Reuse! Architectural design in Capetown

You have to see this!

This is a group of grain silos in Capetown South Africa.  Yup, 42 silos, standing 180 feet high, each only about 18 feet across.  Concrete with a steel frame.

Closed in 1995, it's been chosen for redevelopment as the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art and oh, it is so (potentially) beautiful.  Thomas Heatherwick's architectural firm has released these images of the redesigned 6,000m2 gallery space in a 9000 m2 complex:

I'm in love with the atrium which really preserves the silo tubes as architectural space.

There's obviously a lot more underlying these ideas of reusing before removing.  I've been following Detroit's discussion very closely as they track blight,  rehab houses, and give away houses.  I'm always looking at MassMoCA and their use of the Arnold Print mill/Sprague Electric Co. facilities.

Think about your boxes, world.  We can be revolutionary.