13.Jan.2010 Stackdb.com Website Updates
by Jay Cox-Chapman, Design Build Assistant We’ve just updated our website, stackdb.com! Take a look through for construction videos, photos, and news updates.
04.Jan.2010 Weekly Fuel – On to 2010
by Jay Cox-Chapman, Design Build Assistant Building reuse is often difficult to pull off, especially when old buildings are neglected or contaminated. Here are five projects that managed it, often in surprising ways. Joe Duffy, an interior architect in New York, has an interesting model for a “visual brief,” as well as choice advice for [...]
17.Dec.2009 Weekly Fuel
by Jay Cox-Chapman, Design Build Assistant A new calculator from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the renewable potential of your backyard. Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, is developing a software tool that remotely identifies areas under threat of deforestation. A fascinating interaction between the virtual and the physical environments. A photographer looks at the derelict [...]
10.Dec.2009 Weekly Fuel
by Jay Cox-Chapman, Design Build Assistant Fuel for the Stackmachine: a weekly collection of things we’re reading and thinking about. Concrete Canvas: An innovative concrete-impregnated fabric that sets into a hard shell within two hours. Slate on Christopher Alexander: Slate weighs the legacy and controversy of Christopher Alexander, author of A Pattern Language, and inspiration [...]
20.Nov.2009 Spray Foam Insulation
By Alexander Villagomez, Design Build Assistant For me, one of the most fascinating parts about the C2C and Box Office projects is the type of insulation we used. Spray Foam is a type of polyurethane based foam used as insulation for residential and commercial building applications. On average, this form of insulation is slightly [...]
17.Nov.2009 Stack Exposure
By Alexander Villagomez, Design Build Assistant With the Containers2Clinics’ debut at the Institute of Contemporary Art last night, the internet has lit up with coverage and articles all across the web. Below, you will find information and links to a few places Stack Design Build is featured in. Joshua [...]
C2C Video
By Alexander Villagomez, Design Build Assistant Below is the video of C2C and the process Stack Design Build went through in a single month to retrofit the two containers. The video was displayed at the event at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Boston on November 16th, 2009. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKC9HR05sEc&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
04.Nov.2009 Construction Begins!
By Alexander Villagomez, Design Build Assistant Yesterday, construction began on the Box Office at 460 Harris Avenue! The first building has already been fully stacked and the second will soon join it. As trucks continue bringing more and more containers to the site from Container City, the crane works in picking and placing each container [...]
29.Oct.2009 Update on C2C progress
By Alexander Villagomez, Design Build Assistant The two containers for the C2C project Our project Containers to Clinics (C2C) is coming along nicely, and the culmination is close! Our workers are going at full steam to prep the containers for the presentation at Build Boston, the largest regional convention and trade-show for the design and [...]
23.Oct.2009 C2C Media Coverage
The coverage of Containers2Clinics has begun! Check out this post from Jetson Green: Old Containers Reused as Health Clinics.
