Blurring Boxes in Brooklyn
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Blurring Boxes in Brooklyn
Contemporary House Development in New York, USA – design by Architensions
Mar 28, 2017
Blurring Boxes
Design: Architensions
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Blurring Boxes – Connecting Interior & Exterior
The evolution of living in our cities more and more tries to embrace nature, almost negating the urban character of neighborhoods. The design for a renovation and additions to a townhouse in Brooklyn is generated from the idea of fusing the interior space with the outdoor landscape through the creation of ground-up pavilions with specific experiential qualities.
Two main pavilions have been juxtaposed to the existing building? in a way to have an unobstructed view of the garden through the windows and also blurred views?obtained from the partial over imposing of a wooden screen to the addition facades. The exterior cladding is achieved layering vertical wooden slats of Shou Sugi Ban (or Yakisugi), an ancient Japanese exterior siding technique that preserves wood by charring. The two volumes are devoted to sound/vision and smelling/tasting activities and they complement the existing functions with natural light being the main component of the white bare interiors minimally furnished.
The experience is extended to the landscape outside where the original bluestones have been restored and reused as the material for the hardscape tha...
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