SUSTAINABILITY & RE-PURPOSINg of Structures

The re-use and re-purposing of existing materials and structure hold considerable potential for delivering more sustainable architecture. Anderson Inge, in collaboration with 51% Studios, worked at length with an historic mining community in remote Colorado, undertaking to design in the mindset of the original settlers.

Appreciation for improvisation and intelligent use of available materials led to extensive analysis and design development for the re-purposing of now-surplus mining cables and rail car chases, as structural elements in new buildings. Rather than an imposed 'style', these strategies developed an aesthetic that built on the material and intellectual heritage of the locale, in visually powerful ways.