Westlake Residence

In Seattle, there are many apartments going up all the time and sometimes with not enough ground area to build upon they must find a way to work around it. In order to build multiple apartments within such a small footage plan, Graham Baba Architects had to build up rather than out at the Westlake Residence construction site that we toured. Within each space separated for a studio apartment, they made a lofted 2nd floor in order to give a larger square footage to each individual apartment plan. With such a large population in Seattle, the ability to put so many apartments into a smaller acreage of land is a good ability. The most advantageous part of touring the Westlake Residence for me and my studies, were learning ways to think about smart use of space. Seeing how the designers of the Westlake project fit so many amenities into the small spaces has taught me ways to think of my current apartment design and how to fit so much into the small space. When designing for residential spaces, you must consider the space that you are working with and the wants and needs for that client. Doing so will help me as a designer, to accommodate the client but also to use the space that I am working with efficiently.