At #TimeSpaceExistence 2025, three projects share a common belief that the future of architecture lies not so much in what we build anew, but in how we adapt, transform, and extend the life of what already exists. Through adaptive reuse and thoughtful demolition, they each propose ways of building that are both responsible and forward-looking.
▫ At the Weitzman School of Design, the Graduate Urban Housing Studios at Upenn explore how vacant commercial buildings can become homes. In cities reshaped by remote work and rising housing costs, their projects turn redundancy into opportunity — reimagining office towers as living spaces that respond to both social and environmental pressures while retaining the city’s structural memory.
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▫ In Athens and across the Aegean, Degree Zero Architects interpret transformation at different scales — from an apartment reshaped by curved timber gestures, to a summerhouse embedded in the island terrain, to the adaptive reuse of an unfinished 1980s office block into serviced apartments. Their approach reveals how architecture can renew itself through continuity rather than replacement.
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▫ In Louisville, pod architecture + design present Dynamic Regeneration, a real-world adaptive reuse project that bridges theory and practice. Conceived as both an installation and a permitted, net-zero expansion of the Rabbit Hole Distillery, it embodies readiness: architecture that responds to the urgency of climate change through tangible, buildable solutions. Meeting the AIA 2030 Challenge, the project redefines each element’s role, merging performance and beauty into a new architectural paradigm.
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