Wagner Creative

Happy Earth Day. 🌎
If you can, take the long way today: outside, on foot, in the sun. A good excuse to step away from the screen and into the world. A recent trip to Utah and was a good reminder that the best plans are sometimes just…nature.🌿

In the center of a New York City penthouse, an enclosed steel staircase has been opened up and reimagined as an adaptable privacy screen.

Using Japanese-inspired operable louvers crafted from white oak, Shuji Suzumori of New York-based practice worked with to create a feature that transforms an open living area into private sleeping quarters, without traditional walls.

"In this new environment, the area around the stairs became one of the most desirable spaces in the apartment, a natural location for the living room," - Shuji Suzumori.

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