Article: Raw interiors: sustainable design practices honor and re-invigorate an underutilized area of San Antonio.(CASE STUDY)

Located in an underutilized part of downtown San Antonio as part of The SoFlo Office Studios, the new one-story OCO Architects Office Studio is linked to the offices of Alamo Architects by landscaped courtyards. When the design phase for the interior part of the office space began, the main theme emphasized retaining the industrial beginnings of the original structure. As such, the interior reuses several existing building elements such as a ship's ladder, original steel garage doors for wall panels, and garage door springs for table legs.

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As a part of the existing walls of the original structure, steel garage doors now act as a ...

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