Collection by Jackie Gochenouer
Lighting
Florida Street is a minimal warehouse interior located in London, England, designed by Paper House Project. According to the architects, before being converted into a large open plan live/work unit nearly ten years ago, this former garment factory in Bethnal Green had been used as commercial offices. The challenge; how to retain the feeling of an open plan arrangement whilst creating defined areas and adding a second bedroom. By opening up the enclosed stairwell and incorporating the vertical circulation into the central atrium we were able to add space, light, and volume to the main living areas. Glazing is used throughout to bring natural light deeper into the floor plan with obscured glass panels forming room dividers to create bathrooms and bedrooms. The glazed atrium visually connects both floors whilst separating public and private spaces.
The 2000-square-foot apartment included a massive open living space that was much too large to divide it into just two zones – living and dining. The new plan flanked the dining room with a living area on one side and a den, library-like area on the other. The space was only wired for one light in an awkward location and because of the NYC building codes not allowing for moving or adding addition lights with concrete ceilings, they had to work around it. They designed a custom light fixture that extends the light from its source all the way through the sculptural light.
Photo by Jacob Snavely