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Manufactured Matters A 1900 Brooklyn factory is reimagined as a sophisticated, moderen apartment complex that nods to the area’s industrial past.

Fred A. Bernstein

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and wate r. � I n t hi s c ase t he b ui l di n g fa l l s

Stil l , to C h e n , fou n d e r of th e N ew Yor k Ci ty –

with i n t he D UMBO l andmar k di st r i ct, s o th e

b a s e d O DA ( O f f ice for De s i g n & A r ch ite c-

brick p e r i mete r wal l s had to b e p res e r ve d ,

tu re ) , w h ich h a d ju st b e e n ta p p e d to h e l p

as did t he l arg e o p e ni ng s fo r t he ca s e m e n t

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windows. Fo ur new fl o o rs we re b uil t a f te r

J a y Stre et i n to a h ig h - e n d re s id e n tia l co n -

th e in te r i o r was ho l l owe d o ut to accom od a te

d om in iu m , th e re wa s a p owe r f u l a u th e n ti c i ty

an ad di t i o nal t wo sto r i e s. As a re su l t, th e floor p l ate s we re shi fte d, c ausi ng w i n d ow height s and co nfi g urat i o ns to var y f rom RIGHT

floor to fl o o r, and o n so me fl o o rs, eve n f rom apar t me nt to ap ar t me nt . N e ar l y t wo th i rd s

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of the uni t s wi l l face t he st re et t hrou g h

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th ese w i ndows. The re st w i l l fro nt a n ew l y

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enlarg e d i nte r i o r co ur t y ard p l ante d w ith a

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to the early 2 0t h-ce nt ur y st r uc t ure. I t sp o ke

op e n on to w id e li v in g room s, s om e w i th

of a time whe n c arg o shi p s st i l l p ul l e d up to

d ou b le - h e i g h t ce il i n g s. T h e m a in l i v in g a re a

th e then-in dust r i al e nc l ave o n t he East Ri ve r

i n e a ch a p a r tm e n t w i l l h a ve a n ex p a n s ive,

and railway c ars r umb l e d ab o ut o n t rac k s

l of t- l i ke fe e l.

embedded in t he co b b l e sto ne st re et s to an d

T h e u n i ts’ a i r i n e s s i s b a l a n ce d b y a ra n g e

from factorie s.

of r i ch l y tex tu re d f in is h e s a n d d a r k , s u b -

The en ormo us sk yl i g ht o n t he she dl i ke top

sta n tia l - look i n g ca b i n etr y . To d eve l op th e i r

floor called to mi nd t he g re at , g l o r i o us t rai n

m a te r i a l s p a l ette, th e d e s i g n e rs re s e a r ch e d

station s of that e ra, fi l te re d wi t h a l i g ht

w h a t wa s con s id e re d l u x u r y w h e n th e fa cto-

th at Chen desc r i b e d as mag i c al . He and hi s

r y wa s b u il t, a n d th e n ca m e u p w i th m od e r n

team of archi te c t s and de si g ne rs so ug ht to

i n te r p reta tion s for 51 J a y .

evoke the rom ance, i f no t t he re al i t y , of t ha t

Ta ke th e h a n d s om e h e r r i n g b on e - p a tte r n e d

bygone age in t he 7 4 -uni t co mp l ex t he y we re

oa k f loors in th e l i v in g room s, for exa m p l e.

tasked with d e si g ni ng .

T h e a r ch i te cts l e a r n e d th a t h e r r in g b on e

Figu ring ou t how to t uc k t ho se re si de nce s

f l oors we re p op u la r in h ig h - e n d a p a r tm e n ts

into the sh ell of t he hi sto r i c st r uc t ure to o k

a t th e tu r n of th e 2 0 th ce n tu r y . B u t i n ste a d

some f inesse. ODA has co nsi de rab l e exp e -

of u s i n g fou r- to s i x- i n ch wood str i p s, a s

rience with a dap t i ve re use, and, as C he n

wou ld h a ve b e e n d on e th e n , th e a r ch ite cts

kn ows f irst-h and, co mb i ni ng an o l d b ui l di n g

op te d for 8 - a n d 2 4 - in ch oa k str i p s, w h ich ,

and a new f unc t i o n i s ofte n “ l i ke mi xi ng o i l

C h e n ex p la i n e d , a re m ore a k i n to th e w i d e -

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Michael Stavaridis

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plan k floors fo und i n o l d i ndust r i al ware houses; th e wo o d was smo ke d and w i re bru shed for an ag e d e ffe c t .

The archite c t s al so di scove re d t hat Fre nch cabinetmakin g was fashi o nab l e i n N ew Yo r k

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in the 19 00s— t he c ab i net s ofte n re ce i ve d th ree coats of p ai nt , t he n was sande d at t h e

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corners to exp o se t he unde r l yi ng wo o d. The

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pan eled cherr y k i t c he n c ab i net s of 51 Jay

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will be simila r l y p at i nate d, t he dar k stai n applied to th e m r u b b e d away at t he co r ne rs

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to reveal the r uddi ne ss of t he wo o d unde r-

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neath . Some of t he c ab i net do o rs w i l l b e

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faced with cor r ug ate d g l ass— mo re i ndus-

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trial-lookin g than t radi t i o nal c l e ar g l ass— a material that mi g ht we l l have b e e n made i n th e building d ur i ng t he ye ars i t was a g l as s factory.

The same co r r ug ate d g l ass wi l l ap p e ar i n th e master ba t hs, and w i l l fro nt t he do o rs and dark-brow n l ac q ue re d vani t i e s. C o p p e r trim will edge t he vani t i e s and me di c i ne cabinets above — an unusual acce nt fo r a bath, bu t, like t he co r r ug ate d g l ass, a mate rial that appe al e d to t he ar c hi te c t s i n p ar t because it h ad o nce b e e n p ro duce d i n t he bu ilding. A lso unusual i s t he wal nut -co l o re d honed marble c ho se n fo r t he fl o o r, t u b fro n t, and vanity counte r.

While man y of t he same mate r i al s wi l l be used in the p owde r ro o ms, t he so -c al l e d “secondary” b at hro o ms, w hi c h are to b e fou nd in the larg e r uni t s, wi l l have a de c i dedly lighter, mo re c asual l o o k , wi t h w hi te washed oak vani t i e s and re ce sse d me di c i ne cabinets.

A n avalanc he of ame ni t i e s are b e i ng add ed, inclu ding a ro ofto p te r race t r i c ke d o ut with a kitch en, fi re p l ace, and o ut do o r shower. In the base me nt w i l l b e what has b e co m e th e latest mu st -have fo r l uxur y re si de nt i al developmen ts : a p et washi ng and g ro o mi ng station .

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