RAWrchitecture...examples of what IS and what IS NOT.

EXHIBIT A:

• 1 Shipping container transformed into a house IS NOT RAWrchitecture because it does NOT involve assembly or reimagined tectonic relationships and it is not systematic.

Bright and Light Container Home

• 2(+) Shipping containers stacked and transformed into a house IS RAWrchitecture b/c it involves creating new programmatic uses and relationships based on innate material and tectonic characteristics that have been manipulated for a new purpose.

Lo-Tek Shipping Container Home

 EXHIBIT B:

• 1 Shoe used as a flower pot IS NOT RAWrchitecture because the original form and function (a container) is unchanged.

• 1 Sneaker cut up, and reassembled into something new IS RAWrchitecture, because the original form and function is changed.

Brian Jungen, Prototype for New Understanding

 EXHIBIT C:

• Carpet used as a rooting medium for a green roof IS NOT RAWrchitecture, because, while it is part of a new assembly, there is not any physical change or tectonic nature to the original material.

The Green Monster, EcoVillage, The Farm

• Carpet stacked as a wall assembly IS RAWrchitecture, because the carpet is cut, reformed, and assembled in a new way for an alternative purpose than it was originally intended.

Lucy House, Rural Studio