Design studio Space Available has transformed a former warehouse in Bali into a workshop and office space featuring a mezzanine clad in offcuts from its plastic recycling projects.
Situated in an industrial suburb of the island's capital Denpasar, the building houses the first physical workspace for Space Available, which creates products and clothing from ocean plastic and other waste materials.
Space Available has designed its own studio and workshop in Bali
The organisation, founded in 2020 by English designer Daniel Mitchell, wanted to create a studio that can act as a creative hub for hosting activities centred around the themes of recycling and closed-loop design principles that aim to keep waste materials in use.
The space was designed to accommodate recycling machines, upcycling stations and a bio-design lab created in collaboration with MycoWorks ? a Californian company that develops materials from mushroom mycelium for brands including Hermès. The studio makes products from recycled plastic
Mitchell and Space Available's in-house architect Andika Permana oversaw the renovation of the 500-square-metre building, defined by typical industrial features including grey breeze block walls.
"The raw warehouse space underwent a transformation of refinement to make it feel less industrial," Mitchell told Dezeen.
"We skimmed and painted the walls white along with painting the previously unfinished metal ceiling. Our aim was to create a clean, white, almost ga...