Studio Interior Design | Bois Library Studio | MOS

Renovation of an old barn into a library and studio. The two levels share an economic heating and cooling system, using fans at the top of the ceiling on the second floor to pull the cool air up from below to cool the second floor, or to push the hot air down in the winter. The perimeter desk on the second floor works in conjunction with the ventilation panels. All of the existing openings were glazed and the existing holes in the old floor were filled with resin. The perimeter vents and resin knots allow light and air to pass between the library and the writing studio.......more

Music Studio Interior DesignEffigy Studios | Ferndale, Michigan | inFORM Studio

The nature of the recording studio is one of isolation, both figuratively and physically. Three major wrappings (Control, Isolation and Dispersion) have been introduced into the existing structure to address both the isolation and sound quality needs. Two smaller insertions (the vocal isolation booth and the courtyard) create focused moments in the project, pieces that address the quality of the space aside from the technical sound needs. The architectural interventions do not extend past the edges of the found object - they are completely contained by the container. There is little to no indication upon approach to the project of the internal interventions that create the functional spaces. The first room entered, the event room, is a large multiuse space. It is conceived, conceptually, as exterior. The true front elevation and major entrance threshold is approached only after stepping through the initial skin of the existing entrance. The event space is an interstitial space, non-programmed and transitional. From this volume, the core of the studio can be accessed through a significant threshold which occupies the same location as the present cut in the masonry wall. Light floods into this space from erosion of the walls surrounding the courtyard.....more

Studio Interior | Spotwelders Video Editing | Work Architecture Company

Spotwelders is a video-editing facility. Video-editing is an intense process, requiring rooms with good acoustic and light control. We also discovered that video-editing is a process requiring a large amount of space for lounging. Clients come to the facility and remain for days. Unlike the editing suites, the lounges require comfortable and light-filled spaces.
Spotwelders occupies 5,000 square feet on the top floor of a triangular-shaped building near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. The space has 42 windows. Our project revolved around the concept of inserting an “object” that would maintain a free perimeter and – through its shape – create both ideal editing suites within and a series of private lounges without. The result is a distorted cross that creates the four, differently-sized editing suites: the rounded sides of the cross “carve out” discrete lounges, one for each editing suite. The object is painted bright orange, creating a vibrant presence.
In order to give the editing suites their own individual identity, we developed a custom carpet based on Warhol’s “Flower” paintings. We applied Warhol’s technique to an existing carpet pattern; the manufacturer allowed us to replace all of the original colors with our own for no additional cost. We created green, blue, yellow and pink carpets for the editing suites. Custom-designed couches and furniture pick up on the carpet colors.

The “object” also creates a sweeping entrance containing a walnut reception desk and waiting bench. Beyond, and below a dramatic existing north-facing skylight, we created the “park:” an area of tables for sitting and dining on a grass-patterned surface. The kitchen is aluminum-faced panels and there is a separate back-of-house area containing administrative offices and a conference room with a new 12-foot wide window looking out over the city.More about this Studio Interior at workac