Adopt + Adapt = Adept

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

We are involved in two different studies with outdated office buildings. In the Netherlands, the crisis has hit older office buildings hard. 6,000,000m2 (60MM SF) office buildings are currently unoccupied, while the absorbtion rate, even in a recovered economy, is no nore than 1,000,000 m2 per year.

This makes it difficult to get office buildings from the 70's and 80's occupied again. Not only are these buildings often "inefficient", compared to current designs, they are very energy-inefficient. So it is hard to invest in these buildings again.

Tearing outdated office buildings down, is not very sustainable. We have named our studies:

Adopt + Adapt = Adept