UPCycle
Austin, Texas
Positioned in the heart of
Austin’s East Side, an old warehouse was reborn as a vibrant neighborhood hub
with a conversion into creative offices with associated amenities. Gensler
transformed the existing cavernous warehouse into bright, colorful office space
with a sky-lit common corridor, mezzanine space, a series of patios, employee kitchen,
and colorful graffiti murals created by local artists. In a nod to the building’s
past as a shipping facility, a decommissioned train car serves as an outdoor
break room. 95% of the existing building was reused, including the building
skin, which was turned inside-out to reveal the original metal finish, and industrial
exhaust fans that were used as decorative details.