This two-story loft renovation unfolds within the shell of a former shoe polish factory, where new interventions are carefully woven into the building’s industrial past. A connecting stair, soaring kitchen cabinetry rising eighteen feet, and two newly inserted bathrooms shape the space without erasing its history. The design celebrates materials in their most honest state—plywood, maple, brick, and concrete—allowed to remain tactile, expressive, and unpolished. Old and new are brought into deliberate dialogue: rough meets smooth, weight meets lightness, permanence meets precision. Architectural additions align with the existing structure to form compositions that feel both intentional and effortless. Lighting reinforces this material-driven narrative, embracing an industrial sensibility that uplifts and washes surfaces, revealing texture, depth, and shadow. Anchoring the kitchen, a custom-designed pendant is scaled to the generous volume of the space, combining soft uplight with focused task illumination—both functional and sculptural, quietly attuned to the life unfolding around it.