Our client, Tengda Construction Group, engaged StudioSZ and asked us to create a sales center building for one of their many construction job sites.  Through a series of collaborative workshops, we decided to employ a ‘Design-For-Disassembly’ strategy with the goal of creating a building that could be re-used over and over again at our client’s future construction sites.  Rather than needing to demolish or change the use of the building once the main construction site is completed, Tengda DfD is a building that will outlive its site and endure as it can be disassembled, moved to another site, and then re-assembled once again. 
 
The project’s primary challenge is designing it in a way where all its parts and pieces can be reused at the end of its first useful life.  This requires a complete shift in the way building design is approached and informed all of our design decision-making.  Working alongside our local design partner, UAD, as well as material and construction experts, we designed the building intentionally for material recovery, value retention, and a meaningful next use. 
 
The only way we will be able to tackle climate change and overcome our excessive emission of carbon is to fundamentally change how materials are used in the built environment.