Whitespace is an exercise in contrast and distillation. A three-room brick carriage house behind a Queen Anne Victorian residence dates from 1893. The program is for the presentation of contemporary art objects, images and projections. The project amplifies the existing structure as something raw, beautiful and utilitarian - but without nostalgia. The project is primarily interior, but begins outside with a glowing glass sign suspended in an existing hedge, a steel plate threshold, and new custom “barn doors” of weathering steel and glass. Inside, there are three rooms, and three ways to enter, allowing the circulation to be curated for each exhibition. Six steel wall panels appear to hover off of the brick walls, indifferent to existing openings, but still allowing light to spill into the galleries. One special panel is mounted on a cantilevered steel truss, 14’-6” long, with concealed fittings. It rotates 90 degrees, changing the main gallery space from path to destination.