ELO Residence

Architect: Miguel Quismondo
Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
Area: 2,025 sq.ft.
Completion Date: 2020
Project Architect: Jacobo Mingorance
General Contractor: AR Woodworks Incorporated

Photography: MAS Photography, Adam Ruiz

This project entailed merging an existing 3-bedroom 2-bath apartment with a newly acquired studio unit and the installation of a centralized cooling system. The new mergged footprint of the apartment allowed a significant expansion of the kitchen footprint, incorporating a breakfast nook as per the owner’s request, as well as a new Washer/Dryer and laundry room.

Numerous challenges derived from attempting to renovation a prewar building constructed in 1914, including many hidden conditions such as two buried dumbwaiters and existing structural columns that the building did not allow to alter. Additionally, adhering to the building’s rules required us to maintain the wet room conditions in place with the original footprint.

The project schedule was extraordinarily fast tracked, per owner’s requirements, with a design-build approach and full demolition through construction completion of 8 weeks.

From a design standpoint, the public areas are put in relation by eliminating the original corridor and incorporating that space into the kitchen program. A sliding pocket door with a translucent glass separated the private areas and allows natural light into that corridor