About
Adaptive reuse of a 50,000 sf. registered historic factory/warehouse into a learn/work hub containing an entrepreneurial center, a graduate center, a State Technology Transfer Center, and a craft brewery.
Challenges: As a federally registered historic building, there was the familiar (yet always tough) epic tug-of-war between the program, existing conditions, code-mandated improvements, MEP system requirements, historic preservation requirements, and the project budget. We worked through challenges related to a constrained site, steep topography, retaining walls holding up a 150 year old street, massive mechanical systems, and refurbishing the historic (but highly deteriorated) steel framed single pane windows.
My Role: Job Captain > Project Manager
| Task | Part of a team | Personal focus area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schematic Design | |||
| Modeled the existing building and site | x | ||
| Modeled the new design | x | ||
| Renderings | x | ||
| SD level design documents | x | ||
| Design Development | |||
| DD level design documents | x | ||
| Consultant coordination | x (Lasted through CDs) |
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| Coordination with the Historic Tax Credit consultant | x (Lasted through bidding) |
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| Construction Documents | |||
| CD level design documents | x | ||
| Coordinated building department submittal | x | ||
Project Images
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