Located in historic Calle Ocho in Miami’s Little Havana section, the building is organized in a simple and straightforward manner.  The ground floor plan is occupied by the model making studio on the west half of the site, while parking occupies the east half. A two bedroom residential component “floats” over the entrance to the parking area, as a sentinel structure 24 hours a day. The two building functions are clad in differing materials to further accentuate their mixed uses in this urban context. The materiality and colors of the building components make reference to the historical roots of the settlers of this neighborhood from the early 60’s which the Latin Quarters District design regulations try to impose in a more literal way than was presented in this project.