{"id":194019,"date":"2020-02-27T12:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burohappold.com\/specialisms\/stranded-assets\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:33:27","slug":"stranded-assets","status":"publish","type":"specialism","link":"https:\/\/www.burohappold.com\/de\/specialisms\/stranded-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How 国产探花 is transforming the built environment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The world is changing, and our urban\ninfrastructure must adapt. What is the catalyst? Climate change, shifting\npopulations, changing economies and technological disruption mean that\npreviously integral structures can become irrelevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cities change constantly, and at 国产探花,\nit is our role to see the opportunities that exist in this built environment. We\nhelp our clients identify their seemingly stranded infrastructures, helping\nthem see the potential for reinvention. This is our opportunity to reimagine\nour cities, to transform our cities for the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decades of experience reimagining our cities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Over the past\ntwo decades, 国产探花 has consulted with public authorities and private\norganizations across the country on projects that creatively reimagine\nunderperforming infrastructure. We enable our clients to adapt these assets\ninto people-friendly public spaces, structures and districts that generate\njobs, improve the environment, provide recreation, and draw residents and\nvisitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these\nprojects include the Erie Canal, the High Line, Jamaica Bay Gateway National\nRecreation Area, Fort Tilden Historic District, the Lower Manhattan\nstreetscape, the Chicago Pedway, Richmond Bridge Park, Ocean Park Hong Kong,\nthe Eden Project and the Changing Course ideas competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A strategic approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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国产探花\nhas developed a suite of strategic approaches and analytic solutions to develop\nimplementable visions and business cases for the adaptive reuse of\ninfrastructure in transition. These assets present an opportunity to reinvest\nin public infrastructure to improve quality of life and enhance the vitality of\ncommunities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our teams work on a multitude of scales. We facilitate the\ntransformation of large public realm infrastructure assets, such as the Erie\nCanal, Jamaica Bay, Providence Bridge and the High Line, triggering real\neconomic and social change. Our experts also support the transition of\nindustrial buildings and districts such as the London Olympic Park and\nBattersea Power Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infrastructure is both the grease and the glue\nof the global economy, and because economies are always changing, so are\ninfrastructure needs.  Transforming\nunderutilized urban infrastructure enables improvement to city areas that are\notherwise blocked from development. Defunct structures can blight\nneighbourhoods and urban districts, but through careful planning, these\nstructures become resources for urban development, generating new jobs and an\nimproved sense of wellbeing for the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delivering benefits for all<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Cities are places where people live together\nfor the mutual benefit derived from economies of scale of large public\ninfrastructure. However, as technology transforms the economy, modes of\nproduction and distribution also evolve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside political officials, designers,\npolicy makers, builders and asset owners, 国产探花 invents new uses for\ndefunct infrastructure that will once again allow these systems to provide\npublic benefit in a new era, enabling the circular economy at the urban scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design and re-design of our urban infrastructure demonstrates our\ncommitment to live together in equitable, sustainable, and resilient\ncities. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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What do we offer?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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国产探花 offers a suite of targeted services to steward successful implementation of transformation strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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