2024-12-24T14:01:15-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150073040/czech-studio-kogaa-turns-former-distillery-into-a-social-reactor Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-07-12T19:30:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5d/5d05d2efc9d49ab5c72475a17fc6b0b9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>"During our architecture practice we felt the need to create a working space which could represent our work and way of thinking" says <a href="https://archinect.com/KOGAA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KOGAA Architectural Studio</a>, a Czech firm based out of Brno, the country's second largest city.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6d37ef08435c636b48aaad4353e26734.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6d37ef08435c636b48aaad4353e26734.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photography by Jakub Skokan and Martin T&#367;ma / BoysPlayNice</figcaption></figure><p>As post-industrial cities are increasingly left with unused complexes, buildings and brownfields, adaptive reuse has become an increasingly popular approach to breath new life into these spaces. When the firm came across a former distillery, they saw the potential to turn it into their new studio and activate the area.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae45a3f6e5d1257f769780a4e24b8ff2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae45a3f6e5d1257f769780a4e24b8ff2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photography by Jakub Skokan and Martin T&#367;ma / BoysPlayNice</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d4/d4bba136a78550ec9f27f5eddbb90731.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d4/d4bba136a78550ec9f27f5eddbb90731.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photography by Jakub Skokan and Martin T&#367;ma / BoysPlayNice</figcaption></figure><p>"We do adaptive reuse projects with a vision, and a flexible frame that allows the buildings to act as an alive organism. It is our solution to build up our cities in a sustainable manner" the firm says.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a5c6ae5de132216c5b8be651fef3a007.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a5c6ae5de132216c5b8be651fef3a007.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photography by Jakub Skokan and Martin T&#367;ma / BoysPlayNice</figcaption></figure><p>The distil...</p>