This renovation converts a former “French Flat’ style apartment house into an expansive single-family home.
The proposed scheme relocates the vertical circulation to the heart of the building and illuminates this central space through large skylight. This move helps to open up the building vertically, strengthening the connections between different floors and enhancing daylight throughout the building’s interior. The resulting sectional play of spaces saves the full width of the house for properly sized and proportioned rooms with clear access to natural light.
While the street-facing facade was carefully restored to landmark preservation status, the rear facade is fully opened up and reorganized to bring light into the house, provide more connections with the surrounding neighborhood and express the playful programming happening on the interior. The house is designed to accommodate a family of six and includes a sub-grade pool, exterior terrace space at numerous levels, a full-floor master suite and a media center.
