Loft-living is the quintessential New York experiencePhoto credits: Nenad LOEBELL Architects
Vienna Augarten. The entire warehouse was converted into lofts for
living and office space. A family of four resides at the loft shown
here.
The design shows an authentic single room concept, inspired by the
example of classical New York lofts (Andy Warhol, Factory 1963). No
walls, but three `boxes´ with the different usage, divide the 260m²
corner loft space into different zones with different privacies.
The children rooms are acoustically separated with ceiling height acoustic glass elements.
The parents' bedroom can be seperated with from the living area with a
huge sliding door which is hidden behind the kitchen block. At night a
huge white blackout curtain separates visually the living area from the
kid's space. The top of the boxes form either the library or an office
space. Sometimes the top of the boxes are closed with glass elements to
let the natural light come into the room beneath and to give the
individuals a more generous sense of space.
The simplicity of the design concept, the conservation of the industrial
character and the individual furniture pieces, make the loft a very
individual family space.