Davies Toews Architecture refurbishes industrial Queens building
Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space.
The single-storey building, which used to contain a knitting factory, has been repurposed into a commercial space called CodyWyckoff by local studio Davies Toews Architecture.
Davies Toews repurposed the building in Queens
CodyWyckoff was named after the intersection at which it is located, at the corner of Cody and Wyckoff Avenues in Queens, New York City.
"Tapping into that legacy of industry, architecture firm Davies Toews has channelled the property's seamless functionality into a humanistic and light design for CodyWyckoff's next chapter," said CodyWyckoff.
CodyWyckoff is accessed by red metal gates The U-shaped building forms an outdoor courtyard facing Wyckoff Avenue.
Davies Toews Architecture designed new red metal grates that can close when the building is empty but are designed to pivot open and connect the courtyard to the street.
It features two wings of loft space
"Repurposed marine grate panels screen an exterior courtyard between two masonry wings of loft space," said the architecture studio.
These two wings each encompass roughly 5 000 square feet (465 square metres) and are connected by a central atrium accessible from the courtyard.
Visitors are faced with a glass block wall upon entry
They were built originally with masonry blocks, which were whitewashed as part of the renovation.
Upon entering through two...
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