piper: decoding healthy & regenerative design
Aug 6, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
Making reuse and circularity repeatable, scalable and efficient is not without its challenges. Especially in an economic model and an industry like the built environment, that was set up to move…
James TrahanGuest
Beth CochranHost
Knowing the panels would be diverted from the landfill and that their story would live on helped bring peace of mind to concerned employees.
As for those remaining panels, APS retained those and incorporated several back into the design and they're holding on to a few others for future projects.
We kept seven panels.
We were able to incorporate five of the panels into the design.
Three of them went into the existing inner patio, our outdoor patio.
And then two of them were turned horizontal and incorporated into the new ADA compliant ramp that comes into kind of our main west entrance for employees.
And so very prominently displayed.
You can really see the quality of the casting and kind of the stone that's in it.
They're exquisite, honestly.
I mean, I'd be surprised if we could replicate those these days.
You know, it was pretty impressive.
Very ornate design, you know, with a nice finish.
And they do sparkle like some of the sun hits.
The GC on the project recognized the value in those panels fairly early on, giving James and the team at 180 the luxury of four weeks to solve for the two biggest obstacles that often impede reuse and circularity efforts, transportation and storage.
And they came up with a pretty smart solution that actually addressed a third challenge, getting the materials back into circulation.
And we said, hey, we would like to re-envision your facade with these panels if we can store the panels at your place for a year while we do your build out.
Knowing the panels would be diverted from the landfill and that their story would live on helped bring peace of mind to concerned employees.
As for those remaining panels, APS retained those and incorporated several back into the design and they're holding on to a few others for future projects.
We kept seven panels.
We were able to incorporate five of the panels into the design.
Three of them went into the existing inner patio, our outdoor patio.
And then two of them were turned horizontal and incorporated into the new ADA compliant ramp that comes into kind of our main west entrance for employees.
And so very prominently displayed.
You can really see the quality of the casting and kind of the stone that's in it.
They're exquisite, honestly.
I mean, I'd be surprised if we could replicate those these days.
You know, it was pretty impressive.
Very ornate design, you know, with a nice finish.
And they do sparkle like some of the sun hits.
The GC on the project recognized the value in those panels fairly early on, giving James and the team at 180 the luxury of four weeks to solve for the two biggest obstacles that often impede reuse and circularity efforts, transportation and storage.
And they came up with a pretty smart solution that actually addressed a third challenge, getting the materials back into circulation.
And we said, hey, we would like to re-envision your facade with these panels if we can store the panels at your place for a year while we do your build out.
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