Extension: The existing 3400 sf  [316 m2] brownstone townhouse is a Landmark, located in Chelsea, NY.  The existing structure will be gut-renovated and a 550 sf [52 m2] garden extension will be added of 2 floors and a roof terrace. The client, a fashion designer, is interested in a ‘textured’ approach.

Fluidity:  The new back extension, is conceive... read more

Extension: The existing 3400 sf  [316 m2] brownstone townhouse is a Landmark, located in Chelsea, NY.  The existing structure will be gut-renovated and a 550 sf [52 m2] garden extension will be added of 2 floors and a roof terrace. The client, a fashion designer, is interested in a ‘textured’ approach.

Fluidity:  The new back extension, is conceived as a light airy space which creates a filter to the garden space beyond, adding more light and better views. The curvy façade structure is digitally  3d printed of a reclaimed tropical wood by a car design company in California. Their CNC milling machine can mill objects of 20’ wide, the facade was luckily 18’ wide!
   
The curved wood ‘frame’ will be finished with a light steel and glass infill. It extends the library on the garden level, the living room on the parlor floor and a terrace for the master bedroom area above. The interior of the townhouse will get a new sculpted staircase with a skylight above, lighting the space all the way down.  Large sets of sliding doors at the living and bedroomareas are creating flexible use of space; these doors are again 3d CNC milled with wood and glass patterns.

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