Smith Ranch Studios is the realization of a client’s vision to convert a light industrial warehouse in a San Rafael into studios for visual artists. The program called for creating a physical environment designed to fulfill artists’ needs and foster community by providing communal space and shared amenities. To accomplish the program, the warehouse was gutted and the interior was developed as an open ceiling environment to facilitate the distribution of shared lighting. A variety of studio sizes share an intimate garden, a gallery space for artist shows, as well as kitchen and cleanup facilities.