narchitects: switch building
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narchitects: switch building
the switch building by narchitects is a 7 level apartment building complete with an art gallery in new york’s
lower east side. completed in 2007 the building stands out with it angular front façade. inside the building
features 5 apartments and an art gallery on the main floor and basement. the narrow downtown lot required
some careful planning by the architects. the front façade is a contemporary reinterpretation of the bay
window, providing views for each unit. each unit has a similar plan but the different angles of the faced at
the front and the placement of the balconies in the rear, give each unit different lighting. the building is clad
in galvalume, while the gallery features a black hot-rolled steel and glass storefront that opens completely
onto the street.
http://www.narchitects.com
photos by frank oudeman
this building is a piece of garbage on the lower east side. the bottom supposed gallery space is unoccupied and has never been occupied. it took a long time to build and it looks shabby and shoddy. feel free to go visit the place to form your own opinion that nArchitects is an abbreviation for notArchitects
ray 04.16.09
Thanks to DesignBoom, here´s switch façade look-a-like.
Stairs stripes can look like prison.
Stairs to the light (symbolicaly), with a sized window.
The stairs work from one corner to another, of the more intimate areas.
Behind doors are the facilities, walk-in-closet inspired.
Sobradinhos type, in a rustic and bangaloo way, are similar to this, appart from:
The living-room being closed-off and the use of small windows.
Tiled roof.
No running watter.
Surroundings left wild and private.
NARCHITECTS designed with trust, a contemporary wish, that sobradinhos needn't to worry:
Justify to the lot.
Surveilance through wide viewports and made clear of obstacles.
Semi-wild landscape on rised platforms.
Stairs stripes can look like prison.
Stairs to the light (symbolicaly), with a sized window.
The stairs work from one corner to another, of the more intimate areas.
Behind doors are the facilities, walk-in-closet inspired.
Sobradinhos type, in a rustic and bangaloo way, are similar to this, appart from:
The living-room being closed-off and the use of small windows.
Tiled roof.
No running watter.
Surroundings left wild and private.
NARCHITECTS designed with trust, a contemporary wish, that sobradinhos needn't to worry:
Justify to the lot.
Surveilance through wide viewports and made clear of obstacles.
Semi-wild landscape on rised platforms.
Rui 04.18.09
nARCHITECTS: ordos 100
architecture | 04.13.09
brooklyn’s nARCHITECTS combines indoor and outdoor living in their ordos 100 concept ‘villa-villa’
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