"a reading nook"
The creation of safe education spaces for the young is a challenging design project to account for entirely. On the one hand, you need a degree of openness, visibility, and the capability to teach, while on the contrary, you want to provide privacy and places which can be "claimed" as their own. Read 718 addresses this problem by designing a 'habitable bookshelf' with a built-in reading nook and informal seating platform for group activities and providing some form of spatial delineation. The bookcase frames the connection to the floor below and functions to join the two spaces and ensure continuity as one progresses down and out into the backyard from the street level above.
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Brooklyn Townhouse III
Fully rebuilt, inside out, this townhouse in Gowanus Brooklyn has an entirely rebuilt front façade and rear addition with a double-height master bedroom. The oversized windows on the front façade are framed in reclaimed wood and transform into Juliet balconies, a motif that repeats itself on the rear façade where balconies wrap the second floor and back deck. The double-height master bedroom is a full-floor suite with a five-fixture bathroom and ample southern light, while the cellar opens up directly to the ground floor living area through a double-height entryway.
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Brooklyn Brownstone IV
Transforming this Park Slope townhouse from a three-family to a two-family duplex over a ground floor rental was exhilarating. Working with a tight budget, we maintained and incorporated many existing details like the stairs, railing, windows, and brick façade while introducing new, modern elements, in juxtaposition interwoven throughout. A wood-clad wall and ceiling finished in French Oak serve as a transitional space between traditional and contemporary, living and kitchen area.
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"Interlocking"
The all-weather public promenade residing under and around the museum space has its environment 'dotted' with wooden columns allowing one to walk through the woods while within a city center. Enclosed within this wooded forest are two informal, stepped theaters for performance and viewing the water.
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Atlantic Yards
The unique opportunity to create a large-scale, innovative, high-density development in the heart of Brownstone, Brooklyn, is scarce. As such, we sought to propose an alternative solution to Ratner’s 'City-In-The-Park' scheme. A solution that creates a series of urban spaces to complement the adjacent neighbor's vibrant street life while responding in scale to the existing context of Brooklyn's Brownstone typology through a series of enlarging porous structures.
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London Legacy
The London 2012 Olympics were a crucial turning point in urban planning and how we view the legacy plans of large international sporting events. The proposed redevelopment of East London following the Olympics was one of the primary reasons London won its Olympic bid.
London Legacy focused on the redevelopment of a single part of the legacy plan.
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