The Infinity Dimension

Narrative: 

 

As an adaptive reuse initiative, the Pearl Brewery and Full Goods Warehouse illustrate how demolition waste can be recycled and reused to divert waste from landfills and conserve virgin resources. The design team preserved 64.4% of the original warehouse shell and structure, while the construction team recycled 83.2% of the construction waste generated.

 

As a reflection of Full Goods’ industrial past, objects found and salvaged during demolition were retrofitted to accommodate new functions. Beer vats from the original Pearl Brewery Cellars were refurbished into rainwater cisterns, while the beer cans that clad the Studio doors were recovered from the crawl space of the brewery. Machinery footings from the Brewhouse interior became bollards. Portions of the pre-existing concrete foundation were crushed and reused for an adjacent river improvements project. The project used salvaged, refurbished, or reused materials equal to 3.7% of the total materials value.

 

Of the total building materials content, 27.4% by value has been manufactured using recycled materials. Building materials and products that were extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured within 500 miles of the project site make up 24.7% of the total building materials value. Of the total wood-based building materials, 69.3% are harvested from FSC-certified forests.