Residential
Woolloomooloo Warehouse
Lot 1, 250 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW, 2011
StoneBrassWoolOak
This project involved converting a warehouse into a residential space for a work-focused fashion agent. The primary challenge was resolving a functional domestic layout within an existing warehouse shell while maintaining access to natural light across all levels. The design needed to accommodate living, working, consultation and wellness spaces into a cohesive space.
Concept Development
The converted warehouse home was envisioned as a minimalist canvas, intertwined with an artful installation. The existing structural constraints and window placements led to a restrained design approach, allowing light to flow into the interior from all levels. A calming palette of smooth white walls, pale floors and simplistic forms establish a serene, gallery like feel. Against this backdrop, a textile installation is the centrepiece of the space, shifting with light and movement, transforming the interior into an immersive installation where the home itself is an experience.
Design Development
The spatial organisation of the warehouse balances openness with functional zoning across multiple levels. Full floor levels were avoided to prevent obstruction of existing windows, resulting in partial levels and open voids that preserved daylight and visual connection throughout the home, which ultimately allows the textile artwork to shine as a feature. Public, working and private spaces are distributed vertically, allowing each zone to operate independently while remaining connected through material continuity and shared light.
Materials
The materials used throughout the home are purposefully restrained to allow the textile installation to take centre stage. Light lime-washed wooden floors, layered whites and pale joinery create warmth without visual weight, while natural stone and handcrafted tiles introduce subtle variation and tactility. Together, the materials balance minimalism with sensory richness.
Furniture & Lighting
Furniture and soft furnishings are sculptural and understated, selected to complement the architecture of the warehouse, whilst adding comfort and acoustic softness with natural fibres like wool and linen. Lighting for the home is layered and purposeful, combining track, task and sculptural feature lighting to maintain the gallery-like atmosphere of the space while supporting functionality, including high colour rendering required for fashion consultations.
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