New York, NY
The project is a residential development with two new buildings, located across the street from one another in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The design centers around three themes intended to enhance the residential experience: connection to the exterior, amenities, and character of the units. The design incorporates outdoor spaces such as room-sized roof terraces and recessed balconies, and amenities such as mailrooms, package rooms, work-from-home pods, gym, and recreation rooms. The buildings will share a single parking lot, located on the eastern site.
The design of the development is centered on the three themes for enhancing the resident experience. Connection to the Exterior is aimed to maximize the number of units with private outdoor spaces, which are large enough for extended periods of time and change the character of the interior living spaces. Amenities includes architectural moves to elevate the relatively small program of residential entrance, mailroom, package room, work from home pods, open seating arrangements, gym, dining room, recreation room, and parking. The shared amenity spaces give residents access to a wider range of activities within the building, accentuated by tying them into a high ceiling atrium space and a public courtyard. For Character of the Unit, the design is aimed to create units with double height spaces, units that are on multiple levels, and units that have windows in multiple directions to improve the resident experience
Status: Under Construction
Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
Firm Role: Architect