Future of Industry? Repurposing Factory Chimneys For New Skyscrapers
Could the Future of Industry be Source Material for Adaptive Reuse? As industrial operations move away from dense and expensiveContinue Reading
Design With the City, Not For It: How to Discover Unlimited Urban Potential
Adaptive reuse and using the city’s resources is about learning to design with the city, not for it – to design with its supply of materials.Continue Reading
8 Ideas for Old Subway Cars: Proposals to Repurpose Retired BART Trains
San Francisco’s BART transportation agency has released eight ideas for old subway cars that were the winning proposals to repurpose retired trains from the fleet.Continue Reading
Urban Mining: 50 Ways to Mine the City
Urban Mining and Harvesting City Resources Can Create a Sustainable, Circular Economy Year after year, resources are fed into theContinue Reading
Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces
Repurposed railway arches leverage and utilize urban infrastructure for more beneficial uses.Continue Reading
Recovering Energy from Infrastructure: Water Power
Recovering energy from infrastructure is an opportunity gaining wide attention.Continue Reading
Parking Garage Performances: Socially Distant Entertainment
For live entertainment, parking garage performances became a way to create and connect.Continue Reading
Covid Parking Garages: Functional Structures Get Called to Serve
When extra space is needed during the Covid-19 pandemic, parking garages are called into service.Continue Reading
Covid Resourcefulness: Trains converted to Quarantine Coaches
In times of need, human resourcefulness fills the void of resources, particularly in dire circumstances. Continue Reading
Could Brick Buildings be Repurposed as Batteries?
New Scientist reports that bricks can be turned into efficient energy storage devices.Continue Reading