Ballman Khaplova has created a devoted artist’s studio in Germantown, upstate New York, a standalone construction designed to be a purposeful, light-filled area for painter and sculptor Natasha Sweeten. The modest 680 sq ft constructing accommodates Sweeten’s inventive studio, together with storage and workplace area, with tailor-made north and south-facing views.
Anchorage Highway Artist Studio by Ballman Khaplova
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Tour this artist’s studio in upstate New York
Constructed on the foundations of an present Nineteen Fifties storage construction, the Anchorage Highway Artist Studio was designed to be as financial and environment friendly as attainable. Set on a sloping web site subsequent to a renovated 1800s farmhouse, the studio has a easy sq. plan, subdivided into a big workspace, adjoining an workplace, retailer and loo.
The studio accommodates a rest room alongside the workplace
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The mono-pitch roof is roofed with photo voltaic panels that reap the benefits of the south-facing orientation, with high-level home windows on the north-facing entrance façade bringing in one of the best working mild. A wall of glazing overlooks the backyard and the panorama past to the south, with the Hudson River within the distance past.
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The architects have organized the ground ranges in order that the studio is on the similar grade as the doorway, with the construction raised up above an area to retailer instruments and firewood. Easy, hard-wearing supplies are used all through, together with particular moisture-resistant CDX plywood on the flooring and partitions of the studio.
The studio incorporates cupboard space along with the principle work space
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The studio incorporates cupboard space along with the principle work space
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The high-ceilinged studio incorporates a double-height cupboard space for canvases and portray gear, with the glazed south-facing façade additionally offering mild for the workplace desk and loo. The plywood cladding is paired with white painted partitions and ceilings, whereas the outside of the studio is completed in a darkish gray.
Entrance facade, displaying the clerestory home windows above the studio area
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The studio sits alongside a restored 1800s farmhouse
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Peter Ballman and Dasha Khapalova’s structure observe relies in Ithaca, New York. Earlier than organising their very own studio, Ballman labored for Barkow Leibinger and Kohn Pederson Fox, and Himma Studio, whereas Khapalova additionally labored for Barkow Leibinger in addition to TENBerke, SOM, and OBRA Architects. The principals are additionally the founders of Rotary Park Inc., a nonprofit in search of to show New York’s Holland Tunnel Rotary into a brand new public area.
Anchorage Highway Artist Studio by Ballman Khaplova
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The studio sits above new storage
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