An investigation into the potential of utilizing salvaged materials as the design stimulus for rebuilding a community post-disaster. The aim is to promote the use of reclaimed building materials as a strategy for retaining the identity of a place, whilst alleviating the pressure of waste disposal on the environment.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Draft Precedent Analysis

Case Study_Jane Baker

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Innovations on the cheap

Just Redo It - Homes - Dwell

Mountain Equipment Co-op stores

Mountain Equipment Co-op website information for me:

http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/commercial/nbp2002-03e.cfm?attr=20

http://www.wood-works.org/

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/mecott.html


http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302887040

Prefab reclaimed materials office

students build sustainable prefab office out of reclaimed materials:

http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/students-build-sustainable-prefab-home-office-from-reclaimed-materials/