West Heights

Located on a 40-acre former industrial brownfield in Houston’s West Heights, this project is a highly sustainable mixed-use adaptive reuse that places the public realm at the center of both design and performance. In collaboration with Shop Architects, existing shed structures are upcycled into defining architectural elements, while relics and artifacts are reintroduced as art pieces and totems that honor the site’s past and strengthen its sense of place.

Sherwood Engineer’s partnership ensured water shaped every decision. Green and polder roofs, sponge gardens, structural soils, and cisterns were integrated to manage flooding, harvest water, and sustain acres of open space both on-grade and on-structure. Designed to meet LEED and SITES principles, the project demonstrates the potential of green infrastructure and the public realm in complex urban transformations.