A loft kept raw, warmed only by textile, wool and timber.
The client bought a former workshop with concrete columns and steel windows and did not want to cover any of it. The brief was to make it warm without making it soft.
We added almost nothing permanent. Wool, linen and a few pieces of timber furniture do the work that partitions and finishes would usually do.
Client
Private client
Location
Berlin, Germany
Year
2023
Scope
Interior · loft conversion
Area
150 m²
Status
Completed
Collaborators
Weber Textiles
Photography
Anna Lowe
THE SITE
Keeping the workshop and changing the temperature.
Large north windows give the loft even light all day but little sun. We placed every textile where it would hold warmth and soak up sound.
Heavy wool curtains on ceiling tracks divide the sleeping area at night and fold away to the wall by day.
“Nothing was added to be looked at. Everything in the room is there to be used.”
Marco Vitale — Design Director, Interiors
Three materials that add warmth without hiding the building.
Textile
Undyed wool and linen
Curtains, rugs and upholstery, all in their natural colours.
Timber
Reclaimed pine
A kitchen and bookshelves made from the workshop's old floorboards.
Metal
Original steel windows
Repaired and repainted, never replaced.
PROCESS
Sketch to site.
01
Sketch
Acoustic and thermal readings of the empty loft.
02
Plan
Soft divisions drawn in plan before anything hard.
03
Render
Wool and linen woven to our specification.
04
Built
Installed in three weeks, almost entirely by hand.