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The Welford residence is in Greenwich Village, New York. Under the concept of "creating 'a stage' in the residence", an architect, Timmy Aziz had renovated one apartment unit in the building, built in the 19th century. He has been designing residences mainly in New York but his business activities expand globally such as England, Iran, Bangladesh, etc. The owner, Colin Welford delegated to Timmy everything else except the request "create a dramatic space" .
Towards renovation, Timmy took down all the existing walls, floors and ceilings to make sure there aren't any construction problems. He then created a loft and a spiral staircase in the center of the vaulted ceiling space. Steel beams of approximately 5t create the 6.5m tall ceiling, which is actually two separate floors. The den and bedroom are located on the upper level of floor and on the lower level, various facilities such as sound system, lighting and air conditioning are installed. As this is supported by only 2 steel beams, it's quite a dynamic structure. He also paid attention to details like he placed a box at the bottom of the wall, accommodating all the telephone and lighting cords. The pipeline of radiator heater is located in the same place as well. Furthermore, he effectively used hand-made plaster and paint, mixed with some colors and he asked a designer, Domi Enders for lighting design to meet Colin's request. Various paintings and objects, all selected by Colin, are on display everywhere in the residence, making it a very expressive space.





Architect : Timmy Aziz, R.A.

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