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The tattoo parlor Atelier Eva is housed in a former Brooklyn hardware shop that designer Alp Bozkurt restored. Arched niches serve as the tattoo artists’ workstations there.
The second tattoo parlor managed by Eva Karabudak is on Grand Street in Brooklyn.
Atelier Eva offers a new kind of tattooing experience with the aim of providing an inclusive environment. “Created with an ambitious vision to reimagine tattoo culture following Eva’s own experiences feeling uncomfortable and unsafe as a woman in her early work environments,” the studio said.
While Karabudak designed her original location on Havemeyer Street herself. She enlisted the help of Alp Bozkurt for the Grand Street facility. Which is nearly twice as big at 3,000 square feet (280 square meters).
Moreover, The structure was first designed as a hardware shop.
During the renovation process, original elements including substantial roof trusses, skylights, and brick walls were all highlighted and repaired.
The remaining structural components are whitewashed for a clean appearance. While the trusses are painted black to bring attention to the ceiling.
In place of more industrial-looking materials, Bozkurt added, “a distilled material palette is deployed to create a warm and relaxing environment while maintaining the building’s original ethos.”
Translucent polycarbonate panels that sit a few inches in front of the brickwork and round the inner perimeter help to connect the various sections.
Arches penetrate the panels all the way around, framing the original corbeling and exposing other ancient components.
One arch serves as a backdrop for a lounging area with boucle-covered chairs and pendant lighting by Apparatus above in the front of the studio, next to the wall of glass.
A consulting room is concealed by a translucent curtain hung from a curved metal track behind a pink-concrete reception desk.
While the artists and their clients keep their privacy, visitors are given glimpses of activity in the studio, which is bathed with natural light, according to Bozkurt.
The group of tattoo and piercing artists work in the roomy area beyond. Each with a station lined up with an arch and offering a variety of tattoo and piercing designs.
When not in use, foldable cabinets for equipment storage, padded tables for clients to lay on, stools for the artists, and other items fit neatly into these niches.
Except for a central planter made of pink concrete that complements the consultation table and the counter. The open area, which also serves as a venue for creative gatherings and events, is sparsely inhabited.
Together, Bozkurt’s interventions produce “a carefully choreographed sequence of experiences through varying degrees of transparency offered by various design elements”.
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