The Case for Architectural Salvaging

- SALVAGING AND REINCORPORATION OF HOMETOWN TREASURES

- JOB BENEFITS OF RECYCLING

- BOTTOM LINE SAVINGS

- ABUNDANT SOURCES OF SUPPLY

• NEIGHBORHOOD SOURCES
• radio swap and sell programs
• flea markets
• garage sales

• BUILDING TRADESPEOPLE
• carpenters
• plumbers
• electricians

• DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS

• ARCHITECTS AND DECORATORS

• SALVAGE EMPORIUMS
• salvage dealers
• junkyards
• salvage yards

• PUBLIC AUCTIONS

• GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

Information adapted from Salvaged Treasures by Michael Litchfield ISBN 0-442-25841-0. See this book for a detailed set of instructions explaining exactly how to use and integrate salvaged materials into a new structure or addition.

>- TURN GARBAGE INTO HOUSING

• Ex: San Jose, California can and bottle house with steel frame
• Ex: Oslo, Norway family house with walls of square oil cans filled with sand and cement
• "ZERO VALUE: THE PERFECT RESOURCE BASE"
• Although recycling has its limitations in its level of efficiency, reuse is very efficient
• Each of the "principle solid waste materials" (paper, cardboard, steel, glass, aluminum, and plastics) can be used as building material
• The "temporary duty" of packaging can find a second, permanent iteration as part of a home
• EX: Richmond, Virginia Reynolds Metals Company recycled house

Information adapted from Garbage Housing by Martin Pewley ISBN 0-85139-240-7