Big Dig Building

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Court - salvaged boxbeams

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    Holcim Awards Encouragements 2005 North America (l-r) John Hong (prize winner), Andy Hoffman, jury member and Associate Professor, University of Michigan, United States; Paul Pedini (prize winner), Philippe Arto, CEO, St Lawrence Cement, Canada; Jinhee Park (prize winner); Benoît H Koch, Member of the Executive Committee, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Large-scale elevated landscape elements are merged with the architecture as the recycled structure is able to withstand enormous loads.

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: From highway to housing - instead of discarding 'obsolete' infrastructure, a second life for these materials is viable.

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Load comparisons

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Big dig typologies

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Facade as vertical landscape

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Construction sequence

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Typical section

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Long-span allows flexibility

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    Project entry 2005 - Big Dig Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Interior views

  • Awards Encouragement prize 2005–2006 North America

Large infrastructural projects are often implemented with little thought given to the amount of waste produced in the process. This entry makes a central issue of this frequent oversight. The authors call attention to the potential of recycling construction materials for novel purposes.

By John Hong, Jinhee Park - Single Speed Design, New York, NY, USA and

Large infrastructural projects are often implemented with little thought given to the amount of waste produced in the process.

This entry from the east coast of the USA makes a central issue of this frequent oversight. The authors call attention to the potential of recycling construction materials for novel purposes.

Big Dig Building

Project authors

  • John Hong

    Single Speed Design

    USA

  • Jinhee Park

    Single Speed Design

    USA

  • Paul Pedini

    Jay Cashman, Inc.

    USA

Project updates

September 30, 2005 | Winners for North America announced | Boston, MA, USA

Prizes awarded to sustainable construction projects in North America

Global Holcim Awards ceremony 2006 - Bangkok, Thailand

USD 220,000 in prize money was presented to the best entries from North America in the first Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects. The competition run by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction in collaboration with five of the world’s leading technical universities aims to promote sustainable approaches to the built environment.

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June 16, 2005 | Regional Jury Report – North America | Cambridge, MA, USA

“An aesthetically poetic response to a challenging contextual condition” – Holcim Awards Jury

The entry introduces an innovative approach to urban recycling on two important fronts. First, the authors expose a novel, even foreseen potential in reusing infrastructure construction for completely different functional purposes. Second, they were able to demonstrate in a convincing manner how the result will not only yield an equivalent to accepted building practices, but actually open up new opportunities for residents that otherwise would not exist.

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April 07, 2005 | Project Entry & Details | Boston, MA, USA

Project Entry 2005 for North America

Large infrastructural projects are often implemented with little thought given to the amount of waste produced in the process. This entry from the east coast of the USA makes a central issue of this frequent oversight. The authors call attention to the potential of recycling construction materials for novel purposes.

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