It is often said the best design goes unnoticed, but that?s not entirely true of the Crossfold Loft by interdisciplinary design studio Kalos Eidos. Helmed by architect Ryan Thomas ? who is also a founding member of the feminist collective WIP Collaborative and Co-Chair of AIANY New Practices Committee ? her solution to a client?s compact space in Brooklyn, New York, is more compelling than any midtown urban development that mistakes novel installations for public art or glossy towers for a solution to the housing crisis.
View from entryway into a living room. The kitchen?s footprint was expanded to include an elongated island that acts as the visual and functional hub of the space, with a freestanding counter surface large enough to work for dining and entertaining guests. Compact is King
The versatile space-planning and minimal interventions executed with surgical precision in the 900-square-foot home allow this structure to maintain multiple identities ? currently a two-bedroom unit with ensuites, respectively, convertible to a one bedroom ? while integrating custom storage and enough horizontal planes to display a collection of personal artifacts. ?The strategy for this project was to mine the floor plan for small-scale opportunities to capture space, increasing the capacity for storage through a cumulation of small gains in depth and surface area, while leaving the floor area open for essential furniture elements,? Thomas says.
Interior renovations echo the shared ethos...