Hospital to Condo Conversion Dornob

Anyone who has ever lived in a studio apartment is acquainted with the virtues of loft beds. But while their space-saving design allows for more efficient use of household real estate, they often require you to sacrifice the usual comforts of a full bedroom: head space, a bedside table, a door.

This condo, converted from a former hospital, combines the best of both worlds. Taking advantage of the double-height ceilings, the architects managed to retain the modern, loft-like feel while enabling the construction of a small, closable bedroom. By suspending the room from the ceiling, they were able to keep the main floor unobstructed and create a stunning architectural feature.

Check out the full article to see more photos of this creative conversion.

Via: Dornob | Condo Conversion: Old Hospital into Hospitable New Home

Comments (17)

So I like the idea of the little room pod. It kind of seems like you would be living in a tree house, which I very much dig. And it looks like those white screens come down to provide privacy, which is also good. My only complaint, and I know people looveee this aesthetic, the space still feels like a hospital/looney bin to me. To teach their own I guess. You crazies.

Not much of a "conversion". Paint it pale green and it would still be a hospital.

I like it. What's up above the bedroom though?

Seems we saw something very similar in a French loft apartment about a year ago...

"What's up above the bedroom though?"

Click on the link and you'd see the roof terrace.

If you like that, you'll love this: a mental asylum in Traverse City MI that was transformed into a condo "village."

Article here.

Before & after photos here.

Available condos here.

Too creepy for me, but I'm fascinated by this place.

Where exactly in the Boston area is this located? Foxboro?

europeans seem a lot less squeamish about repurposing institutional buildings like this.

Call me the safety police, but what's to keep someone from rolling out of bed and falling idk ten feet to what my guess is the living room.

I'd be more squeamish about waking up in the middle of the night and getting vertigo from the windows on the loft. It's really cool concept though, and I think with more color, it could be a really cool place to live.

what's to keep someone from rolling out of bed and falling

It's hard to see, but there's a ~2/3rds height glass wall there.

I'm not so fond of the first step out of the bed pod--I tend to be very wobbly and staggery first thing in the morning. I do like the glass half walls that let in lots of light. My current bedroom in my loft has no windows and I miss lounging in bed to read the morning paper.

I think this conversion is pretty sweet. I don't see any hospital features whatsoever. Looks more like an old barn or church to me with that roof line and beamed ceilings.

@tequila red: those photos are also pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing.

I agree, Mlle Kate; I tend to shamble about in the morning like a zombie Keith Richards, and if I slept in that pod bed I'd spend more time falling down those stairs than walking down them. Still, designwise, it's very cool. I'd even be tempted to get rid of the glass panel at the foot of the bed, to make the design cleaner.

I also like the alternating panels of rough brick and smooth plaster/windows in the main living area. It makes the space feel cathedralesque.

I hope they kept some of the building a functional hospital still so you don't have far to hobble when you fall on your ass trying to leave your bedroom to go pee in the middle of the night.

Would move into this place in a minute... and not change a thing. LOVE IT!!!!

Best of AT Boston, hands down!