Adaptive Reuse

PAYETTE is a recognized thought-leader in improving the utilization of existing buildings. Recently completed renovation projects for science research and teaching speak to the level of planning, design and execution of highly constrained, adaptive reuse projects. Each of these projects had to address issues such as: active teaching and research on adjacent floor levels during construction; complex phasing; existing column grids out of alignment with idealized lab modules; envelope deficiencies; and structural challenges associated with meeting new seismic, vibration and floor loading requirements. We eagerly embrace these challenges.

We know how to successfully leverage the latent qualities of an existing structure with a budget-minded design that meets program requirements and is phased to coincide with available funding. An array of innovative sustainability approaches can also be applied to reduce the building’s mechanical infrastructure so that a flexible, contemporary research or teaching environment could be inserted into an older building never intended to accommodate such intensive uses.