Designed by Berg Design Architecture,The project is located in the Wythe Avenue corridor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: a neighborhood composed of mostly low rise industrial buildings which support local manufacturing. The corridor is also home to Kinfolk Studios, formed in 2008 by friends from New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo, Japan. The concept of a ?Kinfolk life? evolved from their desire to create products and experiences they?d imagine but couldn?t find to purchase.

Combining experience from a variety of disciplines, the group set out to source the highest quality designers, builders and techniques to develop lasting products and unique experiences.
Photography: Edward Caruso
As an organization, Kinfolk is a creative collective that uses their space at 90 Wythe Ave for various functions, not the least of which are a coffee shop, bar, and restaurant. For the neighboring site at 94 Wythe Avenue, we were hired to design a multi-disciplinary event/performance space, bar, and retail store. The existing building, a former mechanics garage, is a 75? x 50? brick structure with 20? tall ceilings and storefront glazing facing Wythe Avenue.
As a design directive, the client asked that space look like it was designed by a ?Pacific North West hippie Mathematician?. The bar area had to feel intimate on a slow night with only 30-40 people but feel connected to the rear event space when the venue is filled to capacity with 150 people. The bar and event space needed to be adaptable to a ...