SO – IL’s next NYC residential project is wrapping up for client Tankhouse. Their design for the 14-story, 53,820-square-foot Nine Chapel residences features a perforated metallic facade system that reflects both seasons and the sun’s position while creating a permeable veil for the loggias and front porch entrances for each home on Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn.

“The drama of the building’s exterior is apparent even from far away. The opportunity here was less about how we fit into an existing fabric, and more about how we define this little spot in the city,” Tankhouse’s co-founder Sam Alison-Mayne says of the design.

“The undulated metal facade is designed, configured, and textured to allow for different experiences, depending on from which angle it’s viewed, and the time of day. When walking behind it, you can feel the air coming through. If you see it from the street, it reflects in various ways — all thanks to the qualities that the metal has,” Alison-Mayne continued.

Work to install the facade has been completed as of this week. The firm says it shares commonalities with their 450 Warren design and that it hopes it will be established as a new “landmark” for the area, which straddles Dumbo and Downtown overlooking Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene and within sight of the Brooklyn Bridge.

SO – IL also recently unveiled plans for the new Williams College Museum of Art expansion in Massachusetts and is entering its second year as a B Corp-certified firm after announcing the transition last spring.