The new offices for The Buntin Group were designed to foster creativity and to be flexible enough to adapt to the changing needs of advertising and content creation.
Located in the repurposed historic Tennessee Central Train shed in an up-and-coming area of Nashville, the maintenance shed was built in the early 1900s using materials from the adjacent rail yard.
Hastings’ adaptive reuse highlights the original steel structure while celebrating the craftsmanship of past generations and also making it a space that is of our time. The repurposing of the historic Tennessee Central Railway shed honors the history of the structure while generating space for creative workflow for The Buntin Group - a Nashville-based ad agency.
Built in the early 1900’s as a maintenance shed, the building was originally constructed using materials from the adjacent rail yard. This adaptive reuse highlights the original steel structure that forms the 35-foot high volume and celebrates the craftsmanship and ingenuity of past generations. Old rail lines and train cars inform the massing and linework of the new design intervention.
The new open workspace creates a highly collaborative and flexible space designed to adapt to the rapidly changing world of ad buying and content creation.