865 UN PLAZA
RESIDENTIAL
Client Edward Leida
Location New York, New York, US
Program Private residence
Area 100 m² (1,076 ft²)
Status Completed
Value $300,000
Team Andrew Heid
Location New York, New York, US
Program Private residence
Area 100 m² (1,076 ft²)
Status Completed
Value $300,000
Team Andrew Heid
A magazine director required an apartment to accommodate daily living, entertaining, and work space. The existing prewar one-bedroom apartment commanded tremendous views of the United Nations, the East River, and the Chrysler Building, but had limited social flexibility due to a small and difficult to access bathroom.
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LOCATED NEXT TO THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE EAST RIVER, THIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE LIBERATES THE TRADITIONAL PREWAR APARTMENT INTO A CONTINUOUS SEQUENCE OF ROOMS.
The solution reorganizes the apartment layout from a room-and-corridor plan to a room-to-room plan. By inserting a new master bathroom and separate powder room, each room is allowed multiple paths of connection and circulation.
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THE CREATION OF PERIMETER CIRCULATION ENHANCES THE NATURAL COOLING FROM THE APARTMENT’S THREE EXTERIOR EXPOSURES.
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Collaborators
Michael Zenreich Architects (Architect of Record), 8x8 Construction, and Rubiano Associates.
Michael Zenreich Architects (Architect of Record), 8x8 Construction, and Rubiano Associates.
Distinctions Cover story of Casa Da Abitare.