On what I thought was the coldest day of 2015 I went down to New York Iron in Gowanus, Brooklyn to hand pick 105 pieces of reclaimed tin.

The story starts in October.  Whenever I’m headed to the big box construction stores off Hamilton Ave, I visit New York Iron’s outdoor yard on 9th st.  On one particular day in October I fell in love with these piles of old tin ceiling tiles and I assumed the opportunity would arise to use them one day.

When I got started on Office at 76 Bay, I knew a painted drywall ceiling wouldn’t create the energy needed for the space.  The reclaimed tin would serve as a recycled, abstract look for the ceiling.

The author making a face while loading the tin.

I needed 800 SF for the ceiling, but the 24″ x 48″ panels weren’t all available in the same pattern.  So I designed a system that used alternating columns of homogenous and random tiles.

shop drawing for the tin install

The tin was installed with finish nails into a furring strip grid on the ceiling.  They had to be cleaned up and flattened with a rubber mallet before they were put up.

I look forward to implementing reclaimed tin in other ROOTED projects.

Winter 2015- Office At 76 Bay- St. George, Staten Island.

I introduce to you Office at 76 Bay.   Its a co-working space that required some funky installations.

It has a farm and an outdoor recreation area coming soon!

Aaron

Found in Demolition- November, 2014

Castleton Corners, Staten Island, NY

Single Family Home from 1925

With cold weather approaching, we’re beginning efforts to winterize our on-site concrete casting facility.  We installed two hydronic air heaters to help regulate the curing process of our in-house architectural moldings and panels.  We’ll have the walls of the room spray foamed in a few weeks and hopefully by then our final in-slab radiant heating will be installed.   It’s amazing what you can do with finished plywood, some ingenuity, and power steering fluid!

Fresh panels with #3 epoxy coated dowels.

 Column bodies in the shop.

 Day old blocks laid out to dry.

There’s nothing more exciting than receiving a sample product from another part of the world.  After communicating with a gentleman in China via email for a month, this hunk of stone (3/4″ thickness) showed up at our door.

Staten Island, NY, 11-2-14

Path of slate travel.