REAE 5316 ADAPTIVE USE & REUSE -Site VISITS

10/27/12 - This Saturday I started a new class... REAE 5316 - Adaptive Reuse & redevelopment.    This class was a nice change from all the finance classes we have been taking.   We discussed older buildings throughout the City and the creative ways they were being reused.  

Adaptive reuse is a process that adapts an old site or building for a purpose other than which it was built or designed for while preserving the buildings historic features.   Adaptive reuse is a key factor in land conservation and preservation and is being considered more and more by developers. 

After our discussion in class... we had the opportunity to visit several different sites and see different examples of  reused buildings.

The Bishop Arts District is a prime example of Adaptive reuse and development.   This entire little district is built in old re-used buildings.   We started at Gloria's restaurtant on Davist St.   This restaurant has resently remoldeled and moved into an old firestation.  The result was a beautiful and distinctive building.  They could not have achieved this look with a new building.

The many other shops in Bishop Arts are all creatively set into the old building and homes that were reused as either, boutiques, restaurants, bars and a variety of other different shops.

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Very sustainable... and  Adaptive reuse..... here they are capturing rain water to supply their window  box garden......

Cozy Cottage- Children's clothing store 

This little shop is built inside an old residence.  This older home has been remodeled into a cute little shop, the original front porch and columns make you feel right at home.