Vladimir Radutny overhauls industrial Michigan Loft condo in Chicago

This condo in Chicago, which options wooden and metal volumes slotted inside an uncovered concrete construction, was designed by native agency Vladimir Radutny Architects to create a spacious house for a pair.

Michigan Loft is a renovated condo on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, comprising expansive ceilings and a spacious residing space its principal degree. Steps lead as much as a lofted space, giving the flat its identify.

Native agency Vladimir Radutny Architects was enlisted to remodel the two,250-square-foot (209-square-metre) house for a pair, after discovering that the present structure was “poorly functioning as a home house”.

The condo is positioned inside a century-old construction that was constructed for automotive meeting and show. Previous to the renovation, it comprised a black-painted kitchen tucked beneath a lofted space, and a lounge that lacked organisation and storage.

Vladimir Radutny saved the house stripped again, together with structural particulars such because the concrete ceiling and pillars throughout the overhaul. The studio then added in a sequence of built-in items to enhance the structure.

Amongst these additions is an elevated wood platform on the principle degree, which options within the kitchen, in a portion of the lounge and within the bed room.

“The continual wooden platform organises the vastness of the open room, offering an edge for extra intimate furnishings association and a backdrop for crops and life objects collected all through our consumer’s lives,” the studio mentioned.

A black metal dice conceals the bed room, and as acts as a visible anchor inside the lounge. Panels open up revealing its many makes use of, together with storage for a tv.

The assorted inserts additionally act as transition zones, from first coming into and thru to a kitchen, and conceal ancillary features. Laundry and mechanicals, for instance, are additionally built-in inside these volumes.

“These meandering areas are three-dimensionally distributed and but assembled as one cohesive house inside a uncooked industrial cloak,” mentioned the studio.

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“Scaled architectural elements, materials restraint and theatrical lighting all through lessens the general spatial dominance, whereas openness and readability of house are maintained.”

White cupboards and counters within the kitchen mirror the loft’s ample pure mild and distinction with the uncovered brick partitions elsewhere. White additionally options on the bed room closet and within the bogs, alongside an abundance of wooden, which is used to create a comfy really feel.

Different updates embody a brand new staircase design, with concrete steps on the underside and slender wooden boards that lead greater up the wall.

The upper-level features as a sleeping loft for guests, in addition to the couple’s workspace. From right here is one other set of stairs to entry an outside backyard and views of the Chicago skyline. The condo is full with a rest room on this ground, alongside two on the principle degree.

“In resolving the spatial issues inside this spectacular volumetric shell, we crafted a residing atmosphere that evokes psychological wellness and inspiration inside,” mentioned the studio.

Michigan Loft was awarded an AIA Small Tasks prize this yr.

Established in 2008, Vladimir Radutny has accomplished a variety of initiatives in Chicago, together with a household house with walnut interiors and an condo in Mies van der Rohe’s Lake Shore Drive towers.

Different properties within the metropolis embody a transformed manufacturing unit right into a studio and condo for native agency Collective Workplace and one other home-cum-workplace for Moss.

Pictures is by Mike Schwartz.

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Challenge credit:

Design group: Vladimir Radutny, Ryan Sarros, Fanny Hothan

Building: Inventive Building LLC