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ROOFTOP HOUSE II (1986) A House at a corner behind a wall on a roof in a city |
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THE PLAN... • A programmatically dense and complex 2600 s.f. top-floor renovation for a young couple in Manhattan's Chelsea district. It consists of four different functional zones including a new “pent-house” studio (designed as a terminus). • Each zone is particularized (yet linked to others) by the use and detailing of four materials manipulated within an off-white plaster/stucco envelope. The materials though constantly reiterated are encoded by the detailing (within, on, over, under, adjacent to, etc. one another) to specify notions of formality/informality; public/private; dark/light but, perhaps, most importantly: here/there. |
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| • The roof top structure itself is an object in the roofscape. Its primary role is to provide for a contemplative, enclosing and private retreat for the owner's writing room. An additional function was to provide a south-facing sun room and private access to the roof (half of which the owners controlled, the other half of which was available to the building at large). | |||
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Wood: mahogany and maple |
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Metal: aluminum and brass |
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Stone: honed black slate and composite tiles |
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Glass: pigmented, wire, and block |
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