SHAKER BARN ADAPTIVE RE-USE

NEW LEBANON, NY

In the small town of New Lebanon in upstate New York rests a four-story stone barn destroyed by fire and weathered with time. The building is still a notable landmark by the local Shaker community and its restoration would keep a respectful mindset towards such. The vacant shell seeks to fit a new hall for the town's local private high school, and in the summer months would be home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for chamber music.

My intent was to reconstruct the historic barn in respect to the building styles and multiple uses of space that traditional shaker buildings imbue. The solution's unadorned design and humble simplicity is a reflection of the surrounding context for both past and present.