Over the new workspace is a narrow apartment that runs the length of the building. It’s made from four self-supporting brick catenary vaults that are offset from each other to allow light into the apartment. Inspired by the way that light bleeds between trees, this structure explores how light can seep through the cracks and skim across a surface. With little outlook, it frames views of the sky and street trees and focuses on interior architecture created by stacked bricks and gradations of light.
Expand ContentApart from galvanised roof sheeting that runs over the stack of unmortared bricks and a thin layer of concrete, there is no structure other than the single row of bricks themselves. All other elements within the apartment such as flooring, fenestration, lighting and joinery are simple and recessive. Most of the furniture and many fixtures and fittings have been custom built for that space in a complementary industrial style.
