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historic images reveal the bustling industrial nature of the Pabst Brewery
historic images reveal the bustling industrial nature of the Pabst Brewery
Pabst Brewery complex prior to redevelopment
Pabst Brewery complex prior to redevelopment
TOP: previous view of the site, looking westBOTTOM: previous view of the site, looking south
TOP: previous view of the site, looking west
BOTTOM: previous view of the site, looking south
WOOLY TERRACES: Early sketches begin to identify shaded terraces where people can congregate. Angular walls respond to the collision between two orientations of street grids.
WOOLY TERRACES: Early sketches begin to identify shaded terraces where people can congregate. Angular walls respond to the collision between two orientations of street grids.
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MATERIAL HARVEST: Existing paving is carefully extracted and stockpiled for future use, transforming a material that is often considered a waste into a resource.
MATERIAL HARVEST: Existing paving is carefully extracted and stockpiled for future use, transforming a material that is often considered a waste into a resource.
MATERIAL REUSE: Reclaimed concrete chunks are reinstated as porous pavers throughout the wooly terraces. The rich patina of the concrete slabs serve as a constant reminder of the rich history of the Pabst Brewery.
MATERIAL REUSE: Reclaimed concrete chunks are reinstated as porous pavers throughout the wooly terraces. The rich patina of the concrete slabs serve as a constant reminder of the rich history of the Pabst Brewery.
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LEVERAGING THE MUNDANE: Required accessible ramps, parking spaces and stripes are reimagined to create a dynamic landscape forecourt and series of occupiable sloping terraces.
LEVERAGING THE MUNDANE: Required accessible ramps, parking spaces and stripes are reimagined to create a dynamic landscape forecourt and series of occupiable sloping terraces.
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WOOLY TERRACES + SHADY GROVES: The gaggle of trees and fuzzy grass offer a distinct texture and space within the Brewery Complex.
WOOLY TERRACES + SHADY GROVES: The gaggle of trees and fuzzy grass offer a distinct texture and space within the Brewery Complex.
OCCUPIABLE ROOMS + DYNAMIC PATHS: Angular walls respond to the complex site geometry and divide the terraces into smaller, more intimate rooms within the park, while gently sloping geometric paths widen and shrink, opening and closing views through the space.
OCCUPIABLE ROOMS + DYNAMIC PATHS: Angular walls respond to the complex site geometry and divide the terraces into smaller, more intimate rooms within the park, while gently sloping geometric paths widen and shrink, opening and closing views through the space.
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Historic Pabst Brewery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Material Reuse + Site Design
2011- 2012
 

Zilber School of Public Health

2013 LEED Gold 
Certification, USGBC 
2013 Mayor’s Design 
Award, Milwaukee 
2013 Business Journal’s 
Real Estate Award 

In the reviving of the historic Pabst Brewery complex, the former Manufacturing & Cold Storage Building (‘building 7’) was recently adopted as the home of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee’s Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health. This recalibrated site is designed with an industrial thrift inherited from the historic Pabst complex.
The industrial network of alleys and workyards have been re-employed as pedestrian paths and terraces of productivity, inhabited by students, faculty, and staff of the School of Public Health. Terraces at once act as gathering spaces, accessible routes, solitary retreats, urban lungs, and stormwater sponges. Within each terrace, reclaimed concrete chunks are salvaged from the site and are scattered within a mosaic of wooly grasses and high canopy trees, providing pockets of shaded seating.
Collaboration with
Kapur & Associates