Construction crews work to renovate the interior of the former transit-oriented facility, originally built in the 1920s.
A POWERFUL PROJECT BUILT BY DEDICATED PEOPLE
The $11.5 million Open Works renovation project began in September 2015. The design and construction team con- sisted of architecture firm Cho Benn Holback + Associates (Cho Benn Holback), and Southway Builders Inc., a con- struction management firm.
“From the very beginning, both firms were an integral part of our project planning and execution,” says Bonitz. “They helped us think through every detail of how each studio within the building should work and helped us develop cost-effective, attractive design solutions for the challenges of adapting an older building for 21st century use.”
Project Architect Ethan Marchant, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, has worked at several architecture firms during his career. When asked why he chose to work at Cho Benn Holback, Marchant’s answer is simple: “I very quickly developed an affinity for adaptive reuse projects, taking older indus- trial buildings and redesigning them into contemporary spaces. That’s something that Cho Benn Holback has a really good handle on.”
Marchant, a father of four who enjoys outdoor activities and participating in community functions, believes that any building that brings in people, activities and events is going to have a positive impact on its surroundings.
“Open Works is located in a part of the city that has the power to create a bridge between a variety of demograph- ics. It’s going to change the way that individual artists and makers and thinkers collaborate,” Marchant says. Though this was Marchant’s first makerspace undertaking, he has previously worked on several higher education projects that had similar components, such as wood shops, metal shops and robotics labs.
John Diehl, Vice President of Southway Builders, is also relatively new to the makerspace scene.
“I’m not sure I understood the words ‘maker’ or ‘makerspace’ before Open Works. Makerspaces are bringing back manu- facturing, creating job opportunities, and giving small busi- nesses a place to get their feet off the ground,” shares Diehl.
A Baltimore native and father to twin teenage girls, Diehl finds beauty in Baltimore’s small-town collection of neigh- borhoods and communities.
“I think people who love
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