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Monday, December 17, 2012
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Shaw Interview Series: Q & A with Nooni Reatig
As a Real Estate Agent with a Website, Twitter Feed, Facebook Page, and Blog dedicated to Shaw DC Real Estate, I feel it is my responsibility to connect to the area in which I specialize.
This week, I speak with Nooni Reatig, Designer-Developer at Suzane Reatig Architecture. The interview was truly my pleasure (photos courtesy of Nooni Reatig)
Kevin: Nooni, if you
don’t mind, could you give a brief context of Suzane Reatig Architecture?
Nooni: Sure. My mom, Suzane Reatig, started the firm in
1989 (where I now work). We work mainly on
residential and mixed-use residential projects.
Our architecture focuses on improving how people live their everyday
lives, and we design buildings that we would want to live in ourselves. So we put everything into it.
Kevin: How did Suzane
Reatig Architecture get started?
Nooni: We started
with residential and commercial projects—on a small scale—strictly by word of
mouth. Then, in the early 1990s, Suzane
was asked to design a church here in Shaw:
The Metropolitan Community Church on 5th and Ridge. The project received a lot of exposure and
design awards, which boosted the presence of Suzane Reatig Architecture, creating
many more projects in the neighborhood.
Kevin: What a great
start for your company!
Nooni: It was. The Church project is a story in and of
itself which could be another interview altogether. It created a great open dialogue within the
community surrounding that project, very substantive and sincere. At the
time, Shaw was not the Shaw we see today.
There wasn’t the Convention Center, there was a lot of blighted land,
and there was a lot of crime. It was a
different place.
Kevin: Did you grow up in Shaw?
Nooni: I grew up in
the Maryland suburbs and came to Shaw with my mom to see construction sites
when I was a kid. Watching Shaw
transform from the time I was twelve in the early 90s, through today, a span of
twenty years, formed the way I think about cities and gave me insight into what
works and what doesn’t urbanistically.
Shaw is personal to me and became a large part of my personal blueprint.
Kevin: So you saw
Shaw changing gradually, rather than the rapid changes we are seeing today…
Nooni: Yes. I’ve been going to various community meetings
for years now. I live here and chose
Shaw to be my neighborhood. You know,
there is a lot of talk today about Shaw “changing overnight,” and people look
back and say “look how much has changed!”
But that isn’t the reality. The
change has been slow; it’s been “20 years overnight” (laughs). So, observing Shaw’s change in slow motion
has shown me what projects have been catalysts for developing successful
neighborhoods.
Kevin: So how do you incorporate your “Shaw Blueprint” into
your designs and work?
Nooni: Right. Well, it isn’t just about making
buildings. It’s about improving a
quality of life—we want the buildings we design to meet the needs of every part
of our residents’ lifestyles, to be enjoyable and functional to their
tastes—completely.
Kevin: Do you have
particular “themes” you use in your designs?
Nooni: Sure. Cross ventilation. A lot of natural light. A lot of nature. Big windows-encouraging transparency and
creating safer streets. Large
spaces—creating the largest units we possibly can with the most efficient
design. We want people to enjoy their
home 100% of the time, rather than living in a smaller unit, in a building with
a lot of amenities that are only used, let’s say, 5% of the time.
Kevin: Can you expand
on how you use nature?
Nooni: Much of our
work is bringing nature inside a building.
Courtyards, private outdoor spaces, terraces, etc. I mean, nature is something people thirst for
in the city. The connection to nature is
too important and is the focal point for our designs.
Kevin: So we have
space, nature, cross ventilation…how would you say the “character” of your
design relates to the community?
Nooni: Hmm…I think
the “character” is found in the people.
Not the building. I think this is
one of the reasons we work well within our community. Our work is not interested in replicating
styles. We only seek to find solid solutions
to the built environment- giving back to the community by designing quality spaces
that will be used every day by the people who live in them. Our buildings are built well for people to
live well.
Kevin: Since Shaw is
a diverse place, do you find it an evolving challenge to meet the varying
tastes and desires of a diverse clientele?
Nooni: The challenge
is always there, yes. I think Shaw is so
valuable right now because diversity equals value. There is diversity of scales, diversity of incomes,
diversity of ages, diversity of backgrounds, and this is what it means to live
in a city! Everything in one place. It’s real life! Appreciating and designing within the context
and historical authenticity of Shaw is something we love to do—all while
creating the most simple and elegant solutions to space possible.
Kevin: Yes, I agree
with you. I think Shaw is such a diverse
place right now that it leaves many people to ask: “What is
Shaw right now?”
Nooni: Yeah…that’s a
big question…almost stifling. I would
say Shaw is about change and growth right now, and we have some idea of where
it’s going, but not entirely. Shaw is
about layers: from the insides of
buildings, to the outside character of buildings, the sidewalks, the streets,
the fences, the trees, and the diversity of its people. Shaw is about growing, in a city that is
alive.
Kevin: So if I asked
you, “What is Shaw?” what would you say.
Nooni: I would say
Shaw is who Shaw is. The people.
It’s also the unique small businesses!
It’s its authenticity. It’s the emphasis
on locality. It’s its evolving
commercialism—we need that too! There
always needs to be a mix between residential and commercial: or else it isn’t special. You can’t have only mom and pop shops or only
big-box stores. It’s the balance and
diversity that is the beauty of this city.
Kevin: Again, well
said! Anything else you want to include
in our Q and A?
Nooni: We are just
happy to participate in the ongoing dialogue within Shaw.
Kevin: Thank you,
Nooni, for your insights into Shaw as well as being part of the evolving
business culture of Shaw.
Nooni: My pleasure!
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