77 Washington Workspace
The project consists of the renovation and redesign of 77 Washington, a six-story, 38,000 square-foot, former masonry factory built in the 1920s, as well as a cluster of four other historic buildings adjacent to the property. Located on the corner of Washington Avenue and Park Avenue near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, this ambitious adaptive reuse project draws from the neighborhood?s rich history and design typologies abundant in early 20th-century New York warehouses.
The rehabilitation honors the site?s past while generating a mutable, multi-use workspace that can flexibly accommodate an array of tenants. A sprawling artist studio and a photography studio occupy the adjacent one-story structures. ?The existing buildings were so rich with history and layered with a texture that we wanted our design to highlight these found conditions while also updating to accommodate new uses and new programs,? says co-principal Max Worrell. Thoughtful juxtapositions between old and new?where minimal contemporary detailing contrasts with the patina of the existing materials?highlight the complex?s history throughout. Photography by © Naho Kubota
Located at the site?s center, the six-story factory building anchors the overall complex. This is bordered on the right side, to the south, by three one-story structures connected by a private, verdant central courtyard open to the sky, carved out by removing a roof that had originally covered the space. A garage located t...