Working collaboratively with the project’s architect, owners, and tenant (respectively, GBBN Architects, Almono LP, and OneValley), Monmade integrated a variety of creative artisan and sustainable products into the Roundhouse at Hazelwood Green. Together with GBBN and our artisan producers, Monmade explored details of the location, reflected the history of the building, and created distinctive moments throughout the interior and exterior spaces through product solutions.
The Roundhouse was originally built by the Monongahela Connecting Railroad circa 1887 and was formerly owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel and later LTV Steel Company. Today, following its renovation the Roundhouse serves as an innovation center for the global entrepreneurship platform, OneValley. Additionally, the Roundhouse is a component of Almono LP’s broader redevelopment of Hazelwood Green, which is working toward a LEED for Neighborhood Development Platinum certification (for which, the Roundhouse requires LEED Gold certification).
Featured Producers
Bones and All · Limelight Tile and Ceramics · Modesto Studios · Penn/Fairmount · Roost Design Build · SPACAPAN · Stak Ceramics · Temper and Grit · Technique Architectural Products · Transit Forge
The historic context, modern accommodations, and sustainability goals for the project served as inspiration for many of the products. The final solutions blended historical and modern design details, including exterior benches and trashcans, exterior and interior wayfinding signage, movable steel screen walls, glass and ceramic pendant lighting, ceramic and screen-printed tile, thematic wallcoverings, the large wood kitchen island, as well as interior and exterior bike racks.
Inquire for more information on Monmade’s collaborative approach to cultivating custom product solutions and standard product integrations for sustainable, impactful projects.
Monmade offers a range of standard products ready to be integrated into projects alongside our custom solutions. Featured standard products at the Roundhouse included a variety of lighting, exterior fixtures, and tile. Contact us for more information about these products or click on the images below for product details, including convenient downloadable tear sheets.
The artful and alluring decorative Balance Light is designed as a modular unit that can be adapted to fit a project’s needs. Available in small, large, and 2 and 3 shade mobile-style pendants, each light hardware is customizable and is available up to 144″ long.
TRANSITION Bike Racks debuted at the Roundhouse and were a winner of our 2021ONE Green Product Design Competition. Available in four designs, these artful bike racks have been designed with a holistic approach to sustainability.
Monmade’s holistic approach to sustainability is described by our Dimensions of Sustainability. Rooted in our team’s knowledge of responsible manufacturing processes for small businesses, our six defined dimensions inform our assessments of artisan producers and their products. Our producers and their products achieve a dimension when they meet one or more of that dimension’s defined criteria.
Using sustainable materials including recycled, reclaimed, or bio-based materials, prioritizing sustainable vendors and local sourcing, minimizing environmental impact of facility and/or manufacturing waste, publicizing sustainability practices, planning for responsible growth
Climate
Manufacturing at and/or within 100 miles of primary business location, using renewable energy sources, reducing energy consumption, reducing water consumption, measuring carbon footprint, seeking reduction of use of non-renewable resources
Human Health
Products contributing to safe indoor and/or outdoor air quality, using low-to-zero VOC adhesives/sealants/finishes/paints, products comply with specific industry standards including UL and ADA, providing adequate safety and personal protection equipment for employees, safely using/storing/disposing of materials and/or finishes, using and/or encouraging green cleaning methods for products, recommending responsible installation and/or maintenance of products
Social Equity
Business is women and/or minority owned, workforce is more than 50% women and/or minorities, located in an LMI area, hiring local workforce, contributing portion of profits to charitable organizations, practicing public stewardship, offering employee benefits, providing wage transparency
Circular Economy
Designing products for zero-impact, reuse, and the elimination of waste throughout the entire life-cycle of the product. A circular system often includes (but not limited to) using sustainable materials (e.g. bio-based, reclaimed), safe and efficient manufacturing, durability, using sustainable packaging materials, and a plan for end-of-life
Eco-Labels
Indicates when producers/products/ product components are independently certified/verified for their environmental attribute claims by a third-party organization; certifications/ verifications can be for single attribute claims such as FSC or multiple attribute claims such as EPD, HPD, and life-cycle analysis
