Research — Design for Disassembly

The Grand Ring

How does world’s largest mass timber building live up to its reuse potential?
Reuse Was Never Just About Materials

My research in Japan began with a simple question: what does it actually take to build for reuse?
The Red Dot School’s ‘Salvage-as-Service’ Studio Connects Meaning & Material

The Red Dot School combines education, practice, and community stewardship.
Detailing for Deconstruction: Lessons from Ise Jingu

Imagine tearing down your most sacred building every 20 years—on purpose.
Designing for 2050: Reuse as a Business Model

In Japan, academic and corporate partnerships are testing reuse as a viable business proposal. Notes from the Gondo lab
When Floods Form Design

Rather than rebuild after an environmental disaster, this historic down designed their homes to be disassembled and rebuilt for indefinite relocation.
Akiya and the Growing Value Hidden in Vacant Houses

Architects, artists, community members, and cities are taking action to address a growing national issue in Japan.
Ritual as Infrastructure

Reuse depends on social systems as much as technical systems.
Permanence and Adaptability

Whether a building lasted centuries or moved with a flood, success depended on understanding change rather than resisting it.
Why Do We Deconstruct World’s Fairs?

Expo structures are testing large-scale material recovery.
Deconstruction as the Future of Construction

Architect Yuta Nihei and his collaborators are exploring a future where deconstruction becomes a primary mode of construction.
Building Reuse Networks in Kobe

In Kobe, a growing coalition of artists, community groups, and municipal leaders is experimenting with material reuse at the urban scale.
What a Tool Museum Teaches About Architecture & Material Care

Architecture and craft were historically inseparable.
Rotor: Architecture as Collaboration

One of the biggest takeaways from my visit to Rotor in Brussels was that their expertise isn’t simply in material reuse—it’s in designing a system for collaboration.
BC Materials: Architects as Stewards of Material

Material reuse is essential, but it won't be enough.