EVAN WEINMAN
The project is located in Fenton, Michigan, a sleeper town halfway between Ann Arbor and Flint. The surrounding area is deefined by US Highway 23 to the east and is mainly comprised by strip malls and small box stores. The building itself is an auto repair shop with one wing dedicated to changing oil and the other serving as a full service repair garage. Comprised by cement block, brick, stucco, and sheet metal, the building assembly istypical of the “box store” style construction commonly seen throughout the United States.
The building is organized in an “L” shape with the office situated at the apex and the afformentioned wings adjoining at a right angle. Botoh wings are defined by the vast open space featuring multiple garage doors. A loft space above the office allows for additional storage and is accessible by a fixed ladder bolted to the wall. Th yellow window and door frames highlight the wall openings and place an emphasis on the portals that allow for both movement and vision to pass through the walls.
This knolled parts diagram shows the most prominent objects seen throughout the space. The light guage garage doors feature glass paneling that allows sunlight to illuminate an otherwise windowless space. Electrical conduit stems from the cirucit box and is visible throughout the building. A green standing seam metal room system protects the building from the elements above, while the bricks, stucco and ellow windows and doors clad he masonry structure embedded within.
TAbove are two actor network theory maps. The first map shows and alternative approach to the life cycle analysis of synthetic garments, a category within the garment industry. Looking to the center of the diagram, the life cycle begins with raw material extraction and moves in a clockwise direction as the lifecycle progresses. Following the same radial movement, as ime progresses, the wedges of the diagram begin to fan outward, making room for a second life cycle to be stacked behind if the materials are reused in the future. The outer rings denote the environmental and human impacts of each phase of the life cycle analysis, and indicate how a life cycle analysis might be broadened to cross reference the myrad of hidden implications associated with the different phases of a products life.
The second map shows an extended version of the LCA of stones used for landscaping. On the left are the physical inputs and factors that are one or more steps removed from the typical LCA, while on the right are the reegulatory and institutional inputs that dictate how the various processes are carried out. In effect, the scope of he LCA is broadened to consider the supporting infrastructure that exists and is necessary in the manufacturing industry.
This diagram shows how landscape and garmet stuff is organized by stacking objects in a spiked spatial configuration. Outside the building, stacked stone pillars protrude beyond the building envelope and serve as the primary point of access for the building. Inside, garment and landscape objects are clustered around the machines used in the manufacturing process. In this way, a hub and spoke strategy is used to accomplish the spatial spiking. At the center, the hub serves to not only anchor the surrounding objects spatially, but also grounds the objects to the manufacturing process through which they were created.
This plan movie shows how the building has been restructured to accomodate garmet and landscape stuff. In order to accomodate these objects, the building becomes an archaeological gallery and recycling center intended to show the origins of synthetic garments and landscape stones. The concept of the building is founded on the idea that galleries and museums can serve as motivating forces within society and can call people to action surrounding different issues. Here, the issue on display is the environmental impacts of producing garments and landscape stones. Through the expression of this issue, the gallery is intended to motivate its visitors to return to deposit their garment and landscape waste for reprocessing and reuse.
This parallax grahic shows the experience a visitor might have at ground level while moving through the gallery. From this view, the height and density of the various elements becomes apparent, all of which combines to convey the high output of the manufacturing industry. Additionally, this video shows how a gallery can be used to expose the intermediate products and processes that are often ignored, thereby highlighting the life cycle of a product and creating greater consumer awareness.
This slideshow is an accumulation of various aspects of the gallery and recycling center. Geginning with a building perspective, the builing alterations become apparent. The first change is summarized by a reorganization of theh buildings openeings. In his move, all exterior windows and doors are removed, while the roof is converted into a glass roof to allow for light to enter from above. Second, a new deck platform is constructed above the glass room and serves as a new pathway to access the space. In addition to access, the bar grate platform allows visitors to view the gallery from above and experience the objects from a unique perspective.