-- CHOSEN THEORY 1: ADAPTIVE REUSE --

Adaptive reuse is the theory which focuses on reusing existing buildings and giving them a new function and a new identity... More often than not, nowadays at least, due to the world pushing for more sustainable and eco-friendly design to lessen the carbon footprint etc, existing buildings are renovated and altered accordingly to save costs on building from scratch as well as being a sustainable way of building due to the fact that the architect is not excavating more land to build a new building when an existing building can house the same function... The precedent studies I have chosen to accompany this theory are: 

The Selexyz book store in Maastricht in Holland, developed by the architects at Merkx + Girod. They have turned a 13th Century Dominican Church into a book store... 

The Lingo Construction Services headquarters in Oklahoma City, developed by Elliot + Associates Architects. They have reused a 1930 historic masonry and steel Sharp Auto Supply building into a contemporary office space. 

The Red Bull Headquarters in Amsterdam, developed by Sid Lee Architects. They reused three sheds located at the Media Wharf office complex and turned them into a contemporary office space.