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Tribeca penthouse by Space4Architecture features pale material palette
New York studio Space4Architecture has used only three main materials to decorate a duplex apartment in Tribeca, which was designed around the need for ample storage.
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The Duplex Loft encompasses 3,700 square feet (344 square metres) split over the top two levels of a building on Canal Street, with enviable views of the Hudson River and the skyline of Downtown Manhattan.
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Space4Architecture renovated the home for a family of four, including two young children, who required plenty of storage space to keep the apartment uncluttered.
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"Our challenge was to maintain the openness of the original duplex space, while at the same time guarantee adequate privacy for our clients," said the firm.
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"We achieved this by the use of continuous compact storage volumes on both the lower and the upper floor."
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On the lower floor, built-in cabinets form a spine running north to south through the apartment.
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Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a walk-in closet are organised either side of this central axis, all surrounding a reception room.
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Visual emphasis is placed on the staircase connecting the apartment's two levels. It doglegs up a double-height space topped with a skylight, and features white perforated side guards.
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"The family room is a a dramatic, light filled double-height space, which includes the connecting stair to the second floor, thus becoming the central core element of the project, giving it an extremely open, loft-like feeling," said the studio.
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Upstairs, shorter rows of cupboards lie perpendicular to the one below, similarly dividing up the space.
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In the middle is a large open area for entertaining that includes the kitchen, dining and living spaces, which open onto a decked terrace. Tucked away are private relaxation spaces and the building's main circulation core.
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To keep the apartment light and create continuity between each of the rooms, a very restricted material palette was chosen.
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"The use of only three materials, white plaster walls, oak for both floors and millwork, and smooth concrete floor, helps creating a very luminous space, giving it an almost ethereal flair," Space4Architecture said.
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Lofts are a common typology in the neighbourhood, which is named Tribeca as an abbreviation of Triangle Below Canal Street. Also in the area, WORKac added a jagged black rooftop extension to a historic building, while Herzog & de Meuron completed a Jenga-like skyscraper.
Photography is by Beatrice Pediconi.
Project credits:
Architects: Space4Architecture (S4A)
Principals: Michele Busiri-Vici, Clementina Ruggieri
Project architect: Matteo Biasiolo
Structural engineer: Agencie – Sarrah Kahn
MEP engineers: Rosini Engineering
General contractor: Nordic