Harlem Artist Studio
HARLEM ARTIST STUDIO
SO-IL
ARCHITECTS
SO-IL
ARCHITECT OF RECORD
Andrew Reyniak Architect
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Laufs Engineering Design
DESIGN TEAM
Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu, Illias Papageorgious, Pietro Pagliaro, Seunghyun Kang, Sanger Clark
MEP
LL Engineering P.C.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Naho Kubota
AREA
540 m²
YEAR
2021
LOCATION
New York, United States
CATEGORY
Office Buildings, Offices Interiors
Our design for artist Ghada Amer's studio sits on the ruins of a burned-down church on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in West Harlem.
Our intervention involved the adaptation and transformation of the existing structure into a home, art studio, gallery, and social gathering space for Amer and her partner.
Our intervention both responds to the heritage of the site and boldly signals itself as a singularly modern space for living culture and creativity.
Our innovation is in the detailing of the facade. The new facade is an abstraction of the former church’s; it recapitulates the historical arch windows without ornamental obfuscation.
