Cedar Stack recontextualizes the familiar, seeking to draw out unexpected affects from within the everyday. Cedar Stack is an investigation in sustainable, closed-loop wood construction and rapid deployment made possible through a repeating construction logic. The protagonist of Cedar Stack, a humble 2x4, is the embodiment of post-war industrialization in the built environment -- a natural material transformed into a uniform product which is cheap, easy to deploy, and simple to transport. The lumber used to construct the work, left free from glue or coatings and undamaged by the process of assembly, will be reused/upcycled after the duration of the installation at Goat Farm. Cedar Stack performs as both sculptural object and as a semi-enclosed porch: a pocket of space to gather or rest. The project builds upon an ongoing interest in the way design can reveal latent cultural meanings embedded in common materials and forms. It also makes use of a process-driven approach, leveraging modularity, prefabrication, and collective assembly (with architecture students from Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture) to achieve the rapid, site-responsive build. Cedar Stack asks how design can engage both a specific site and the public realm not through spectacle, but through subtle shifts in the everyday.

Architectural Pavilion | Western Red Cedar | 7.5’ x 7.5’ x 12’

The Goat Farm | Atlanta, GA | 2025

Design Team: Katie Soule & Michael Stradley

Build Team: Katie Soule, Michael Stradley