68 Claremont is a 6000 sqft warehouse conversion in downtown Toronto. The former sewing floor is now home to Free Space, a multi-use platform for video and photo production, events, co-working and gallery space.

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Architects: Tom Chung Studio

Location: 68 Claremont St, Toronto, ON M6J 2M5, Canada

Architect In Charge: Tom Chung Studio

Area: 6000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Due Pinlac & Tom Chung

Design: Tom Chung Studio

Contracto: Nathan Hegarty

Millwork: Grey North Studio

© Due Pinlac & Tom Chung

From the architect. 68 Claremont is a 6000 sqft warehouse conversion in downtown Toronto. The former sewing floor is now home to Free Space, a multi-use platform for video and photo production, events, co-working and gallery space.
© Due Pinlac & Tom Chung

The conversion had to make use of the existing floor plan while creating new partitions for the gallery, offices, photo studio and editing suites. The program uses a drapery track system to maintain a flexible floor plan that responds to different scenarios. An open floor plan is intended to leave the natural light unobstructed in order to shoot around the entire studio.Materials included are raw pine, douglas fir plywood and galvanized steel. The m...