Our goal is to create a system for determining the effectiveness of adaptive reuse for underutilized office buildings, particularly in Arlington County, Virginia. To better understand this area, we first compiled demographic data to identify the needs of the community. Then, we developed a few creative examples of adaptive reuse that emphasize sustainability and community engagement. By analyzing these examples, we were able to determine which factors contribute to successful buildings. The culmination of these observations resulted in the creation of a guide for the best practices in adaptive reuse projects that could be used by the county to educate developers and stakeholders on the overall reuse process.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kristoff, Perrin
• Parsons, Frank
• Butzke, Roland
• Spears, Amun

Subject

• Environment
• Inclusion
• Sustainability
• Culture
• Well-Being
• Community
• Innovation
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121423-131110
• 115163

Keyword

• Community Engagement
• Sustainability
• ECARP
• Embodied Carbon
• Arlington County
• Adaptive Reuse

Advisor

• Mathews, Lauren M.
• Hall-Phillips, Adrienne

Year

• 2023

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Arlington County Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2023-12-14

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121423-131110

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2024-02-07