Adding on to Alex’s post, Yashwitha, Tim and I also worked on deconstructing RE_VIEW: SOUTHERN EXPOSURE during DE_CON 01. We removed the built in wooden shelving first from the interior, but mainly worked on the exterior components of the assembly. We began by removing the galvanized steel sun collars and cladding of the wall system, exposing the insulation foam and stripping the wall system to its skeleton. The windows were also removed in tandem with the cladding to ease the process of deconstruction. Once the wall system was stripped to just its framing modules with infilled insulation, we proceeded to remove the window bays separately by cutting it free of fastenings to the existing structure and floor.
All the components removed were stored and transported separately from the other materials we are harvesting so that this UDBS project can be reconstructed again in the future. One component of the system – the galvanized steel sun collars – have the potential to be integrated into the RE_CON 01 and RE_CON 02 prototypes. This is currently being explored by the studio.