New York design studio New Affiliates maximized a building’s high ceilings by inserting a plywood sleeping platform between a loft apartment’s dwarf columns. The overhauled 750-square-foot (70-square-meter) pre-industrial home is located in the trendy Bedford-Stuyvesant, often shortened to Bed-Stuy. New Affiliates renovated the Bed-Stuy Loft with unprocessed materials to preserve the original atmosphere.
The New York design studio New Affiliates maximized a building’s high ceilings by inserting a plywood sleeping platform between a loft apartment’s dwarf columns. The overhauled 750-square-foot (70-square-meter) pre-industrial home is located in the trendy Bedford-Stuyvesant, often shortened to Bed-Stuy. 
New Affiliates renovated the Bed-Stuy Loft with unprocessed materials to preserve the original atmosphere. Exposed steel sheets, raw plywood, and metal mesh panels were used to partition different activity zones. 
The most prominent intervention is the mezzanine, which features a sleeping area on top and a workspace below. This structure is wrapped in plywood and has a distinct gradient, which also passes through the cabinet doors of the adjacent kitchen. Two thick, cylindrical columns extend outward at the top, set along the central axis. One corner of the mezzanine is cut out to avoid one, while the other is incorporated into the kitchen island.
All these elements cram into half of the apartment, leaving a tall space near the windows for a spacious living area.
Project Information:
Architect: New Affiliates
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Area: 750 sq ft (70 sq m)
Photography: New Affiliates
