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RETROFITTING THE AMERICAN DREAM

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Retrofitting The American Dream
 
Project Designer: Artur Nesterenko

The 2007 market crash forced a relocation of suburban housing into a high-density, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood of the center city and inner suburbs. This created a profound structural shift – a reversal of what took place in the 1950s, when drivable suburbs boomed and flourished as center cities emptied and withered. The fact that the land under the house has no value and the houses are worth less than they would cost to be replaced, creates a big possibility that many fringe suburbs will turn into waste lands, with abandoned houses and a rising crime rate.

This crash once again gives tremendous opportunity and draws the attention of the architects into the suburbs. It reminds us that we should no longer be worrying about how we are going to design communities in the future, but what we are going to do with the communities that we are left with. Instead of demolishing an abandoned neighborhood, I am proposing to deconstruct and re-purpose the remains of abandoned houses into a new construction tool according to the client’s needs and interests. The idea is to use the fabric of a failed neighborhood as a form work to construct a new type of housing with injected shared spaces and public structures. The rafters of single detached houses, the floor joists, the studs, pipes, details and the house itself with all of the structural elements will be re-used as form work to retrofit the American Dream.


I decided to create imaginary clients with different professions and interest in buying abandoned houses to deconstruct and redesign to create new type of houses according to their needs.

Clients:
Inventor
Baker
Astronomer

artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Inventor's House
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Inventor's Section
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Inventor's Floor Plan
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Astronomer's House and Lab
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Baker's House
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Baker's Section
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Pipe Garden was created using existing pipes and re-used materials from the old houses
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Neighborhood map with bank owned houses today.
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Hybrid drawing of existing house
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Study Model
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Astronomer's Lab Physical Model
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Astronomer's Lab Physical Model
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Pipe Garden Physical Model
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Study Model. Cast concrete with wires and pipes.
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Study Model. Solid wood with embedded lead metal
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
Study Model. Found mechanical object with concrete going through it.
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
site model our of solid wood. Used hand router to carved in the topos...
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
artur nesterenko deconstructing STEAMPUNK Retro suburbs Experimental Architecture architecture architect woodbury university
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RETROFITTING THE AMERICAN DREAM
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