Artist's Studio, Bermondsey
Developed with Westgreen Construction, London Structures Lab and services engineer Richie Daffin, the project converts a 900sqm warehouse in south London into a studio, for an artist represented by Gagosian. The studio allows the artist to work on large canvases, with a growing team of technical and archivist staff. It provides facilities for display, conservation storage, offices and private viewing.
The warehouse is lined in white painted wood and new spaces are made at different scales, building on the spatial implications of the existing concrete frame. The painting studio occupies the thirty metre length of the building, and is distanced from the entrance by the supporting spaces, creating varying degrees of privacy.
The warehouse was built in the early 1980s with a precast concrete structure and cavity blockwork. To allow the building to be heated, the shell is insulated, with an air source heat pump feeding radiant panels. These are ceiling mounted, to maintain a clear wall-plane. LED installations provide gallery-specification lighting, while large new rooflights introduce daylight, improved thermal performance and ventilation.
Painting studio
Entrance with conservation storage, studio store, offices and viewing spaces