Dorie Smith

Material Diagram - An advanced graduate school studio which was sustainability driven. That said, it was at our discretion to create our own definition of sustainability. I pursued the concept of building material lifespan. All materials have a lifespan and if we are to acknowledge that from the pre-design phase, we can design the building to adapt to change at the span of the materials' lives.

section showing the ETFE foils, the corrugated waxed cardboard bales, and the stainless steel frame. - As time passes, some of the materials are removed and reused or recycled and some remain, changing the enclosure over time to react to a denser urban fabric. Thus, as the city grows the building decreases, creating open space.

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2007 site plan - This site plan studies the as built condition of the site and the context.

2057 site plan - This site plan, 50 years in the future, identifies how the building and neighbourhood will change. As the neighborhood densifies and buildings are replaced, the corrugated cardboard bale building is potentially removed, recycled and replaced with an expanded green space, while the program within the ETFE enclosure continues to operate.

2107 site plan - The site in 100 years retains the stainless steel frame, though it is no longer clad in ETFE foils. The site has expanded well into the laneway spaces and created a public park in what is a vastly denser neighbourhood than currently exists.