No Architecture inserts "garden folly" into New York duplex apartment
Wooden structures supporting net hammocks rise up through the two-storey interior of this apartment in New York's West Village, designed by No Architecture.
The Urban Tree House residence comprises two units in a skyscraper overlooking the Hudson River called 165 Charles Street, designed by Richard Meier & Partners and completed in 2005.
A spiral staircase connects the pair of timber towers added into the double-height living space
"We combined two units by first, redrawing all rooms into a cohesive 'matrix plan' and second, inserting a 'garden folly' that relates the interior to the adjacent Hudson River Greenway," said New York-based No Architecture.
Spanning 3,512 square feet (326 square metres), the apartment's new double-height living space is surrounded by 22-foot-tall (6.7-metre) glass walls on three sides. Net hammocks are suspended above seating areas
To reduce the scale of this volume without blocking the light from entering, the architects added two "tree houses" constructed from vertical, horizontal and diagonal timber beams.
One of the structures aligns with the home's floor plan, while the other is rotated to face the park and the river beyond.
One structure is aligned with the floor plan and the other is angled to face the park and river beyond
Both incorporate elevated hammocks made from black netting stretched between the beams, which are accessed via a spiral staircase between the two towers.
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