57 Thompson Street includes the renovation of a pre-war residential unit in the Soho neighborhood of lower Manhattan. Formerly used as a painting studio, the design brief included the mandate to subdivide the single studio space to both maintain the existing open plan while accommodating subtle degrees of privacy between the new living and sleeping areas. Previously without a working kitchen, the new, micro-galley kitchen was designed for the utilization of every possible square inch. Together with clean, minimalist detailing, attention to efficiency, and an updated interpretation of a Soho studio, the design expresses practical restraint with a clever spirit of reinvention.