Projects
True Nature Foods
Better than a green roof... a food-producing roof for this Edgewater business.
2005-present
Deconstruction advocacy
Deconstruction is the right thing to do at the end of a building's life.
2006-present
Tennessee retreat
Designing a refuge for urban parents and children to be able to experience rural life.
Summer 2007
Materials research
Whassat crazy stuff?! Rather than satisfy ourselves with accepted ways of doing things, UHC likes to try it ourselves, make mistakes, learn, and produce hybrids of different things that might work in urban environments.
Ongoing
Atsushi Kikuchi House deconstruction
In June 2005, UHC was notified days before a 1955 house designed and built by the Japanese watercolor artist Atsushi Kikuchi was to be demolished, and we salvaged as much material as we could in one week.
June 2005
Lawndale Carriage House adaptive reuse
An adaptive reuse of an 1890's carriage house to be used for education, community outreach, and demonstration of ongoing projects.
Summer 2005