Living Room • 151 E 58th St Unit 38A, New York, NY 10022
Translucent scrims adjust city views, refracting or obscuring the outside. Deeply textured, modular seating units provide varied tactile experiences. Walls covered in acoustic plaster dampen external sound. Recessed lighting within floors and furniture bases creates an active internal glow.
A large, polished stone coffee table incorporates light-absorbing material at its center. These surfaces actively soften the city's edge. Scrims filter light, defining the room's atmosphere. The quieted space guides focus inward to textures and light.
This room actively dampens external noise and refines light.
Design Philosophy
The design centers on Active Attenuation, deliberately quieting the external world. Dynamic Surfaces respond to light and touch, creating an active environment. The aim is a Contained Experience, guiding focus inward. Every element serves to soften outside influence and intensify internal calm.
Spatial Narrative
Your eye first registers the layered scrims, actively filtering the city view. Embedded light strips guide your path across the polished concrete floor. You settle into the deeply textured modular seating, anchored by the wool rug.
Light Study
Morning light refracts through the translucent scrims, creating soft, diffused patterns on the walls. By evening, internal recessed lighting within floor panels casts a contained, active glow. The focused illumination highlights specific textures and objects, not the room's perimeter.
Living Vignette
A hand runs across the raw silk upholstery, feeling its varied texture. The city's hum outside becomes an indistinct quiet through the acoustically treated walls.
Material Palette
Translucent linen and silk: These lightweight fabrics soften natural light and filter views over time.
Matte acoustic plaster: This specialized finish absorbs sound, maintaining its even texture for years.
Honed marble: The stone surface cools to the touch and develops a subtle patina with use.
Hand-knotted wool: The sculptural pile provides deep texture and compresses subtly underfoot with age.
