The Shop Residence, Massachusetts Real Estate, Martha’s Vineyard Architecture Design Images
The Shop in Chilmark, Massachusetts
Jan 6, 2021
The Shop on Martha’s Vineyard
Design: Makethinkdesign
Location: Chilmark, Massachusetts, USA

The Shop on Martha’s Vineyard was originally designed by Chester Wisniewski, an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, professor at Cooper Union for over two decades, and founder of Davis, Brody and Wisniewski (now Davis Brody Bond Architects and Planners) to be used as an active workshop to repair wooden sailboats. In its newest iteration, The Shop has been transformed into a residential space. The spirit of the original concept of a workshop remains alive in The Shop.

The main space is divided into two zones: the public zone which mimics the flow of a workshop while the private zone is separated into rooms, built into the space in the language of cabinetry. Adapting to the unique layout and rationale of the space, we designed and fabricated many custom furniture elements, as well as threshold moments to fit within the character and use.
The public zone is designed around the concept that every tool or action in a workshop has its own space. What was once an area for cutting and sanding has transformed to a space for cooking or dinning. The private zone, consisting of bedrooms and bathrooms have pocket doors made out of birch plywood with metal handles that give the feeling as though one is walking into a tool cabinet.

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