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Workspaces / CONCEPT 02 / 2026

The Daylight Studio

A small creative practice with space for focused work, a shared meal and the occasional untidy prototype.

Light-filled interior with oak shelving and a generous central table
Licensed reference image · Max Vakhtbovych via Pexels

Room for good ideas.

The question

A single bright room is easy to photograph and difficult to share. The concept makes a deliberate distinction between quiet concentration, conversations and material-heavy making.

The response

Work tables borrow the light; the meeting room moves to the deeper edge. A central library does two jobs as shared storage and an acoustic boundary. The workshop can close at the end of the day without clearing every surface.

01

Focus

Desk positions turn away from the main circulation path to reduce interruption.

02

Exchange

A shared kitchen table supports informal reviews without taking over the desk zone.

03

Making

Washable surfaces and a separate workbench keep material experiments practical.

PROGRAMME / RELATIONSHIPS

How the room
comes together.

  • Open workroom
  • Meeting room
  • Library
  • Workshop
  • Kitchen
  • Entry

A conceptual zone diagram. Not a measured plan, construction drawing or accessibility specification.

Illustrative zones, not a measured floor planWorkMeetLibraryMakeShareENTRY
Warm timber interior with a quiet palette and natural furnishings
MATERIAL DIRECTION

A palette
with a purpose.

Use the library to explore care and specification constraints. Save your own shortlist for the project brief.

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