EWE Studio turns dance corridor into its showroom in Mexico Metropolis’s Roma Norte

EWE Studio has opened its Mexico Metropolis showroom inside a former dance corridor from the 1950s, stuffed with fixtures and furnishings by the native design studio.

The showroom is situated in Roma Norte, an enthralling neighbourhood with quiet streets, gardens, cafes and classic retailers.

EWE Studio, which is led by Hector Esrawe, Manuel Bañó and Age Salajõe, collaborated with Esrawe’s eponymous design follow to renovate the 600-square-metre house.

It occupies an outdated dance corridor, one in every of a quantity in-built Mexico Metropolis because the 1930s.

EWE Studio’s showroom and salesroom occupies 400 sq. metres, whereas the remaining space is a workspace for Esrawe Studio.

As a part of the renovation, the group stripped again the interiors to show its construction and added in a skylight to usher in pure gentle.

The gable wooden building was found by accident, from ripping out the present low ceiling of the previous dance corridor.

The result’s a warehouse-like house with a white steel overlaying, wood beams and concrete flooring. It offers a clean slate for displaying EWE Studio’s work, alongside pure supplies and case research.

EWE’s Sincretismo assortment consists of stone seat primarily based on Mexican birthing chair

Merchandise, such because the bronze Memoria Stools and black stone Rito Vessels and objects from final 12 months’s Sincretismo assortment,  are scattered throughout the ground or raised on podiums.

A bulbous Golden Magma Wall lamp is proven on a free-standing white wall, whereas an extended shelf acts as a partition and show case for designs together with experimental initiatives and materials samples.

Samples of Marbles, stones and woods, in addition to instruments and moulds, are additionally featured within the house.

Rounding out EWE Studio’s showroom is a free-standing white wall with a bulbous Golden Magma Wall lamp.

Mexican designer Esrawe, Spanish industrial designer Granell, and Estonian artistic director and curator Salajõe established EWE Studio in 2017.

The studio is devoted to preserving Mexico’s wealthy craftsmanship by way of the development of latest strategies, varieties and supplies.

A number of of the merchandise within the showroom are made in collaboration with native glass manufacturing unit Nouvel Studio and ceramic store Cerámica Suro, in addition to different native workshops.

Previous to this house, the studio didn’t have a proper residence to show its work. It has, as a substitute, introduced its work in a variety of large-scale exhibitions, equivalent to Masa Crítica in an outdated coin manufacturing unit within the metropolis.

Images is by Genevieve Lutkin.