WORDS: Tom Chung Studio
PHOTOS: Due Pinlac & Tom Chung
68 Claremont
Tom Chung Studio
68 Claremont is a 6000 sqft warehouse conversion
in downtown Toronto. The former sewing floor is now
home to Free Space, a multi-use platform for video
and photo production, events, co-working and gallery
space.
The conversion had to make use of the existing floor
plan while creating new partitions for the gallery,
offices, photo studio and editing suites. The program
uses a drapery track system to maintain a flexible
floor plan that responds to different scenarios. An
open floor plan is intended to leave the natural light
unobstructed in order to shoot around the entire
studio.
Materials included are raw pine, douglas fir plywood
and galvanized steel. The material choices follow
a temporal approach to the conversion, using
affordable ready-made materials to craft custom
furniture and millwork solutions.
The floor is divided between an exposed subfloor
and plywood covering to denote drop-in and fixed
workspace. The space is also host to the Canon
Creator Lab, an event space for Canon Cameras.
www.tomchung.net