New York studio Dean Works has reorganised a former studio apartment in Brooklyn around a multi-functional plywood volume that forms arches, walls and cabinets.
Architect Brandon Dean, the founder of Dean Works, designed Brooklyn Loft for a young couple from Portland, Oregon that moved to the New York City, bringing with them two large dogs and a house full of belongings.

The studio inserted a large Baltic birch plywood volume into the apartment in the Clinton Hill neighbourhood to solve a number of problems, including creating more storage space and sectioning off a private sleeping area.

"They found a nice, sunny studio-loft in Brooklyn that felt right but lacked storage and a separate bedroom," Dean Works said.
"These requirements helped establish the design priorities early on; add desperately needed storage, create a space for sleeping, and preserve the loft 'feel'."
The wooden structure forms cabinets and countertops in a kitchen, and also acts as a room divider to a bedroom concealed behind double glass doors. The unit provides closets in the bedroom as well.

"The big design idea was to insert a storage wall that spatially separated but tectonically blended the new bedroom and kitchen," the studio added.

Brooklyn Loft is arranged to comprise the living area on one side, the bedroom on the opposite, and the kitchen in the middle.
Dean Works chose the humble wooden material to tie in with the couple's Baltic birch plywood table that t...