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Project Location

Shanghai, China

Year of Completion

2010

Building Type

Residential

Building Massing

Low Rise

Archi Union Architects Inc .

Architect Location

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Owner

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Student Author

Shijing Zhu

Archived Year

9-20-2018

Climate

Cool-summer Mediterranean climate

Application

Exterior

Material and its Properties

Can Cube’s facade is a system of aluminium carbonated drink cans which are enclosed in an aluminium frame.

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Fabricator

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Architect Website

http://www.archi-union.com/

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Environmental Response

Archi Union’s sustainable mixed-use Can Cube design is an innovative residential and office building, located in Shanghai. By utilizing several ecological and renewable systems the building is highly efficient and sustainable. Can Cube’s facade is a system of aluminium carbonated drink cans which are enclosed in an aluminium frame. The façade saves the energy wasted during recycling processes by reusing the cans in their current form, without the need for recycling or further processes. For more about this sustainable mixed-use design, photographs and drawings, following the break.

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