A beige armchair in the loft living room

ProjectsInteriorsBengaluru2023

Cinder Loft

The studio's own workshop floor, converted into an apartment for a ceramicist above the kiln room.

Location: Bengaluru, India
Completion: 2023
Built area: 260 m²
Plot size: 310 m²
Status: Completed
Client: Private

The project

ServicesInteriors, Furniture, Lighting

FinishesLime plaster, clay paint, teak

LightingStudio-designed, dimmable brass

Build time14 weeks

LocationAbove the Arcsmith workshop

When the studio moved to Foundry Street, the top floor of the building was a store for kiln bricks. A ceramicist friend asked whether it could become a home. We kept the kiln room below and built the apartment around its chimney.

The chimney runs through the living room as a brick column, warm in the evening when the kiln has been firing. Furniture is built in, from the bed to the bookshelves, so that the loft reads as one carved object.

The project became the studio's test bed for lime plaster, clay paints and the lighting system now used across our residential work.

The bedroom under pendant lights — The bedroom, built-in oak bed.Fig. 01

The kitchen with a brass chandelier — The kitchen, brass lighting by the studio.Fig. 02

Loft plan, chimney at the centre.Fig. 03

The curved stair to the roof — The stair up to the roof garden.Fig. 04

Sideboard and armchair in the study — The study, furniture made in the workshop.Fig. 05

Approach

Use what is there. The chimney was the brief.

Every surface is a material we would put our name to elsewhere.

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