{"id":539,"date":"2025-09-29T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:10:34","slug":"mass-design-group-turns-historic-new-york-factory-into-community-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/mass-design-group-turns-historic-new-york-factory-into-community-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International studio MASS Design Group<\/a> renovated and adapted<\/a> six derelict factory buildings into a mixed-use community hub in New York’s Hudson Valley<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new Scenic Hudson Northside Hub was completed this summer, revitalising the former Standard Gage Factory in Poughkeepsie, New York.<\/p>\n

“Scenic Hudson’s Northside Hub represents MASS’s commitment to adaptive re-use as the lowest carbon approach to development,” said MASS Design Group<\/a> principal and project lead Justin Brown.\u00a0“It exemplifies the practice of ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,’ at the building and urban scale.”<\/p>\n

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The project preserved over 85 per cent of the original brick building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 120-year-old factory had sat empty for the better part of two decades before Scenic Hudson<\/a> commissioned MASS to renovate six buildings, creating 15,000 square feet (1,393 square metres) of work, commercial and indoor and outdoor community gathering space.<\/p>\n

Set within three acres of new parkland, the project preserved over 85 per cent of the original brick building envelopes and nearly all of the superstructures, mass timber and concrete.<\/p>\n

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the project is certified as a brownfield remediation site and a New York State Research and Development Authority carbon-neutral building.<\/p>\n

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The largest building has three levels of workspace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Originally constructed in 1920, the largest building \u2013 Building A \u2013 now holds three levels of workspace, a gallery, community meeting rooms and a cafe that opens to an exterior lawn for events.<\/p>\n

Building B, the oldest on the site, was constructed with mass timber and masonry in 1910.<\/p>\n

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Multi-purpose spaces feature throughout the project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It now features a double-height auditorium and reception space with retractable, tiered seating and state-of-the-art projection displays. The team reinforced the roof to create a green roof and terrace overlooking a nearby creek.<\/p>\n

Buildings C and D, both two stories, were renovated for future programming, such as a restaurant, workshop, office or retail tenant.<\/p>\n