Qualified for a LEED Gold rating, this adaptive reuse project created a high performance three story urban loft-style office building within the historic shell of an 80 year old 24,000 square foot cabinet factory. Beneath the new topping slabs hydronic piping heats and cools the open plan spaces. On the roof a 28-panel solar array provides energy to heat the water in the cooler months. A geothermal heat pump provides cool water as well as heated water when solar energy is unavailable. Existing materials such as masonry bearing walls and timber floor framing were left in place and exposed while new cleaning techniques and applied finishes were selected on the basis of sustainable attributes.
| STATUS: | Completed 2008 |
| SERVICES: | Full Architectural, Interior Architecture |
| PRESS: | Lucky’s Warehouse: A Sustainable Adaptive Reuse in South Baltimore ยป, Greenline, 29 March 2008 |
| TEAM: | PFA – Peter Fillat, John Sangley, Eric Lowe |