Emergent Structures

09/01/2023

Electrical Upgrades for the RPS Warehouse!

11/29/2022

Dearest friends: please help us reach our year-end fundraising goal of $40,000 by making a contribution today, . We can't do it without you.

https://www.repurposesavannah.org/donate

Re:Purpose Savannah is a women+ led 501(c)3 nonprofit establishing a sustainable future through the deconstruction and reuse of historic buildings.

Our focus:
💚 Advocate, educate, and provide a climate-conscious alternative to conventional demolition that mitigates environmental and public health impacts.
💚 Connect best practices for structural removal with historic preservation, emphasizing research and documentation to preserve the diverse histories in our community.
💚 Train women+, including women-identified, trans, non-binary, and other underrepresented people, for careers in construction

https://www.repurposesavannah.org/donate

08/25/2021

We are incredibly proud of the contributions we were able to make to this affordable housing initiative by helping the development team reimagine how recalimed building materials can be reinstalled on site. Beyond the sustainable and circular economy benefits, the reclaimed wood and brick exude a sense of history and place!

Mercy Housing has helped create affordable housing in Savannah for 20 years. Savannah Gardens is an example of a private-public partnership providing housing...

08/17/2021

We’re proud of being ahead of this innovation curve, prototyping numerous ways to build stakeholder collaboration so that unwanted building stock can become the foundation for local economic growth and ecological vitality!

Construction is one of the planet’s largest consumers of raw materials, but very little is reused. Urban mining is part of the solution.

07/08/2021

A highly recommended event!

Call for proposals: submit a session for the 2021 Deconstruction + Reuse Conference, hosted by Build Reuse, by July 30! We'll be convening virtually October 19-21 for the only conference in North America focused explicitly on reuse in the built environment. Visit the conference website to read more about the call for proposals and to submit your own! www.buildreuse.org/conference

07/08/2021

The most sustainable building is often the one that already exists, but what is the most earth-friendly option when a building needs to come down? This video...

03/30/2021

Help keep history from the landfill Re:Purpose Savannah needs your help. Our old pick… Tia Ross needs your support for Re:Purpose Savannah - Help Save History