Boats 2E + 2N are two adjacent apartments with similar challenges. It was necessary to create two bedrooms for the families in each of their narrow spaces with access to an exterior deck for natural light and air. Both spaces had 11-foot ceilings, which was enough to create a storage or sleeping mezzanine. The form of each project is very similar. The dividing wall used to make the two bedrooms contains the mezzanine and closet space for the two rooms. This wall is vertical and thin where it meets the glass wall that accesses the outside. This construction maximizes the potential light and view out of each room. As the dividing wall moves away from the glass, it gradually makes the space for the mezzanine as if the hull of a boat was emerging out of the wall. The program of these rooms is resolved into a single smooth construction. Both projects were developed as a result of the invention of a kit-of-parts for the structure. The wall in 2E is clad on one side with smooth plywood, while the other side exposes all of the structural ribs, giving both sides different surface and spatial qualities. The wall in 2N ...
Boats 2E + 2N are two adjacent apartments with similar challenges. It was necessary to create two bedrooms for the families in each of their narrow spaces with access to an exterior deck for natural light and air. Both spaces had 11-foot ceilings, which was enough to create a storage or sleeping mezzanine. The form of each project is very similar. The dividing wall used to make the two bedrooms contains the mezzanine and closet space for the two rooms. This wall is vertical and thin where it meets the glass wall that accesses the outside. This construction maximizes the potential light and view out of each room. As the dividing wall moves away from the glass, it gradually makes the space for the mezzanine as if the hull of a boat was emerging out of the wall. The program of these rooms is resolved into a single smooth construction. Both projects were developed as a result of the invention of a kit-of-parts for the structure. The wall in 2E is clad on one side with smooth plywood, while the other side exposes all of the structural ribs, giving both sides different surface and spatial qualities. The wall in 2N ...