Contemporary Art and Historic Architecture
Adaptive reuse
Sponsored by Architectural Record | Presented by Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich
Webinar On-Demand
As architects, there is a moral imperative to examine your surroundings and make better use of what is already there. One way to do that is through adaptive reuse, and examining how existing architecture can be influenced by its existing conditions. This course will show how having a deeper understanding of a project’s context, as well as the material, spatial and social values inherent in it, can be a point of departure for change and transformation.
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Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich - The Peterson Rich Office is a Brooklyn-based architecture and design practice recognized for its cultural, publicly engaged, and social impact projects at multiple scales. Since establishing their firm in 2014, principals Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich have led a diverse team in realizing projects for leading clients in the cultural, residential, retail, and public sectors. 2023 will see the completion of multiple projects, including artist studios for Nina Chanel Abney and Zaria Forman, The Shepherd Gallery & Arts Center in Detroit, and the new Davison Art Gallery at Wesleyan University. Through an ongoing 8-year partnership with NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) PRO creates and conducts inclusive community design exercises that provide critical insights and recommendations aimed at helping to improve the country’s largest public housing program and is currently working to shepherd design excellence for NYCHA renovations across all five boroughs. |
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Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in October 2023
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Discuss how two projects explore adaptive reuse in different ways to bring new arts programming into existing buildings.
