EMPRESS MEWS
A dual-purpose home and food photography studio made
coherent — bespoke storage, glazed panels, Marmoleum
flooring and mid-century vintage throughout.
#Residential
#Optimised Space
#Ethically Positive
CLIENT
Empress Mews Residential
LOCATION
Camberwell, London
SCOPE
Residential and studio conversion
APPROACH
Optimised space and sustainable materials
The challenge here was making one property do two very different jobs well: a professional photography studio that clients visit and a comfortable home for the photographer and their family.
Previously, each half compromised the other. Now they work in parallel — the studio functions better as a creative workspace, shoots aren’t disrupted by the household above and the family has a home that feels calm and considered rather than improvised.
The client area within the studio — somewhere comfortable to sit with visiting clients without leaving the space — was the detail that changed how the whole business worked day to day.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
"Rachel really understood the balance we needed between a professional photography studio and a comfortable family home and brought the experience and expertise to make both work properly without compromising each other."
Owner
PROJECT KALLAX
CLIENT
Yodomo
LOCATION
Hackney Wick
SCOPE
Retail and workshop fit out
APPROACH
Circular design and reuse
Yodomo needed a space that could switch between retail and workshop use without a fixed layout for total flexibility.
The design gives them exactly that: everything moves, everything can be reconfigured and the environment works equally well for a customer browsing textile remnants and a group of participants in a making workshop.
Equally important was doing this without buying new. The budget was tight and the values were clear: everything reused where possible, nothing wasted. The result reflects what Yodomo stands for, which is the best kind of brief to work with.
The challenge here was making one property do two very different jobs well: a professional photography studio that clients visit and a comfortable home for the photographer and their family.
Previously, each half compromised the other. Now they work in parallel — the studio functions better as a creative workspace, shoots aren’t disrupted by the household above and the family has a home that feels calm and considered rather than improvised.
The client area within the studio — somewhere comfortable to sit with visiting clients without leaving the space — was the detail that changed how the whole business worked day to day.
CLIENT
Empress Mews Residential
LOCATION
Camberwell, London
SCOPE
Residential and studio conversion
APPROACH
Optimised space and sustainable materials
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