Loblolly House: Unbolt, Detach, Reassemble
KieranTimberlake Associates
The Loblolly House represents a novel approach to pre-fabricated and modular housing concepts. The house introduces off-site fabricated elements which are detailed for on-site assembly, future disassembly and redeployment. This entry conducts a virtual house disassembly/reassembly, an embodied energy and carbon footprint analysis and accounts a design-for-reassembly scenario to evidence the potential of a near 100% waste diversion design intent.
About the Entrants
For over two decades, KieranTimberlake Associates has created beautifully crafted, thoughtfully made designs which are holistically integrated to place, program and people. The firm is recognized for its research-based practice that focuses on new materials, processes, assemblies and products, and has received over eighty design citations, including the 2008 Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects. Kieran and Timberlake’s influential book, refabricating ARCHITECTURE, investigates how transfer processes from aerospace, auto and ship manufacturers are poised to transform architecture. Other books about the firm and its work include Manual, The Architecture of KieranTimberlake and Loblolly House, Elements of a New Architecture.
