A full gut renovation of a Brooklyn rarity: this wood-framed, semi-detached Brooklyn home is situated in a Landmarked neighborhood, and was purchased as a derelict SRO. The conversion to a 2-family building, with a garden-level rental and an owner’s triplex, required commission-level work with the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, and restoration to the historic standard of the front façade, while the interior of the home explores a more open and modern aesthetic.

The design centers around the concept of the continuous stair through all 3 levels of the owners home, creating an open and connected space, oriented vertically, to overcome the width of an urban Brooklyn lot. The stair also serves to bring light down throughout the house, by means of a 25’ skylight, diffused by a continuous slatted wall that serves also as a guardrail vertically across the levels.