Ephemeral Architecture: Designing for disassembly | Dissertation 2020 | S.P.A, Delhi

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SPA Delhi | Dissertation 2020

Cellophane House is a five storey prefabricated residential structure. It was built as a prototype to experiment with prefabricated housing. It consists of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living and dining space, a terrace, and a carport.

Design aspects for disassembly ● Material selection in terms of: Building purpose: The house serves as a temporary alternative to the conventional glass clad homes, -Glass cladding has been replaced with a light weight smartwrap membrane which is a few millimeters thick -Off the shelf aluminium frame has been used for the structure and structural plastic for internal walls.

Figure 14: showing the smartwrap facade, (source:.flickr.com)

● Functional separation: The building has been separated into four different functional layers (in accordance with section 3.4.1, chapter 3). These layers are as follows:

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