This northwest London-based project marked an early exploration of how Seva Works approaches questions of material and spatial transformation. Conceived as an alternative to demolition-led redevelopment, retrofill proposed a hybrid of retrofit and infill as a way to preserve and adapt existing industrial building stock. Rather than treating buildings as disposable, the project explored how small-scale, systemic interventions could extend their life, enhance performance, and embed new uses within the urban fabric.

This line of thinking continues to shape Seva Works’ current work, where regenerative strategies and material innovation remain central. Prefabricated mass timber systems and lightweight glass envelopes, tested here as low-carbon interventions, anticipate ongoing investigations into how emerging materials and construction logics, from timber to earth, can couple adaptation and reuse with strategies of climate resilience.

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