The curtain track at Studio YC turns its corners in a curve, following a rounded recess in the ceiling so that the fabric runs as one continuous surface along the windows. Formant Studio designed the space in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, as a working studio for photographer Yessica Cruz, and the floor-to-ceiling sheers carry most of its lighting control. Drawn in sections or pulled back entirely, they filter daylight into a diffuse field that Cruz can adjust through the day to suit the conditions of a given shoot.

Everything else the studio requires is gathered into a series of sculptural volumes, which keeps the floor between them open and free to reconfigure. A freestanding block clad in brushed steel stands near the entry and screens the work area from the rooms behind it. Beyond it, a wall of dark-stained wood joinery holds a built-in desk with shallow drawers and a recessed shelf for books. A coffee station sits inside a niche lined with green stone, with thin steel shelves across the back and lower cabinets faced in the same stone. Steel doors on either side conceal storage, and one panel in the wardrobe run is mirrored.

The walls are finished in warm-toned plaster and the floor in a seamless pale surface that runs uninterrupted between the volumes. Small cylindrical spotlights are set across the ceiling, and a long pale table rests on two cylindrical legs in the main room.

Each of the four materials responds to the filtered light differently. The plaster takes it evenly and holds a soft warmth across its surface. The dark wood absorbs much of it, which makes the desk alcove the dimmest part of the plan. The green stone deepens in tone toward the back of its niche, and the brushed steel registers the curtains as a blurred gradient of gray that shifts as the sheers are moved.