Brooklyn Townhouse and Studio
Brooklyn, NY
2010
2,000 square feet

SAS is currently in the construction phase of a project located in the Gowanus Canal neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, where a small two story brick building at the rear of a long and narrow property is set back 65 feet from the street. The clients retained SAS to renovate the existing brick building into a single family residence and to build a small slab-on-grade photography studio at the front end of the property.

The proud but modest existing brick building, possessing sturdy proportions of comfort and ease, served as a compass throughout the design of both buildings. The interior spaces of the existing house were carefully reconfigured to the clients’ needs. The original wide plank pine floors were restored, and the architectural details of the house were brought to new light with a coat of white paint inside and out. The location of the new photography studio across the courtyard from the existing building gives the address presence at the street, and serves to reconfigure the site plan: a pair of modest white buildings facing each other across a private garden.