Adaptive reuse at an historic property

The Montrose, Georgetown, Washington, DC

Originally built in 1913 as a home for the blind, the one-acre site in the middle of historic Georgetown had fallen into deep disrepair. We did extensive research on the building’s history and preserved historic trees while the property was redeveloped into fifteen luxury condominium units with new parking lot. We designed a traditional park-like setting in the Beaux-Arts style to complement the building architecture with areas for both active and passive uses, including a fieldstone outdoor kitchen and seating area, ADA-accessible pathways, and a bio-retention basin with native shrubs and perennials that treats runoff.