Drive through the country and you’ll see a building type again and again—the pre-engineered steel barn. Cheap, quick, and available online, pre-engineered systems take on many guises, serving as sheds, airplane hangars, warehouses, and increasingly homes. We may bemoan how such building types eviscerate the need for architects or we could study and work with them to uncover new generative potentials.
This research project investigates the architectural prospects of pre-engineered buildings as a new civic magnet in the seaside neighborhood of Edgemere, Queens.
