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Apt 2.0 - NYC Adapt Micro Units
In response to a call for entries for ADAPT NYC, an initiative launched as part of former Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace Plan to accommodate the city’s growing small household population, we proposed Apt 2.0, a configurable10-story apartment building with 55 loft-like rental units, ranging in size from 260 to 360 square feet. Taking our cue from the lifestyles of young New Yorkers, who constantly rearrange everything from their iPod playlists to their wardrobes, we created living spaces that could be easily altered according to need and whim. Each unit features a Murphy bed and a partial wall of storage space that can slide from living to sleeping area It also features a brightly colored, sliding partition, which by changing its position, alters the appearance of the unit and building’s façade, creating a dynamic effect on the facade of the building, changed and influenced by its users.
What drove our design for Apt. 2.0 was the competition’s requirements for light and air, innovation in the exterior and interior, and the need for a model that was both replicable and scalable. In regard to the former requirements, we designed a dynamic façade, equipped with solar panel screens, which change from dappled shades by day to glowing trellises at night. We further enlivened the façade by specifying brightly patterned window shades for the units, so the building’s appearance would constantly change according to how residents adjusted those shades. As to the matter of replicability, we believe a different array of materials could be employed for the façade and shades to create a similar but distinct micro-unit highrise in another neighborhood, say, the Bronx.
We hung the solar panel screens at the exterior edge of the sunshades and always at the bed, extending the sense of space to the outside, and not limiting it to the glass wall. They provide an additional layer of privacy, while collecting enough energy to illumine the building at night and power digital devices.
All the apartments are equipped with window boxes so that residents will have a personal connection to nature, while we also designed an outdoor communal space and grilling terrace for the building, shaded by birch trees, with a 3,000 square foot garden.
What drove our design for Apt. 2.0 was the competition’s requirements for light and air, innovation in the exterior and interior, and the need for a model that was both replicable and scalable. In regard to the former requirements, we designed a dynamic façade, equipped with solar panel screens, which change from dappled shades by day to glowing trellises at night. We further enlivened the façade by specifying brightly patterned window shades for the units, so the building’s appearance would constantly change according to how residents adjusted those shades. As to the matter of replicability, we believe a different array of materials could be employed for the façade and shades to create a similar but distinct micro-unit highrise in another neighborhood, say, the Bronx.
We hung the solar panel screens at the exterior edge of the sunshades and always at the bed, extending the sense of space to the outside, and not limiting it to the glass wall. They provide an additional layer of privacy, while collecting enough energy to illumine the building at night and power digital devices.
All the apartments are equipped with window boxes so that residents will have a personal connection to nature, while we also designed an outdoor communal space and grilling terrace for the building, shaded by birch trees, with a 3,000 square foot garden.
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