White Creek, New York Studio 1,100 SF 2022
This project was commissioned by an artist for a separate studio building adjacent to their home on a rural parcel. The artist’s family inhabit the existing barn building - which they have lovingly labored upon over decades. Our goal was to echo the form of the barn and create just enough of an enclosure, with minimal conditioned space, to help lower cost and create a high degree of flexibility for multimedia work.
Agricultural greenhouses are common throughout the county, so we took cues from the form, materiality and structure of the greenhouse. Multiwall polycarbonate panels enclose the generous space created by a heavy timber frame to maximize span and light. A secondary volume is nested within the large, unconditioned space. This smaller volume is fully conditioned and insulated to provide space for year-round work, as well as climate control for sensitive materials.
The existing site already hosted two shipping containers used for storing work. These are reconfigured as a foundation for the shed to minimize earthwork and create a secondary, outdoor work space at the lower elevation.
A concrete stair cuts the earth to connect the two.
Artist’s Studio
White Creek, New York
Studio
1,100 SF
2022
This project was commissioned by an artist for a separate studio building adjacent to their home on a rural parcel. The artist’s family inhabit the existing barn building - which they have lovingly labored upon over decades. Our goal was to echo the form of the barn and create just enough of an enclosure, with minimal conditioned space, to help lower cost and create a high degree of flexibility for multimedia work.
Agricultural greenhouses are common throughout the county, so we took cues from the form, materiality and structure of the greenhouse. Multiwall polycarbonate panels enclose the generous space created by a heavy timber frame to maximize span and light. A secondary volume is nested within the large, unconditioned space. This smaller volume is fully conditioned and insulated to provide space for year-round work, as well as climate control for sensitive materials.
The existing site already hosted two shipping containers used for storing work. These are reconfigured as a foundation for the shed to minimize earthwork and create a secondary, outdoor work space at the lower elevation.
A concrete stair cuts the earth to connect the two.
