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Alpha : Back to the beginning / Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake --
Conception : Why a five-story transparent house? ; What is a parametric model? What materials are used in Cellophane House? ; How is Cellophane House held together? ; What are the benefits of the aluminum frame? ; Can other materials be used? ; How is SmartWrap made? ; How does the Cellophane House envelope perform? ; How is performance measured? --
Assembly : What is the assembly process? How was Cellophane House delivered? ; Did Cellophane House assemble as expected? ; What is a bathroom pod? ; How are the acrylic stairs made? ; How is the house illuminated? --
Exhibition --
Disassembly : How was Cellophane House removed from the site? ; What type of documentation was used for disassembly? ; How was Cellophane House packed and stored? ; Was any material wasted? ; What makes Cellophane House different from other off-site fabrications? --
Omega : Future redux / Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake ; Notes on cellophane / Billie Faircloth --

CELLOPHANE HOUSE(tm) chronicles the design and execution of a five-story, off-site fabricated home assembled on-site in just sixteen days as part of The Museum of Modern Art exhibition, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. Through a series of questions, the book explores several of KieranTimberlake's ongoing research agendas including speed of on-site assembly, design for disassembly, a holistic approach to the life cycle of materials, and the development of a lightweight, high-performance, energy gathering building envelope.
Cellophane House(tm) takes a holistic approach to factory fabrication, reinventing the way a building is assembled, its materials, and spatial experience. An innovative aluminum frame enables mass-customization of the home in multiple configurations, rapid assembly, and adaptability to different sites and climates. Disassembly, rather than demolition, is inherent as an end-of-life option to successfully preserve the embodied energy in the recyclable house materials. More than a building experiment, it suggests a new way forward in an approach to mass housing.
Cellophane House(tm) has received awards from several groups: the AIA Housing Committee, the AIA Technology Committee, Boston Society of Architects, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, AIA Philadelphia and AIA Pennsylvania Chapters.