El Dorado

The Finn Lofts

The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair

THE FINN LOFTS

El Dorado

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mike Sinclair

AREA
30757 m²

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Wichita, United States

CATEGORY
Loft

The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair

The Finn Lofts is located in the heart of what has come to be known as the commerce street arts district in Wichita, Kansas.

The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair

The project converts an early century warehouse building into a community of dwellings, and retail spaces that compliments the local art community.

More photographs and drawings following the break.

The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair

The challenge was to create twenty seven residential units, all with natural light and ventilation.

Originally used as a transfer point for cargo between locomotives and trucks, the existing structure has a large square floor plate with limited opportunities for apertures to the exterior.

The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair

The solution is based on the simple notion that light can be borrowed both horizontally and vertically.

By understanding the constraints and opportunities of the site and existing structure, our approach focuses on four strategies: Adapting, Removing, Carving and Adding.

The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
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The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair
The Finn Lofts
© Mike Sinclair


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El Dorado
T +1 816 4743838
El Dorado
510 Avenida Cesar E Chavez, Kansas City, MO 64108, United States