Engineered Architectural Design _
Building Repurposing:
Adaptive Reuse_;
Building Renovation_;
Building Rebranding;
• Building Repurposing involves strategies for redesign of buildings where envelopes and structure are considered as significant resources to be generally maintained and therefore, where redesign and reconstruction of interiors become the focus. This problem type involves "program packing" inside a set fixed perimeter, therefore is less spatial in nature than architecture might otherwise be considered.
For multifamily, this strategy first presented itself as loft design on the north side of Chicago in the early 1990's where existing industrial neighborhoods were adjacent to lowrise residential.
Shown on this page are a mix of multifamily, educational and institutional repurposing designs involving work at a range of scales from building to urban and suburban land planning. This strategy offers opportunities to rebrand buildings and settings while maintaining historical infrastructure..
I__Building Repurpose_Reuse_
Lowrise + Midrise Urban_
Midrise Urban Loft Condominiums. 120,000 gsf. 6 Stories Multifamily + Parking + Commercial. Chicago, Archer + Canal. w/ Philip R. Cohen AIA Architect.
Lowrise Urban Loft Condominiums. 35,000 gsf. 4 Stories Multifamily + Parking. Chicago. Oakley, Erie. w/ Philip R. Cohen AIA Architect.
II__Building Repurpose_Reuse_
Educational_Assembly + Media Spaces
Building Redesigns_
Child School for the Arts, Roosevelt Island, NYC, Manhattan. Building Redesign for Children's Arts Center. w/ Darius Toraby Architect AIA; Campus Media Center Design, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL.
III__Building Repurpose_Reuse_
Educational_ Dormitories_
Building Redesign + Rebranding_Modern to Traditional. South Campus Dormitory Redesign/Expansion. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL. Additional Floor, Hip Roofs, Site Planning.
Professional Focus
Projects shown represent 6 areas of Professional Focus:
Prefab (Volumetric, Panels, Steel Structural), Building Repurposing; HyperScale incl. Corporate Scale Projects w/ Large Budgets; Residential Interior Design; Professional Tools, Global Comparative Models.
Prefab Lowrise Volumetric | Residential, Hospitality, Commercial
Senior Modular Communities, Buffalo Grove, IL
News
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May 2021
HighRise Volumetric Modular_UK
Architect Journal_Croydon Volumetric Highrise www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/hta-designed-worlds-tallest-modular-housing-scheme-opens-in-croydon
Dezeen_Croydon Volumetric Highrise www.dezeen.com/2021/05/26/hta-worlds-tallest-modular-housing-scheme-residential-architecture -
Resources
April 2025UK Offsite Magazine HomePage
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Offsite Consturction Hub HomePage https://www.offsitehub.co.uk
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