Seeley House and the wings of Kellogg House were carefully deconstructed to comply with the requirements of the Living Building Challenge. Almost all of the materials removed from these buildings were salvaged, repurposed, or recycled. The 2-month process depicted in the pictures below is significantly different than how buildings are normally “deconstructed” (read: demolished).
Photos are by Nicholas Whitman.
- The beginning of deconstruction of Seeley House
- Salvaged wood
- Carefully removed doors
- Removing nails
- Flooring saved for future use from Seeley House
- Organizing wood for salvage in Seeley House
- View toward Hollander Hall from Seeley House
- Fancy radiatior
- Another nice radiatior
- Working on the ceiling in the Matt Cole Library
- Handling stuff a bit more gently than normal at Seeley House
- Removed carpet for recycling from Kellogg House
- Painstakingly removing the ceiling in the Matt Cole Library
- After ceiling removal
- Debarked stumps saved for future use
- Drywall recycling
- Lots of debris from removing drywall in Seeley House
- Insulation bagged for recycling
- Matt Cole Library in Kellogg House
- Just the wood framing left at this point in Seeley House
- Sorted metal for recycling
- Disassembling the Matt Cole Library
- Wood sorting
- Deconstructing the exterior of Seeley House
- Carefully removing a wing from Kellogg House
- Matt Cole Library almost disassembled
- Another shot of the Matt Cole Library
- Looking east toward Seeley House
- Another shot of Seeley with Kellogg House in the background
- Bay window in Seeley House
- Removing one end of the Matt Cole Library
- Down it comes
- Success!
- Inside Seeley House first floor
- Kellogg House
- Moving some drywall
- Seeley House
- Kellogg House without Matt Cole Library wing
- Just the foundation is left…
- Seeley House
- Steel supports from Matt Cole Library
- Old-fashion fasteners
- Seeley House
- Another shot of Kellogg House
- Inside Seeley House
- Not much room for insulation in old buildings
- Part of Seeley House’s roof is gone
- Old fashion wiring
- Seeley House upstairs
- No more windows in Seeley house
- Part of Seeley House has been completely removed
- Columns
- View of Seeley House from afar. Kellogg House is on the left
- Seeley House
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- Flooring has been removed in Seeley House
- Minimal insulation in old-style building construction in Seeley House
- Support beams in Seeley House
- Original tiling?
- View toward Stetson from Seeley House
- Rough-hewn beams in Seeley House
- Inside Seeley House
- Original shingles on Seeley House
- Eaves and gable of Seeley House
- Closing up Kellogg House for weather protection
- Sorted materials off for repurposing, recycling, or salvaging
- Another shot
- View of Kellogg House from the front
- Removing a portion of the second story of Seeley House
- Coming down…
- On the ground
- Now for the other side of Seeley House
- Seeley House
- Working on the roof of Seeley House
- Seeley House is almost gone…
- Seeley House
- Material awaiting sorting
- Normally much of this wood would have been scrapped
- That’s it for Seeley House!
- Just the foundation is left
- Removing material from basement of Seeley House
- Seeley House basement
- Basement of Seeley House
- Seeley House is gone, Kellogg House is wrapped up
- Still some brick and wood to remove from Seeley House
- Seeley House’s foundation from afar
- Still need a door to the basement?
- Piping from Seeley House
- The deconstruction team
- Hauling away wood from the site
- Metals sorted for recycling/salvage
- Seeley House foundation
- The end of Seeley House