east wall steel panels at kitchen deck
elevation with steel panels
here is the cladding of cold rolled steel panels as they surround the windows. the decision to clad the house in 4'x10' steel panels supports the idea of house as an assembly of materials. i wanted to design something that reflects the sustainable idea of reuse. the design idea came from a spanish firm call abalos and herreros when they designed a recycle facility with an erector set of columns and joist. at the end of the buildings's life the structure would be dissassembed and recycled. at the end of this house's life these panels can be unscrewed from the wall and be reused in other situations or recycled. think of its afterlife as part of mad max's car. the remnants from the cut out can be used for smaller elements like planter boxes or awnings. unlike hardie, they could also easily be recycled.
this process also critiques other sustainable houses who build with trim, hardie siding, wallboard yet when demolished the material goes in the landfill because they cannot be reused. the interior also has plywood panels on the walls that are attached with screws.
