MML Review Magazine July/August/September 2024

ADAPTIVE REUSE

Looking Back to Build a Sustainable Future Our message to developers, municipal planners, and owners of vacant buildings is this: Don’t tear down old buildings— reuse them instead! Humanity’s needs from the built environment are constantly changing. In this moment, we need more housing and less office space—so we should convert office buildings to housing units. In the near future, artificial intelligence will likely change the ways in which we live and work, leading to further shifts in our requirements for our physical surroundings. While we can’t know what the future holds, we can commit to adapting and reusing our buildings rather than tearing them down—because it’s good for the environment, it’s good for communities, and it’s a good investment. Richard Hess, AIA, is a principal with Quinn Evans. You may reach him at 313-462-2559 or richard.hess@quinnevans.com. This article was excerpted; to read the full article, visit: quinnevans.com/news/ adaptive-reuse-architectural-alchemy

Detroit, The Plaza : Our conversion of this office building in Detroit to apartments preserved embodied carbon and created dense housing in a walkable urban neighborhood.

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