RECONNECTION CENTER

Nature has its own way to heal itself. As humans we can be part of that healing and benefit from it. This project focuses on finding the connection.

Connection can be found between rooms, between interior and exterior spaces, and between this building and the other buildings in the Luna community college site such as Community Green House designed by Krystle Chapman and Dormitories designed by Anna Wyka & Ian Tibbetts.

This place can be a prototype and build in various places which has the same need and between other reconnection centers, communities also can be connected to each other through planning restoration projects, organizing art exhibits and even sharing information due to solve employment.

Site Plan

Site Section

Materials - Durabric

Materials - Textile Acoustic Softwall

DURABRIC is LafargeHolcim’s affordable, low-carbon alternative construction solution. is addresses the rapid deforestation faced by many developing countries, caused by the use of burnt bricks as the main building material. It is a compressed earth stabilized block made of local earth, sand, cement and water. Thanks to its cement content and specific mix design, developed in LafargeHolcim’s R&D center, DURABRIC does not require firing. Therefore, no firewood is needed in the manufacturing process! Compared to traditional burnt clay bricks, it also offers better resistance to water, higher strength blocks, lower carbon emissions and a superior aesthetic finish; all using local materials. Textile softwall acustic room divider is a freestanding flexible wall which may be shaped in countless curved or linear formations. When stored compressed, the folding wall shrinks to the thickness of a book. From its condensed state, it expands to an impressive 15 feet (4.5 meters) long, or any length between.