Barrier Free Living, a leading agency in NYC providing temporary and permanent housing for adults with significant physical disabilities, engaged JCJ Architecture to design a new facility at the intersection of East 2nd Street, Houston Street and Avenue C in Manhattan. BFL’s mission is focused on supporting “individuals with disabilities to live dignified lives”. The planned new facility is intended to efficiently serve BFL’s programs, a sense of place and home for the residents while providing an architectural presence in a rapidly changing neighborhood.
The new building for Barrier Free Living replaces their current facility, a four story turn-of-the-19th Century timber frame school house, with a state of the art transitional and supportive housing complex, administration offices, support spaces, garden, and a 9th floor roof patio. Seeking to change the perception and mindset of what an supportive living facility ought to look and feel like, the design reaches beyond the typical typology associated with ‘shelters’ by redefining the aesthetics.
Status: Under Construction
Location: New York, NY, US
My Role: Design Staff
Additional Credits: JCJ Architecture
