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TRENDS
Where are the most offi ce-to-res conversions taking place? According to
the report, Washington, D.C., is the leading metropolitan area with 5,820
units slated for conversion starting this year. New York City follows closely
behind at 5,215 units, and Dallas takes third place with 3,163 units.
" What's unique about conversions is that they're all diff erent and unique, "
said Robert Fuller, architect and principal of Gensler in New York. " Th e
(design) solutions vary, where I'd argue a lot of ground-up residential is very
cookie-cutter in its planning and approach. "
Fuller's fi rm recently completed the conversion of a 1970s offi ce tower
in Manhattan into Pearl House, creating 588 apartments on 30 fl oors
from the 525,000-square-foot building, as well as 40,000 square feet of
amenity spaces.
To accomplish this, some major interventions were made to the building.
New shafts were carved out of the core of the tower and walled off , bringing
ABOVE & BELOW The Chelsea,
Mass.-based offi ce The
Architectural Team included
a communal kitchen and
lounge in its adaptive reuse
of a 179-year-old mill. Now
an all-electric building, Stone
Mill Lofts is a mixed-income
property with 86 rental units.
Photo credit: WinnCompanies
daylight to the heart of the structure and the
new apartments. Th e curtain walls were adapted
to provide ventilation with inserts of operable,
insulated windows.
Th e environmental benefi ts of a conversion
are also considerable. At Pearl House, reusing
the existing structure saved an estimated 20,000
metric tons of embodied carbon, in comparison
to constructing a new ground-up building using
conventional concrete construction. Th e building
envelope now exceeds local 2030 energy performance
requirements.
Energy conservation isn't limited to relatively
modern buildings. Scott Maenpaa, project manager
of Th e Architectural Team, transformed a
pre-Civil War era building into Massachusetts'
fi rst-of-its-kind all-electric, fossil-fuel-free multifamily
building.
" The Stone Mill Lofts project pushes the
envelope on what preservation could be going
forward with the right developer, design and
consulting team and local, state and federal funding
incentives, " he said.
BALANCING ECONOMY & EXPERIENCE AT SCALE
With multi-res projects of any nature, it's central
to optimize square footage, budget and schedule.
Unlike single-family scenarios, if any one of
these factors lags, the entire design - and business
plan - is compromised.
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