Worcester Blackstone Visitor Center.

Wire-metal sun screens and reclaimed brick and wood from nearby factory sites pay tribute to the area's industrial past, while a photovoltaic array that supplies more than half of the center's energy orients the design toward a sustainable future. Worcester, Mass. designLAB architects The Worcester Blackstone Visitor Center in Worcester, Mass., is an exercise in adaptability, change, and graceful reconciliation with a painful past. The resulting 11,000-square-foot visitor center-complete with event and exhibition space-aims to support the revitalization of a village polluted by years of manufacturing, transforming a brownfield site into a sustainable community space. [Extracted from the article]