Harlem Studio / Drawing Company
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Textual content description supplied by the architects. Harlem Studio is a conversion of a two-bedroom, mid-century house in Higher Manhattan right into a dwell/work studio house for 2 artists. Exact manipulation of the present house’s “back-of-house” storage property creates a shared studio house, a hallway gallery, a kitchen, and new connections between residing and dealing areas.
Embracing the effectivity of the unique format, Drawing Company proposed solely restricted modifications to the house’s current plaster partitions; intervening solely when needed. Demolition was restricted to a single closet on the house entry, kitchen cupboards, and toilet tiles; working carefully with the contractor, all different current surfaces have been both repaired or complemented with new millwork.
West-facing home windows present robust sundown lighting, informing the selection of colours and supplies. All through, the unique unit’s character is left intact, whereas the sculptural additions present accents and shade to all social areas. Robust vertical parts emphasize work towards the house’s low ceilings, and sliding doorways maintain slender circulation areas clear for shifting work and tools.
On the kitchen’s south wall, an current chase carrying gasoline, water, electrical energy, and the constructing intercom system blocked daylight, but couldn’t be moved. This “Large Wall” was sculpted round these obstacles, creating a gap adjoining to the intercom unit, and including a slim cap to the Wall’s western edge, hiding the majority of the chase behind a easy curved floor.
In the lounge, the Lengthy Bookshelf extends the south wall, anchoring areas for each eating and stress-free with views of the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge: within the studio house, the Homasote Wardrobe comprises open racks for portray drawing, and tools storage, in addition to a full-size closet sheathed in homasote panels for pinning up work.
The important thing precept of the Studio was leaving as a lot of the house’s current supplies in place, working to enhance or revise solely these parts most in want of modernization. A surgical program of millwork and minimal new drywall parts negotiates the present, bowed plaster partitions and new engineered timber ground, utilizing a restricted, sturdy palette of plywood, homasote, and aluminum.
