CCA Graduate Studios

Presented with a 10,000-square-foot warehouse and an eight-month schedule, JENSEN innovated by turning to inexpensive, everyday materials that recall the neighborhood’s industrial character and history. Corrugated polycarbonate siding forms a continuous clerestory, allowing diffuse daylight to pour into the artists’ studios within, while corrugated cement board wraps the rest of the exterior walls. A low, wide building that could have appeared squat and lifeless instead is subtly dynamic and intriguing.