Sustainability Lens: Adaptive Reuse

Best Made Center/Synergis

Best Made Center/Synergis

With an eye for the creative re-use of industrial sites, developer/builder Gorski Engineering set their sight on the sprawling 65,000 sf former home of the Best Made Silk Hosiery Company in the heart of a historic borough. Re:Vision worked closely with Gorski to conceptualize a redevelopment plan for the new “Best Made Center” which selectively […]

Braunbeck Residence

Braunbeck Residence

Many homeowners would have walked away from the existing Newtown Square property with its chronic water problems and awkward layout.  But the owners had a vision that it could be transformed into a light-filled, minimalist refuge from a hectic world.  Working closely together, Re:Vision and the owners simplified and reduced the building footprint while turning […]

Ashlawn Barn

Ashlawn Barn

Nestled between a historic stone estate and a corporate office park, the Ashlawn barn is a modest Pennsylvania bank barn that has undergone numerous lives since its agricultural origin. The design for a new, collaborative office environment begins with removing half-a-century’s worth of modifications to expose the stone and timber structural bones of the building. […]

Old City Loft

Old City Loft

With plans to relocate to Philadelphia, the Hawaii-based Owners selected Re:Vision to work with their realtor to evaluate multiple properties for architectural potential. Once the right property was found, Re:Vision collaborated with the couple (one of whom was an architect for a university) to generate the design for an age-in-place gut rehab of the two-level […]

Weavers Way Germantown

Weavers Way Germantown

Weavers Way Community Co-Op has long been a staple in Philadelphia.  The member-owned cooperative grocery store prides themselves on inclusivity, affordability, and high quality products that are local, sustainable, organic, and fairly traded.  The new Germantown store exemplifies the Co-op’s message of sustainability by reusing an existing building that once served as a grocery store […]

Mariposa Food Co-Op

Mariposa Food Co-Op

Putting into practice a Greening Groceries research project completed for The Food Trust, Re:Vision designed the adaptive re-use of a 5,000 sf Greek-revival style bank in West Philadelphia into an appealing food-shopping venue for Mariposa Food Co-op. The project was designed to be developed in three phases, including retail space, community gathering, and a roof […]

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