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Pixelframe
01–06–2021 - current

Cambridge, MA
https://pixel-frame.com/

Pixelframe is a modular concrete constructive system designed for a future where buildings are transformed from static endpoints of material into intelligent reusable assemblies. The project challenges the linear building economy by combining reversible and efficient design with digital traceability.

CategoryProjects, Concrete, Design for Reuse

Make/Shift
23–01–23

Cambridge, MA

Make/Shift is a timber prototype structure that reuses an existing inventory of black locust lumber. The stock is transformed into studs, battens, and shingles, used in non-orthogonal, flexible architectural forms.

Category
Projects, Timber, Salvage Reuse

Soften, Expand, Shift, and Settle
17–12–21

Portland, ME

A wharf in the Portland, ME harbor constructed from reclaimed granite cribstone and a seaweed Plant built from the materials of the structures inhabiting the pier before it.

Category
Projects, Timber, Stone, Salvage Reuse

The technics of elegance: negotiating efficiency and standardization in three prestressed concrete systems by Aldo Favini and Angelo Mangiarotti
28–06–24

Zurich, Switzerland

8th International Congress on Construction History at ETH Zurich

Category
Research, Concrete, Conferences

Pixelframe: A reconfigurable, precast, post-tensioned concrete structural system for a circular building economy
14-06-23

Lausanne, Switzerland

CISBAT 2023 The Built Environment in Transition at EPFL

Category
Research, Concrete, Design for Reuse, Conferences

ABOUT

Future Assemblies is an architecture collective born at MIT. We experiment cross-disciplinarily between engineering, industry, and design, to decarbonize the building sector through material efficiency and design for reuse.

Members:
Inge Donovan, MArch SMBT ‘24
Jenna Schnitzler, MArch SMBT ‘24

Collaborators:
Keith J. Lee, PhD ‘25