A 620 sq ft commercial space fitted as a working studio. Built-in storage wall, fold-away bed, and a North-facing window bench.
A painter who had been renting shared studios for a decade signed a lease on her first solo commercial space in Mile End. The unit was essentially a rectangle: white walls, painted concrete floor, one large North-facing window, a single ceiling outlet. She wanted it to feel like a real studio, with room to sleep one night a week when the work ran late.
We designed and built a 14-foot storage wall that doubles as a room divider: closed white-oak cabinets below, open shelves above, and a fold-out single bed behind one of the larger panels. Under the North window, a 16-foot built-in bench with lift-up lids for flat-file storage of her works on paper. New ceiling track lighting on three circuits, dimmable. Total project, including design, fabrication, and install: six weeks.
The artist held her first solo show in the space six months later. The bed has been slept in roughly once a week since — exactly as planned.
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