QUADRANT
APARTMENT
o A 40000 s.f. apartment for a Folk Art collector (New York, NY)
THE
PLAN...
o A red oak volume containing storage, kitchen, bathrooms, and dropped ceilings
is inserted into the large
rectangular apartment space, partitioning it into four zones.
" The partitioning volume sits on a cork floor and is "set free"
from the apartment ceilings by lowered soffits
and mirrored reveals.
" Public and private, parents and children areas are located in particular zones, linked by a central cork corridor
that contains the Master Bedroom.
MATERIALS...
o wood: red oak (mahogany stained), cork
o stone: green slate
o metal: copper
o glass: mirrored and glass block clerestories