Quarters by In Common With

It’s become practically de rigueur to conceive showrooms and galleries with a residential bent. Quarters, a multifaceted space in Tribeca from Felicia Hung and Nick Ozemba – the founders of lighting studio In Common With – pushes the boundaries of this ever-evolving typology, and the result is a concept entirely of its own.

Since opening in May, Quarters has quickly established itself as a cornerstone of Downtown’s design scene. Occupying two expansive floors above street level within a beautifully preserved 19th-century building and designed in collaboration with Starling Architecture, it is part gallery, part shop with a hybrid hospitality and residential feel. “It represents our imagination, values and ambitions in a tangible form, and it’s an open invitation for others to find inspiration within our world,” says Ozemba. Hung echoes this, saying “the creative potential of Quarters is limitless. By welcoming others and fostering our artistic community, it’ll continue to evolve in new and exciting ways.”

“It represents our imagination, values and ambitions in a tangible form, and it’s an open invitation for others to find inspiration within our world,” says Ozemba.

Styled as a high-end residence, the main floor offers both elegance and functionality, featuring a spacious bedroom, kitchen, dining room and a living room – or, as it’s fittingly referred to, the Great Room. There’s also a bar area with small tables for visitors in need of a quick refuel mid-peruse, replete with a mural by Claudio Bonuglia. Upstairs, the 50-seat dining room is ripe for grand dinner parties and special events.

The entire In Common With collection, which is designed and crafted at the studio’s workshop in Brooklyn, is on show and available to shop. This encompasses new furniture, lighting and decorative accessories, as well as works created in collaboration with Sophie Lou Jacobsen, Danny Kaplan, Shane Gabier and Simone Bodmer-Turner. These pieces commingle with vintage furniture sourced and restored for the project, adding a welcome depth and patina.

Though thoughtfully curated and polished, Quarters is anything but austere.

Though thoughtfully curated and polished, Quarters is anything but austere. Visitors are invited to stay a while and take in the Great Room’s inviting atmosphere from the lounge-worthy sofas or engage in lively conversation around the island bench in the kitchen. The space’s unique location behind an industrial, graffiti-covered door on Broadway and the enticing interiors that follow set an intriguing tone, and in a city of voyeurs, that concept most definitely hits the mark.

Architecture by Starling Architecture. Interior design by In Common With.