The owner chose to renovate this industrial warehouse to fill an increasing void in the market for affordable artist workspaces. The design takes advantage of the intrinsic value of the building by converting the space to artist studios, a gallery and office space for arts-related, nonprofit organizations. The main floor consists of a single, clear-span space with riveted steel trusses that had been recycled from a previous structure. North-facing clerestory monitors admit generous day light. This space was divided into individual studios with walls built from the floor to the underside the roof trusses. The trusses were left open to preserve both a sense of the larger volume and the benefits of daylighting provided by the roof monitors. The lower floor consists of common wood shop and storage space. New restroom and exit stair cores were treated as objects placed within the larger volume of the building. The cores are clad in galvanized sheet metal, reminiscent of the large ovens that were previously manufactured in the space.
