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An identity for reversible architecture

SEAMFRAME

A building read through its parts: the component, the joint, the occupied room, and the return path.

Explore the assembly
Residents occupy an adaptable courtyard with visible seams and shared circulation.
Use 03Residents occupy an adaptable courtyard with visible seams and shared circulation.
Recovered timber components are inspected and relabelled for their next assembly.
Return 08Recovered timber components are inspected and relabelled for their next assembly.
  1. 01Inventory
  2. 02Join
  3. 03Inhabit
  4. 04Disassemble
An architect and resident compare a room change on a tablet inside the home.
Choice 04An architect and resident compare a room change on a tablet inside the home.
Numbered columns, beams, wall panels, and connectors wait in assembly order.
Inventory 05Numbered columns, beams, wall panels, and connectors wait in assembly order.
Workers join two modules while the next numbered connection stays exposed.
Sequence 06Workers join two modules while the next numbered connection stays exposed.
Interactive study / reversible assembly

Read the join, then the whole.

Reversible timber joint, assembly passport, and construction registration marker.
Reversible timber joint, assembly passport, and construction registration marker.
A wall module is detached while the adjacent occupied space remains intact.
Change 07A wall module is detached while the adjacent occupied space remains intact.
Recovered timber components are inspected and relabelled for their next assembly.
Return 08Recovered timber components are inspected and relabelled for their next assembly.

Image index

  1. 01 / Assembly
  2. 02 / Joint
  3. 03 / Use
  4. 04 / Choice
  5. 05 / Inventory
  6. 06 / Sequence
  7. 07 / Change
  8. 08 / Return
Project context & references

An identity for reversible architecture

A building communicates how it can be assembled, adapted, and taken apart.

Make the join legible before showing the whole.

Setting
A mass-timber yard, an active construction site, an inhabited courtyard, and a component recovery store.
Value
Reversibility made legible to builders and residents.
Design approach
A wide building photograph occupies a precise drawing frame; component images use smaller measured bays.

Independent design project · Isaac Sohn · 2026