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Elgin Artspace Lofts
Elgin Artspace Lofts
Elgin, IL, United States
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Elgin Artspace Lofts
Elgin, IL, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2012
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
Elgin Artspace Lofts, a 100,500 SF project (58,600 existing, 41,900 addition), provides 55 units of tax-credit-funded affordable live/work space exclusively for Artists. Comparatively, this facility has big units, wide corridors and large doors, but the essential elements are the spaces which encourage collaboration and engagement with the public. A network of retail, gallery, and amenity spaces weaves throughout and creates a zone between public and private where interaction is fostered.
The solution is about tensions: old/new, commercial/residential, private/public. The addition must complement but not mimic the original, the project must blend between commercial and residential districts, and the privacy needs of the residents must be balanced with the mandate to engage downtown.
The project restored the historic building back to its original splendor with full glass shopfronts, repaired lintels, and historically accurate operable windows. Both original entrances are reused: the corner entry for residents and gallery-goers and the west façade entry for retail shops that line the street.
The addition matches height and major materiality. The pilasters on the existing building continue in the brick piers of the new addition. Two parallel brick walls, formal in height and rhythm and paying homage to the historic structure, serve as the boundary between public and private space. The walls shelter a playful and organic metal-shingled volume that connects to grade at the eastern, residential portion of the site but rises above retail spaces to project over the sidewalk, separating itself from the public realm.
On the south the addition sits back from the sidewalk in accordance with existing neighborhood fabric, providing a semi-public zone for balconies and porches. Large masonry openings at the living rooms exhibit a steady rhythm evocative of nearby townhomes, while smaller openings and balconies are set organically along the façade: a reflection of the plantings in the semi-public buffer.
The solution is about tensions: old/new, commercial/residential, private/public. The addition must complement but not mimic the original, the project must blend between commercial and residential districts, and the privacy needs of the residents must be balanced with the mandate to engage downtown.
The project restored the historic building back to its original splendor with full glass shopfronts, repaired lintels, and historically accurate operable windows. Both original entrances are reused: the corner entry for residents and gallery-goers and the west façade entry for retail shops that line the street.
The addition matches height and major materiality. The pilasters on the existing building continue in the brick piers of the new addition. Two parallel brick walls, formal in height and rhythm and paying homage to the historic structure, serve as the boundary between public and private space. The walls shelter a playful and organic metal-shingled volume that connects to grade at the eastern, residential portion of the site but rises above retail spaces to project over the sidewalk, separating itself from the public realm.
On the south the addition sits back from the sidewalk in accordance with existing neighborhood fabric, providing a semi-public zone for balconies and porches. Large masonry openings at the living rooms exhibit a steady rhythm evocative of nearby townhomes, while smaller openings and balconies are set organically along the façade: a reflection of the plantings in the semi-public buffer.
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