Introduction
An adaptive reuse proposal for a quarter-mile industrial shed, keeping it readable as one continuous length.
Concept / Research
The building is a single room a quarter of a mile long. Every reuse strategy that subdivides it destroys the one thing that makes it remarkable.
Process
Testing insertions that touch the shell lightly: freestanding volumes, a raised walkway, and nothing at all at the ends.
Drawings
Long section at 1:500 with the inserted volumes at 1:100.
Final work
The proposal adds four volumes and leaves the remaining length empty, lit from the existing openings.