Located in the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore City at 3840 Bank Street, long sat an aging 1920’s industrial warehouse, originally built and used as a textile manufacturing and distribution hub.
Situated amid dense residential blocks to the west and an under-utilized industrial area to the east, the site provided an opportunity to merge the two while establishing the edge between the starkly different districts.

The primary challenge of 3840 Bank Street was the meticulous rehabilitation of the 1920’s warehouse structure, and converting it into a technological hub for Barcoding Inc. The company, a fast-growing supply chain innovation outfit requiring space for office suites and production, serves as a contemporary equivalent in many ways to the original occupants of the property, infusing creativity, manufacturing, and jobs into the building and the community at-large.

The design and execution of the Barcoding, Inc. Headquarters at 3840 Bank Street presents a prototype of revitalizing an under-utilized space as an innovative and collaborative environment for the contemporary workforce.

Materiality and tectonic detailing elevates the activity of construction to art-form in an effort to respect the surrounding architecture and the history of the space. The restoration efforts remained true to material and dedicated to enhancing the existing beauty of the 1920’s warehouse.

A simple parti utilizes a transparent band of private offices to bisect the space while maintaining visual connectivity. This simple parti offers an adaptable and transformative space. A multi-faceted and comprehensive approach to sustainability encompasses restoration and rehabilitation, proximity and connectivity to social infrastructure, responsiveness of form to the natural environment, and reuse of existing materials.