Notes from a Demolition

Adaptive projects rarely begin with a clean drawing set of the existing building — they begin with a hammer and a torch, opening walls to see what is actually there.

At Timber Court, selective demolition revealed a foundation shallower than any record indicated, forcing a redesign of the new volume's bearing strategy within a single week.

We now budget contingency time for this discovery phase on every adaptive project, treating it as design work rather than a construction delay.