LSC—O is an exhibition support outpost for Library Street Collective, a Detroit-based gallery that specializes in bringing experiential contemporary art to the public.
The interior is configured as a support space for their many curatorial needs. A system of ready-made industrial pallet racks was adapted for storage and positioned to define the building’s other uses, from desk work to private showings.
The project is inherently flexible and achieves its goals with a limited material palette, including a burnished concrete floor, raw wood ceiling, and gallery white walls. The storage racks, powder-coated in a custom color, are clad with Baltic birch plywood panels when adjacent to the entryway and office area and define ‘front of house’ areas. The north street façade, where the storefront had been previously enclosed with painted CMUs, was opened and replaced with polycarbonate panels that wash the interior with diffuse and ever-changing natural light during the day and create a beacon-like luminous surface at night.
Detroit, Michigan
2,000 SF
Client: Library Street Collective / Anthony & JJ Curis
AIA Michigan Design and Honor Awards, 2024
AN Best of Design Awards, 2024
ELSEWHERE
AN Interior / AN Best of Design / Little Village