We soften the edge of the void space with plants/ creepers, placing hot dip galvanized planters with steel rods instead of railing at the corridor facing the void and we designed concrete planter boxes on the roof to allow plants to creep below the skylight along horizontal steel rods adding shading from the sun once mature.
To add more texture and materiality inside the corridor and staircase, we removed some of the plaster and exposed the existing bricks. The existing concrete floor in the corridor area is just polished with some added color giving it a warm and lively patina/ texture. The void between entrance staircase and the facade was previously boxed up and enclosed and no natural light could penetrate into the staircase area. We opened it up, created a void where the natural light passing through the clay brick facade can flow into the space.