Question:
How would the practice of adaptive re-use influence the impact to a community? What challenges and potential benefits reveal themselves from implementing historic preservation, sustainable methodologies, and community engagement in the rehabilitation process?
Statement:
This research attempts to investigate the impact of adaptive re-use on community outreach, while also exploring the intricate interaction between historic preservation and sustainable practices.
By exploring the implications, challenges, and potential benefits, the goal of this research is to provide a comprehensive understanding of how adaptive re-use methods can be applied to benefit the sociocultural fabric of our communities.
This image illustrates the site for how it is currently sitting today. With all these photos coming from the author’s site visit, these images help clearly show the state of the current conditions. The site does not have a lot of large vegetation, and all the current structures on the site are vacant and left to decay.
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The importance in understanding the existing context of the Damen Silos is crucial for programmatic development of the site. This diagram demonstrates the immediate surrounding context around the site. As it can be seen, a lot of the surrounding context happens to be Industrial corporations. This completely engulfs the site, proving the need for some new programmatic developments to come update the site.
Design Integration
SITE PLAN
MASTER PLAN
ORIGINAL
CARVE
TOPPER
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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LEVEL 5
SILO APARTMENT - GROUND LEVEL
SILO APARTMENT - LOFT
SOUTH SILO SECTION
NORTH SILO SECTION
FACTORY AXON
