Adaptive Reuse

• Adaptive Reuse
• Construction Waste Management
• Geothermal
• Interior Renovation
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Photovoltaics/Solar
• Private Developer
• Rapidly Renewable Materials
• Recycled Materials
• Recycling
• Residential
• Suburban

Extensive renovations were made to the architecturally significant mid-century Hayes Residence in order to open up the floor plan, make better use of underutilized areas, update the finishes, and dramatically reduce energy consumption. The most significant changes were made to the kitchen/dining area, mudroom addition, master bedroom suite, and mechanical systems.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Construction Waste Management
• Exisiting Building Operations
• Historic
• Interior Renovation
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Neighborhood/Community
• Private Developer
• Recycled Materials
• Recycling
• Renovation
• State or Local Funding
• Urban

Fair Food is a local non-profit dedicated to bringing locally grown food into the Philadelphia marketplace. Re:Vision Architecture was commissioned to design their new expansion in the historic Reading Terminal Market.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Brownfield Redevelopment
• Commericial
• Construction Waste Management
• LEED Certified
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Neighborhood/Community
• New Construction
• Private Developer
• Public Transportation
• Recycled Materials
• Recycling
• Renovation
• Silver
• Social Justice Focus
• Urban

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries of Philadelphia, Inc. (MNM) is a 501 (C) (3) not for profit organization that has served the Tioga neighborhood of North Philadelphia for over 25 years. It is the only social service provider in one of the most neglected sections of Philadelphia. The Ministries’ programs were developed in partnership with Tioga’s residents in order to address their needs.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Alternative Transportation
• Commericial
• Construction Waste Management
• Core and Shell
• Economic Development Focus
• LEED Certified
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Private Developer
• Recycled Materials
• Silver
• Suburban

Liberty demolished an outdated single story 35,000 square foot building to create an energy efficient three-story 110,000 square foot Class A office building.  If offers sustainable features such as waterless urinals and low flow faucets to reduce water usage, abundant daylighting with larger than normal windows and a three story atrium to provide natural light throughout, and CO2 sensors to bring in fresh air when CO2 levels are too high.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Alternative Transportation
• Commericial
• Construction Waste Management
• Core and Shell
• Economic Development Focus
• Gold
• LEED Certified
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Private Developer
• Recycled Materials
• Recycling
• Suburban

Liberty’s unique redevelopment of a 20-year old building reused 50% of the original building—structural steel and floor plates—while using 20-percent recycled content in the materials used to reconstruct and expand the property by 6,000 square feet. This massive green renovation included installing energy efficient light fixtures, larger windows and higher ceiling heights to provide more natural light to the interior, as well as using highly efficient HVAC systems to reduce the building’s overall energy consumption as compared to a typical building of this size.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Alternative Transportation
• Commericial
• Construction Waste Management
• Core and Shell
• Economic Development Focus
• Gold
• LEED Certified
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Private Developer
• Recycled Materials
• Recycling
• Suburban

In 2007 Liberty demolished two obsolete, single-story buildings to create a 4-story, 104,000 square foot, Class A office building. This adaptive reuse of a well situated site included keeping over 98% of the construction waste out of landfills by recycling it onsite during construction, enlarging windows to increase interior natural daylight, reducing energy use, reducing water usage by 30% with waterless urinals, lower-flow showerheads and sensor controlled faucets, and using CO2 sensors on the HVAC system to refresh spaces with fresh air for occupant’s comfort and well being.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Alternative Transportation
• Commericial
• Construction Waste Management
• Core and Shell
• Economic Development Focus
• Gold
• Green/Vegetative Roof
• LEED Certified
• Local Materials
• Low Emitting Materials
• Private Developer
• Public Transportation
• Rapidly Renewable Materials
• Recycled Materials
• Recycling
• Stormwater Mitigation
• Stormwater Reuse
• Urban

Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Comcast Center is a 58-story, 975-foot high office tower encompassing approximately 1,250,000 rentable square feet. When certified in 2009 it was the tallest LEED Gold building in the US due to its sustainable features.  For example, a glass curtain wall that blocks 60% of the heat from the sun while allowing 70% of the sun’s visible light to be transmitted. This both provides ample daylight while reducing energy used for air conditioning.

• Adaptive Reuse
• Corporate
• Existing Building
• Green Space Expansion or Reclamation
• Green/Vegetative Roof
• Local Materials
• Rapidly Renewable Materials
• Renovation
• Retrofit
• Stormwater Mitigation
• Urban

 Designed in collaboration with Roofscapes, Inc., the enormous vegetated roof atop PECO’s headquarters building at 23rd and Market Street is the largest of its kind in a Pennsylvanian urban setting and will offer a myriad of environmental benefits from stormwater absorption (soaking-up 1.5 million gallons of rainwater runoff annually), to heat island mitigation, to the creation of a welcoming habitat for birds and other wildlife.  In a