In Boston, the first two floors of the former Sears catalog offices have been transformed into a food hall. It’s spacious and open with two-story high ceilings — thanks to an architect who had the vision to literally cut out the second floor and only leave the pillar supports.
I think of all the others who passed on this space in a very desirable district because they only saw it as an office or retail space with traditional ceilings and access. The beautiful building even sat vacant for several years before becoming the multi-use hub that it is today.
You don’t have to be a building architect to envision what could be instead of what is. Stretch your creative thinking muscles and become an idea architect who asks “what isn’t?” or “how might we?” instead of focusing on the limitations your current reality presents. Maybe what you need is right in front of you — if you only have the foresight for subtraction.
