#minimal space

Studio Armond is a minimalist space located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by WOHL HUTTE. The marble floor at Studio Armond catches light in a way that transforms throughout the day—sometimes appearing solid and anchoring, other times seemingly liquid and reflective. This interplay between permanence and transformation serves as an apt metaphor for the entire renovation by WOHL HUTTE, where a former residential apartment in Meguro has been reborn as a photography studio that breathes with creative possibility.

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GO HASEGAWA HOUSE IN GOTANDA, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Image © Shinkenchiku-cha

To resonate with its surrounding context in a residential neighborhood of Bogota, the building’s mass is fragmented into smaller parts. This approach defines more intimate rooms yet, with a continuous ground, allows you to move through them with the freedom of an open plan. Large triangular windows, cut into the building’s textured concrete walls, open the facade to the street while revealing the life within. Inside, different ceiling heights, lighting, and seating conditions modulate the space and lend each zone its particular character. A quiet outdoor patio shaped around an existing tree provides shaded seating and connects the public to food production areas in the rear. The design was comprehensive and included all the architecture, furnishings and landscape inside and out.