Ambient + Studio

I came to Ambient Studio for the Curvy Fashionista Style Expo. The venue is pretty spacious and multipurpose. I envisioned weddings, shows, banquets pretty much whatever you can think of. The only gripe I had was the parking and temperature. The parking is in a gravel lot beside the studio and there were no marked spaces. I wouldn’t leave anything valuable in the car because it is not attended. The temperature at the venue was hot! I’m not sure if the ac was broken but it was too hot. Other than that I loved the venue and setup. I would keep this in mind for a future event.

Ambient Plus Studio is a huge event space south of downtown Atlanta and the Castleberry Hill district. It’s essentially a giant converted loft in the old Southern Mills warehouse. The original Southern Mills signage still remains on the exterior of the aged brick building.
I’ve been to Ambient twice: once in October 2009 for a big, open (Elites + non-​Elites) Unilocal event and again in February 2014 for Atlanta CSI 2, a murder mystery game put on by Unique Events Interactive Atlanta. The space hasn’t changed a bit over the past 4+ years (at least, not as far as I could tell).
The studio consists of a 10,000 square foot room with vaulted ceilings. The space is enormous, open, and wide. It’s located on the second floor of the building, so you do have to take some stairs up. The building is old and creaky, most notably the hardwood floors. The restrooms are small and dated. It’s a vintage space.
There are a few separate rooms off to the sides which can be used for storage or staging areas. At the Unilocal event, these rooms were reserved for special vendors. I want to say a beautician/​make-​up person was in one of these rooms. At the murder mystery event, these rooms were used for: (1) the murder scenes, (2) the bar, and (3) the kitchen. There’s also a small loft upstairs, though I’m not sure generally what it’s used for. At the murder mystery event, a quick scene took place in the loft and on the loft steps.
At one end of the space is a large white stage which also rolls up the wall, like a skate board ramp, to the ceiling. I can see this white flooring and white backdrop being used for photo shoots. I know the founder of the studio is a photographer and the studio has been used for many photo shoots. At the murder mystery event, this stage was used for important scenes among the cast members. Videos were projected on the white wall as well.
Food was served at both events I attended. At the Unilocal event, vendors had tables set up around the perimeter of the space. There were many vendors. At the murder mystery event, upwards of 20 round tables, each seating 8 – 10 people each, were set up on one half of the floor. There was a buffet off to the side. That setup reminded me very much of a wedding, of which I’m sure this space has hosted more than its fair share.
Also at the Unilocal event was a photo booth with a rough sketch of the Atlanta skyline on the brick in the background. To top it all off, there was a DJ who spun tunes throughout the evening and a spectacular breakdancing performance towards the end of the night. Since both events happened when it was dark out, I can’t attest to the natural lighting of the place. I will say the windows are big and tall.
Parking is located in a free, chain-​link-​fenced-​in parking lot the next block over. It’s a gravel lot with no marked spaces. Plenty of cars can fit in there, but it might be a good idea to have parking attendants for big events so they can help form efficient rows of parking. The studio is located in an old industrial part of town. It doesn’t feel the safest, though for events with lots of people, you’re probably OK.
In the end, I do like Ambient Plus Studio. It’s massive, old school, and versatile.

In the fall of 2012, we met with Ambient + and booked this amazing and versatile event space for our Nov 2013 wedding. Every step of the process met or exceeded our expectations including:
— high level of responsiveness and ease to work with
— warmth and professionalism of the Jasons (managers)
— the event staff provided by Ambient (parking attendant, security)
— the amazing blank palate of this gorgeous space that you can transform to your own
Our vendors had no challenges in working with Ambient for either load-​in or load-​out (recognize this is awesome!) and we received innumerable compliments from our guests on the space.

It may be hard to miss depending on what direction you are coming from, I actually saw a gated parking area that said additional parking for Ambient Studio that made me realize I was in the right area. The space was huge, I loved that it was so spacious that I could move around and not say excuse me every few minutes. I went down some steps to enter into the building and went up the steps to get to the studo itself. I immediatly thought this would be a great space for a photo shoot, party (there was a desinated area for a DJ), which would be up some steps on a balcony. They had another room, for the event I went to, they used it for dressing rooms. The only reason that I could not give the studio 5 stars is the temperature, it was hot in there, like I said, we were not packed in like sardines, we could move around but I could not escape the fact that it was hot and I’m usually the one to complain about being cold.

Went for the Indie Craft market. This place is huge!

I love the space and the owner Jason is really great to work with.

whoaa this place is huge, tucked away in downtown ATL! hidden treasure it sure was!!! the place seems liked it can be turned into whatever your mind can dream up… and tonight it turned into a Unilocalers playground… a playground that was fun, full of life and best of all… the bubbly people around!!! I bet some great videos, photo shoots have happened here… if you haven’t had a chance to check out the hidden treasure… find the golden key… and it will def be your paradise creation…:)