Flad Principal Ben de Rubertis recently authored an editorial article for Tradeline about a more thoughtful approach to adaptive reuse. The article is titled "Treat Your Existing Building Like a Person, Not a Resource." In it, he suggests thinking of buildings as individuals with strengths, weaknesses, and personalities that exist within a community.
Rather than simply viewing old buildings as assets on which to graft ill-fitting new programs, he invites designers and stakeholders to consider what made a building valuable in past iterations and honor that legacy.
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March 13, 2025