MAIL ORDER HOUSE

| 2nd Year Core Design Studio | Summer 2007 |

| Cornell University | Instructor: Dana Cupkova |

Mail Order House is a design studio that explores the tension between effectiveness and efficiency in the material use of prefabricated assemblies through design. Focusing on qualitative aspects of efficiency within the construction industry, the design considers disassembly, material weight and recyclability, component recovery, time, and adaptation as integral parts of the architectural design process. The goal of this studio is to propose a simple building assembly system composed of lightweight, recyclable materials such as high-density foam and impregnated cardboard, while considering the scale, size, and flat-packing of material components relative to transportation needs and construction complexity. A systemic understanding of modular component logic and its variation through the sequence of assembly and disassembly is tested through a series of physical models, drawings, and computer models.

| STUDENTS: Molly Chiang, Heera Gangaramani, Amanda Huang, Lisa Hollywood, Winnie Poon, Jaeyourl Song, Yao Wang |