This house for a bachelor began as a 2,200-square-foot, one-story workshop that occupied its entire 22-foot-by-100-foot site.
Design concept and solution:
The pre-existing condition of a built-full lot meant that, according to NYC zoning regulations, if the house is not enlarged, then the architect need not comply with typical residential requirements such as a 30-foot rear yard. Thus, the architect was able to build something very unique and rarely found in New York City: an atrium house, built around a courtyard. The building gives maximum exposure to the outdoor space and a sense of intimate privacy. In some neighborhoods this would spoil an array of adjacent, verdant backyards, but this is a mixed-use block. The neighbor to the east is a built-full recording studio, for example.
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