STRATA
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09Construction

Renovation

The greenest building is already standing.

[ Overview ]

We specialise in the careful transformation of existing structures — warehouses into hotels, washeries into workplaces, farmhouses into homes. Surveys come first: laser scans, material testing and structural probing reveal what the building can give. New work is inserted reversibly wherever possible, so each intervention leaves the original structure richer, not poorer.

[ Scope ]

  • Laser survey & condition mapping01
  • Material testing & salvage audit02
  • Structural strengthening design03
  • Heritage authority coordination04
  • Phased occupancy strategies05
  • Reversible insertion detailing06

[ Process ]

  1. 01

    Scan

    The existing building documented to the millimetre.

  2. 02

    Probe

    Structure opened surgically to learn its secrets.

  3. 03

    Decide

    Keep, repair or replace — argued case by case.

  4. 04

    Insert

    New elements bolted, not buried — reversible by design.

  5. 05

    Reveal

    Old fabric cleaned and celebrated as the finish.