The Red Shed


Location: Silverlake, Los Angeles, California
Project Type: Commercial
Status: Completed 2020
Scale: 180 ft²
Client: Electric Avenue
Photography: Leela Cyd

 

For an electric car garage on Hyperion Avenue, SSP was invited to design a freestanding pavilion to be used as a waiting room for clients and a lunch room for mechanics. Inspired by greenhouse structures, we designed a simple red steel framework clad in twinwall polycarbonate panels that keeps the interior light and bright, while gently obscuring the surrounding parking lot from view.

Open clerestories provide natural ventilation. To complement the signature red of the structure, we designed a suite of tables, benches and cabinetry for the interior, powdercoated in shades of coral and goldenrod.