Residence in Garrison, NY

Material of interest: Aluminum panel siding. Material used: Alucobond compost panel; The house is made up of two distinct volumes clad in concrete, masonry, and glass to differentiate public space from private space in this steel-framed residence. The material of interest is ‘Aluminum Composite Material’ (ACM) containing two sheets of .02” aluminum thermo bonded to a polyethylene core in a continuous process Properties of material: Durable, water resistant, structuralhttps://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1094/thumbnail.jp

Container City

Material of interest and material used: Forty foot equivalent unit shipping containers. Properties of material: Low cost; Reusing materials; High strength, prefabricated steel modules; Cuts construction time in half; Minimizes site disruption; storage container buildings can easily be removed from a site and used elsewhere.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1019/thumbnail.jp