#adaptivereuse

The Tree House Greater Boston project is the cultivation of the long-time successful collaboration between Tree House Brewing Company and Bergmeyer. In selecting Bergmeyer as their design partner once again, Tree House found a collaborator deeply attuned to the brand's ethos, operational intricacies, and the irreverent fusion of craft beer and golf.   Caption Caption Tree House embarked on a mission to revitalize a well-known Tewksbury community landmark, infusing it with new life while preserving its sentimental value and history. Tree House, with a unique location-driven business model centered exclusively on in-house beverage sales, aimed to create another regional outpost that differentiated itself through novelty. This endea... More

In 2016, the old city of Segovia had around 2,500 inhabitants and experienced a continuous population decline. Due to this decrease, the neighborhood was left with almost no social infrastructure. The library, hospital, elementary school, and many other public services abandoned the area, leaving its residents with limited cultural, health, or social resources. The IE School of Architecture and Design D-LAB’s project for the Casa de la Lectura involved the adaptive reuse of the old Royal Jail, a 16th-century building with significant heritage preservation requirements. Whit Preston The design and construction of the Casa de la Lectura represent an important step in recovering the civic life of an area that, over the past twenty... More

Redpoint Ventures came to IwamotoScott with the aim of establishing a new urban presence for their highly regarded  Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm at South Park in San Francisco. Part of the contextual legacy of this desirable locale is that the Wired magazine was founded in the vicinity. Bruce Damonte Our design is tailored to meet this aim, creating a bespoke new workplace and event space for them within a 4,200sf raw brick and timber ground floor space fronting South Park in San Francisco. Four main design elements anchor the new space and act as a complimentary set of custom fabricated components in dialogue with each other  –  these include: Bruce Damonte 1) A 35 foot long Douglas Fir co... More

Blue at Lavender Bay is a perfect example of how adaptive reuse can breathe new life into empty and outdated office towers. By transforming these spaces into beautiful residential dwellings, with minimal impact, they add to a cityscape rather than detract from it and create new purpose for residents and locals alike. Completed in July 2021, Blue at Lavender Bay contains 125 apartments with a range of options including, one, two and three bedroom apartments, as well as sub penthouses and penthouses.  Pablo Veiga The main obstacle in transforming a commercial structure to a luxurious residential building was in reimagining the façade and preserving the original structure. Curved glass wintergardens and balconies were create... More

The Distillery of Modern Art started as a warehouse, and Vickers Design Group converted it into a distillery, tasting room, art gallery, and event space. Jason Buch Photography Copper is used to accent the space and unite the different areas of the building. The distillery portion is a square rotated 45 degrees, so it breaks the grid and becomes a feature element no matter where you stand in the tasting bar or event space. As the heart of the business, the still is visible from almost every space, and you feel as if you are right inside the distillery. A copper corrugated screen transforms the building envelope to modernize the space and create the appearance of a whole new building. Careful attention was given to understand the exper... More

This is Bloomberg’s first flagship Tech Hub on the West Coast. The new space, completed in May 2015, is both a workplace for Bloomberg’s software engineers and an event space to help foster connections between Bloomberg and Silicon Valley. Bruce Damonte The design juxtaposes new elements against the exposed raw materials of the building shell and translates the form and geometry of the exterior ornamentation. This approach contrasts the existing rough material palette of the exposed concrete and brick interior with a more refined combination of oak flooring and millwork, glass, steel and felt cladding. Bruce Damonte Upon entry, you encounter one of the main design elements: a porous wood “liner” that acco... More

Heavybit Industries is a co-working space designed for early stage companies making cloud software developer products. The Heavybit program curates, fosters and promotes innovation and solution-finding through invited presentations, public events, education, advising, and inter-developer collaboration. The client brief aimed to transform the existing former warehouse into a collaborative workspace. This includes on the first floor a large kitchen, collective dining area for daily catered lunches that could double for speaker presentations, conference room, bike storage, and informal work areas; and on the two upper floors an open array of desks, comfortable and intimate meeting areas, bar height workspace and conference rooms. The client al... More