Brooks + Scarpa’s project creates a subtle play of tension between interaction and isolation, light and darkness, in the interiors of a film studio.
An interior design project for a film studio by Brooks + Scarpa meets two essential and apparently contradictory requirements.
A place of small size, dark, without any reflected light or distractions, in which the architects were asked to design a stimulating, attractive workplace that would encourage interaction between customers and workers.
The challenge facing Brooks + Scarpa took the form of transformation of a former warehouse in the industrial zone to the west of Los Angeles, where they were inspired by the concept of Chinese boxes, so that one box, the warehouse interior, becomes a container for more boxes: different areas serving different functions.
The architects adopted design solutions using everyday materials such as ping-pong balls or glass marbles, which provide an unusual form of insulation in the internal double-glazed glass walls which filter light to create diffuse light while isolating each room from its surroundings.
(Agnese Bifulco)
Design: Brooks + Scarpa
Location: Los Angeles, California
Image credits: courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa - ph. Marvin Rand
www.brooksscarpa.com
