The architectural firm Allen Jack + Cottier Australian, designed the conversion of a warehouse of two floors in the city center of Sydney in a private residence, with a white shell sculpture concealing a master bedroom suite.
Sections of the building have been radically modified to allow natural light in and spatially connect the two levels, incorporating 4 bedrooms, a large professional kitchen, music room, swimming pool and terrace.
The client of Allen Jack + Cottier had long sought a warehouse in the city, unlike many aspiring home owners in Sydney, the customer was not from a haunted house with views of the harbor or the sea.
Rather, he wanted to create a kingdom inside, suitable to his interests in music, and visits friends.
Inner City Warehouse, this is the name of the old warehouse, started life as a food production place in 1900, and was later used as a furniture factory.
The most interesting addition to the warehouse is the shell for the bedroom on the first floor. This is the owner's private suite, which fits like a sculpture into the main living space, with its interior volumes floating between the roof trusses.
The shape foreign to the orthogonal geometry of the old warehouse creates new spaces but does not diminish the sense of space in the warehouse. The structure is self-supporting glass fiber reinforced, rests on the floor like a piece of furniture although quite large and heavy.
The shell contains a bedroom with a large bed built into the shell, a closet and a bathroom. Its walls are all sprayed with white resin, the floor is tiled large leather and the bathroom floor is made of teak wood.
Even the exterior of the shell is in white resin, which reflects the light that changes from day to night, the base illuminated by the LEDs makes the shell appear as if it is floating above the floor. The white surface is used as a screen for images projected during events.
Photo Credit: Castle + Beatty
