Loblolly house was designed by Kieran Timberlake Architects is a prefabricated house that proposes a more efficient method of assembly. Located on a barrier island off the coast of Maryland, in United States, Loblolly House seeks to fuse the natural elements of the site to architectural form. Timber foundations minimize the house’s footprint and provide savannah-like views of the trees and the bay, and the staggered boards of the east façade evoke the solids and voids of the forest.

Loblolly House represents a novel approach to off-site fabricated and modular building concepts. The house design uses integrated assemblies which are detailed for on-site assembly, future disassembly and redeployment. To test the viability of design for disassembly, we performed a virtual house disassembly/reassembly. To further our research, we analyzed the embodied energy and carbon footprint analysis and created a design-for-reassembly scenario to evidence the potential of a near 100% waste diversion design intent.

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