Projects
Molecule / Furniture + Design is the first prototype from BoxHaus, designed by Adriana Siso B., 2006
MOLECULE / Furniture + Design - Is finally completed, located in Santa Fe, NM at the Baca Street Area, Santa Fe Railyard Project. BoxHaus/Molecule is the first cargo container project built in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Molecule sells contemporary home and commercial furnishings.
Long after thousands of railroad containers rolled through the Santa Fe Railyard, eleven return in the form of an elegant glass and steel building. This would be a final phase, adapted to the Railyard Master Design Plan envisioned and built with the BoxHaus Shipping Container Building System, for the available LL lot in the Baca Street area of the Santa Fe Railyard Redevelopment District. The exciting new commercial and entertainment center southwest of the Plaza, which will include The Farmers Market and a mid-city park, will be an energizing project for the Santa Fe area, setting the tone for other sustainable plans.
Concept/Design: Adriana Siso
Construction Drawings: Gerald Chavez, Architect
Construction: Borrego Construction
Engineering: Bill Druc
Interior Display Platform: Sunil Sakhalkar, Architect
Landscaping: Blue Stem Landscaping-Joan Frey team; Andrea de los Reyes
Details:
Molecule / Furniture & Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Why is it sustainable?
- The building shell composed of 11 High Cubes (40' long x 9.6 high) is 100% recycled, uses 0% wood with minimal site waste and uses the recycled container wall cutouts for building skirts.
- Molecule will reduce its energy costs through an Energy Star rated heating and cooling system.
- Daylighting considerations are part of the Energy Efficiency design plan with the use of translucent white polycarbonates for vertical architectural applications as well as skylights. Energy efficient fluorescent lighting will also be used.
- Molecule at the Railyard also includes a water-harvesting system for irrigation and a landscaping design using local grasses and trees. Molecule will also be part of the local Santa Fe low-flow toilet program.
- Molecule the store will carry some green conscious products and will adopt a socially responsible program where a percentage of sales will go to environmental, social or humanitarian partners.
- Also, Molecule's showroom will be available to the local designer community for showcasing work as well as providing space for lectures and some pertinent small design events and other culturally compatible ones.
Click on images to enlarge. Architectural renderings by Adriana Siso.
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