Prototype 180

prototype 180 is an artwork by conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll who lives and works in New York City.

[1] Houston, Texas was chosen as the site of the artwork because it lacks an official land-use policy.

Material scientists on reconstituting the construction debris that was saved from the unbuilding of prototype 180.

A workforce development component that will utilize the new materials and processes in underserved areas in Houston near prototype 180 is in formation.

"[2] It is literally a ground-shifting exercise, because it structurally involved the 180 degree revolution, from front to back of a single-family home and its surrounding plot ofland in the development of Sharpstown, a post-war development in Houston, Texas.