30X40 Design Workshop
Steel + Residential Architecture - An Architect's How-to Guide In this video Eric Reinholdt reviews the essential qualities of steel and how they can be leverage for use in a residential setting.
| Length | 07:47 |
| Price | Free of charge |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | English |
About the video
Quintessentially modern, steel is a material born of industrial processes. It’s forged in fire and rolled or drawn into shapes — beams, tubes, wires, angles, plates. Steel is strong, durable, conductive, ductile, machinable and malleable. And while many think of the use of steel in a residential setting as a particularly cold form of modernism, steel can be wonderfully warm and inviting when contrasted with natural materials.
Meet the instructors
Eric Reinholdt is a founder of Thirty by Forty Design Workshop which was established in June 2013 in a home he designed overlooking Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. In 2016, he designed and constructed the Long Studio to complement the Longhouse and serve as a full-scale model of his design principles and the latest in building science; this is the home for 30X40.
“My work celebrates humble materials, subtle contrasts and finely-crafted details. I have a strong interest in modern regionalist design, local materials and familiar building forms juxtaposed against modern, open floor plans. I employ a minimalist, Shaker-like palette of details inspired by the site and natural surroundings.”
Video syllabus
1. Strength – hot vs. cold-rolled
2. Weight – (steel is sold by the pound)
3. Durability (alloys)
4. Appearance
5. Lightness – thickness vs. strength
6. Finishes – brushed, matte, polished
7. Other treatments: blackening, galvanizing, cutting and folding
8. Landscape uses – Corten