Previously home to the Gendarmerie, the transformed Caserne Exelmans brings affordable dwellings and emergency shelter for the unhoused to the tony 16th arrondissement.
Adjacent to a new city park, the residential mid-rise in desirable Bankers Hill features a ground-floor coffee bar and lobby that doubles as a neighborhood hang-out.
Wrapped in corrugated aluminum-zinc alloy cladding, the 16-unit complex at 7480 N. Delaware Street was initially envisioned as a mass-timber and brick project.
The 206-unit rental complex is the latest example of the Canadian practice 5468796 Architecture’s creative approach to multifamily residential projects.
Designed by DXA Studio and Frida Escobedo Studio, this Boerum Hill development offers a thoughtful addition to the borough's housing construction boom.