The design engages in the adaptive reuse of a core-and-shell structure, originally intended for use as a car barn, which sat vacant for years. As the street and the neighborhood in downtown Salt Lake changed around this structure it was uniquely positioned to foster a design which reinforced the walk-ability of the emerging 300 South corridor with its reconfigured street-scape supporting bike lanes and a sidewalk esplanade. Capturing the historic artifact character of the building, the design approach favored discrete subtraction rather than extraneous addition. The new building signage designed by the architect exemplifies this approach in editing the layers of the existing facade into new signage.
