Mother LA
An interior precedent showcasing the adaptive reuse of an industrial timber-truss roof structure paired with custom millwork and rhythmic pendant lighting.
- What we like about this project
- A hanging disco ball anchors the exact geometric center beneath the high timber apex.
Materials
- timber
- plywood
- upholstery-fabric
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- timber-bowstring-truss
- skylights
- disco-ball
- globe-pendants
- central-wood-partition
Style tags
- industrial-chic
- contemporary
- timber-warmth
Visual tags
- creative-office
- adaptive-reuse
- timber-structure
- open-plan
- lounge-area
- Geometry
- Symmetrical open-plan layout centered on a low wooden partition wall beneath a large span barrel-vaulted timber truss ceiling.
- Structural guess
- Exposed timber bowstring trusses with roof deck and skylights
- Spatial scale
- Large open hall scale; expansive truss span with human-scaled furniture groups below.
- Lighting
- Soft daylight enters through ceiling skylights, supplemented by a field of spherical pendant lights suspended throughout the open space.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting, and playful, balanced by the rhythmic geometry of the overhead structure and lighting.
- Environmental context
- Large commercial or industrial interior converted into an open creative workspace.
- Spatial experience
- The expansive, double-height volume feels grounded by a central lower wooden divider and clustered soft seating arrangements.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating curved timber trusses and evenly spaced spherical pendants create a strong, rhythmic ceiling plane.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial creative workspace
- Program
- Creative office or collaborative lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, plywood, upholstery-fabric, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- timber-bowstring-truss, skylights, disco-ball, globe-pendants, central-wood-partition
- Style tags
- industrial-chic, contemporary, timber-warmth
- Visual tags
- creative-office, adaptive-reuse, timber-structure, open-plan, lounge-area
- Geometry
- Symmetrical open-plan layout centered on a low wooden partition wall beneath a large span barrel-vaulted timber truss ceiling.
- Structural guess
- Exposed timber bowstring trusses with roof deck and skylights
- Spatial scale
- Large open hall scale; expansive truss span with human-scaled furniture groups below.
- Lighting
- Soft daylight enters through ceiling skylights, supplemented by a field of spherical pendant lights suspended throughout the open space.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting, and playful, balanced by the rhythmic geometry of the overhead structure and lighting.
- Environmental context
- Large commercial or industrial interior converted into an open creative workspace.
- Spatial experience
- The expansive, double-height volume feels grounded by a central lower wooden divider and clustered soft seating arrangements.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating curved timber trusses and evenly spaced spherical pendants create a strong, rhythmic ceiling plane.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial creative workspace
- Program
- Creative office or collaborative lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior