Stained plywood box houses kitchen and bedroom in renovated Seattle condo

US structure agency GoCstudio has inserted a darkish plywood field into an apartment in Seattle that doubles as a studio area for a beginner photographer.

Western Studio is a house and studio designed for a consumer who enjoys images and internet hosting friends. The 1,000-square-foot (92.9-square-metre) open-plan unit is positioned inside a business construction in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.

The transform centred round designing a quantity that would home the apartment’s major dwelling areas, together with a bed room nook and up to date lavatory.

“The objective for the challenge was to reimagine the kitchen, lavatory, sleeping space in a compact multifunctional field which permits the remainder of the area to be open plan and adaptable,” GoCstudio stated.

A row of cupboards, gray kitchen home equipment and a sliding wooden door entrance the monolithic field that’s clad with stained plywood. The construction faces the unit’s open-plan dwelling space that was partially transformed right into a images studio throughout the renovation.

To rework the area right into a studio, the consumer proposed constructing an adjustable system to carry chainmail curtains that may very well be simply swapped out for photographic backdrops throughout a shoot.

Vertical metallic panels connect to a monitor on the ceiling, which additionally options uncovered pipes that nod to the house constructing’s industrial previous.

A compact bed room with felt-covered partitions is nestled into one nook of the field. Contained in the unit, the mattress is stacked on high of wooden storage cupboards and a skylight is located above to gentle and ventilate the slim area.

Darkish, venetian plastering within the lavatory matches the hue of the stained plywood used on the field’s exterior. Fixtures within the confined room embrace a {custom} carved Jatoba sink and vainness and a rain bathe head geared up with color altering lights.

So as to add storage and utility area the studio designed a “loft” stage above the field construction that may be accessed from a aspect door or the row of cupboards on high of the kitchen.

Different custom-designed components within the unit embrace the Jatoba wooden eating desk that’s paired with Hanko Chairs from Chadhaus and a pendant gentle fixture from Studio David Pompa.

GoCstudio is a Seattle structure and design agency based in 2012 by Jon Gentry and Aimée O’Carroll. It has accomplished a lot of tasks within the Seattle space, resembling a winery designed to blend with natural surroundings and a remodelled office building.

Pictures is by Aaron Leitz.

Challenge Credit:

Challenge group: Jon Gentry, Aimée O’Carroll, Ben Kruse, Yuchen Qiu
Structural engineering: J Welch Engineering
Builder: Sparrow Woodworks