Challenge: Convert a detached residential garage into a creative studio environment where great architectural collaboration takes place.
Concepts: The main entry, opening onto a residential alley, is sheltered with a recycled car windshield awning. Inside, the perimeter of the open studio is defined by jogs in the exterior wall into four work stations, a conference area, a printing / server area, and a kitchenette. The vaulted ceiling is supported with site-fabricated steel scissors trusses, and the extended roof eaves shade multiple windows and a triangular clerestory. Reclaimed clear wood trim is highlighted against the creamy un-painted plaster walls.
Sustainable Strategies: Daylighting; shading devices; sustainable lumber; reclaimed wood; bamboo flooring; straw board; recycled car windshield; plant-derived wood coating; night-flush ventilation. see more