Marvel Architects, 2015
There are few sites like New Lab’s, a soaring former machine shop built at the turn of the last century. Long abandoned and facing demolition, DBI sought to overhaul the building and transform it into a innovation lab and maker space. In keeping with its industrial past, we opted to maintain the raw feeling of the space through simple gestures and muscular details. Steel framing is everywhere exposed, joints and connections unembellished, materials left unfinished.