Soho Art Loft

Soho Art Loft
© Paul Warchol
Soho Art Loft
© Paul Warchol

SOHO ART LOFT

Fuller/ Overby Architecture + Diane Lewis Architecture

ARCHITECTS
Diane Lewis Architecture, Fuller/Overby Architecture

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Diane Lewis, Emma Fuller

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Rosario D’Armetta, Sicula Renovations

MANUFACTURERS
Duravit, Antonio Lupi, Boffi, FLOS, Fantini, Knoll International, Leucos, Ligne Roset, Norman Copenghagen, Selux

AREA
1200 ft²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION 
New York, United States

CATEGORY
Apartment Interiors

Three kinds of spaces are woven together within a classic New York City cast iron building – a working studio, a gallery, and a living space.

Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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The client, a painter, commissioned a gut renovation of a neglected loft directly above Walter De Maria’s Dia Earth Room.

Situated in one of the original Fluxhouse cooperatives, this location was a generator of Soho’s 1970s transformation from a warehouse district to an artistic neighborhood.

Soho Art Loft
© Marco Petrini
Soho Art Loft
© Marco Petrini

In this renovation a millwork Pangaea is inserted into the 19th century structural framework.

The project unfolds around a centralized coffered space into program-specific areas, each tailored to site conditions and pragmatic requirements.

Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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The studio embraces the windowed façade, the domestic areas are a thickened permeable perimeter, and the linear entry gallery frames views both close and beyond with various degrees of privacy.The spaces oscillate between openness and moments of enclosure, defined through layers of cabinetry volumes, operable planes, and wrapped existing elements.

Clusters of furnishing elements hover within the open millwork field. A pond-like rug designed in collaboration with the artist seeps from the living room suite, the irregular borders amplify the ambiguity of space under the pronounced ceiling grid.

Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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A custom Boffi kitchen slides along the south wall, transitioning from the culinary to the studio wet space. Materials, color, and light converse.Gentle tadelakt and homasote walls meet the three-dimensional waxed wood armature.

Sunlight from the eastern window wall filters throughout the depth of the space, accompanied by lighting fixtures tucked within the cabinetry details. The harmonious existence of parts exudes a peaceful atmosphere; each moment is quietly assertive.

Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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This project commenced in the studio of Diane Lewis where Emma Fuller was the Lead Designer and Associate. Upon the premature death of Diane, Fuller/Overby Architecture continued and completed the design work and oversaw construction.


Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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Soho Art Loft
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