This project for a couple started with the appeal of an open
industrial loft space combined with the need for privacy and separation.
Avoiding conventional partitions that would have closed off the space, we
created a single faceted form that while enclosed and private at times, also
interlocked with the larger space of the open loft shell. Set free from the
concrete columns and ceiling as well as the surrounding white walls, the form
provides depth and visual relief from the living room and kitchen while also
allowing for the distribution of light and air to the enclosed spaces of the
master bedroom, children?s bedroom, and bathroom. Part of the dynamic drive
for this project was a tight budget that was used as a positive force,
resulting in a rethought program and economy of structure and form. At its
simplest the project exists as the shell of the open loft and the form within
it, but complexity arises within the surfaces of the form as they become
activated with secondary materials related and responding to the adjacent
program space.