The Cube

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Architectural Excellence : 'The Cube' is designed to push the envelope on the general perception of what we think even the smallest and simplest of modular buildings can contribute to architectural aesthetics and to sustainable building practices. While The Cube's basic use is "only" a guardhouse, we have enhanced its sustainability profile and its aesthetic profile to be noticeable, intriguing and visually outstanding. Guardhouses are typically the first experience a visitor has to a larger compound. This means a guardhouse is a kind of front door, yet it is one of the most ignored building types. From the moment a visitor enters a facility using The Cube guardhouse they will know that this facility is committed to making a difference.

Cost Energy Effectiveness : From concept to implementation The Cube is the result of a joint venture between a leasing company interested in providing customers alternative products, a manufacturing company that provided production ideas and assistance, and a design firm that was willing to push the limits on guardhouse sustainability and aesthetics. This little building incorporates a large number of sustainable building concepts from enhanced thermal performance of the building envelope, including a custom high performance exterior wall system, to total management of material recycling and/or reuse. The recycling and reuse strategy incorporates traditional construction waste and recycling of all materials including the entire building at life cycle end. The sustainable concepts implemented here are all designed to work within the parameters of typical modular building and production methods so that they can be implemented with ease in a standard production line on buildings of a larger scope and scale.

Design Firm Name : Miletus Group, Inc.

Occupied Date : 9/22/2008

Production Start Date : 8/27/2008

Project Location City : Varies

Project Location State Name : IN

Technical Innovation : The production of The Cube occurred within a standard modular building production framework. The special features are in the enhanced level of design and detail not normally associated with this building type. These details include: energy efficiency during useful life such as a high performance building envelope with an integrated custom ventilated rain screen wall system; high level of design quality including a modern design for the rain screen walls and a visually integrated roof drainage system; and, total life cycle design including material selections and production techniques designed for 100% recycling at end of life. The Cube is also a real example or prototype of implementable sustainability strategies for larger modular buildings. All of the features implemented in The Cube are easily transferable to any size modular building.

Total Square Feet : 64