by creating an open pavilion whose exterior walls are comprised of more than 50% glass.
 
The clients desire to minimally impact the unspoiled nature of the site led to the notion of a temporal occupation of the land - totally removable, thus solving some of civilization's thorniest problems by radically reconsidering the built environment.
 
Budget: $24,000
Factory Fabrication: 45 days
Site built foundation and modular installation: 16 hours