A grid of hinged metal shutters form a privacy display across the windows of this terraced property in New York that architect Philippe Baumann made for himself and his partner .

The residence is found in the Gowanus neighbourhood of Brooklyn and was developed by the Baumann Architecture founder as a conversion and extension of an existing 1950s garage.

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The architect added a second floor, courtyard and basement to the original cinder block framework, which was stabilised by adding a new steel framework.

A galvanised mesh display continues the developing line of the neighbouring structures and types a protected smoking porch among the pavement and the house’s wooden frontage.

Photograph by Bruce Buck

This gap in front of the recessed facade also accommodates a balcony available from a corridor on the 1st floor.

Windows integrated into the facade on both ground and very first floor amounts can be concealed behind the folding shutters, which are covered in a a lot more dense perforated mesh than the rest of the surface.

Photograph by Bruce Buck

The use of mesh and exposed galvanised metal references the site’s proximity to industrial landmarks, such as a concrete production plant and an elevated train track.

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Two doors set behind the metal framework provide entry to a prolonged and narrow unbroken space that consists of the house’s kitchen, living and dining places.

The ground floor prepare is interrupted by a central courtyard, flanked on the two sides by sliding glass doors that allow views of the sky and a fringe of plants sprouting from a rooftop backyard.

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A little patch of grass set into the concrete paving was additional as a “reference to the American dream” – an ironic counterpoint to the home’s urban setting. A corridor that runs along one particular edge of the courtyard connects the principal house with a separate single-storey lounge area.

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To the proper of the primary entrance is a kitchen accommodated behind brilliant yellow painted walls, even though directly ahead is a staircase with open treads that prospects to bedrooms on the initial floor.

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A raised walkway on best of the ground floor corridor prospects from the landing to a vegetable plot on the roof of the lounge at the opposite side of the open room.

A even more staircase ascends from the first floor to a garden full of indigenous plants that seems out towards the Upper Bay and the railway line.

Photograph by Bruce Buck

Supplies throughout the interior are applied in their raw state to improve their inherent character and keep the constant industrial aesthetic.

The structural steel beams that punctuate the floor plates are left exposed, as are the concrete floors and cinder block walls in 1 of the bedrooms. A mesh panel flanking the staircase recalls the transparent facade cladding.

Skylights introduce all-natural light into the bathroom and circulation regions, with the glass treads of the staircases guaranteeing it is able to permeate as far as the basement.

Photography is by Michael Moran, unless otherwise stated.

Axonometric diagram Ground floor prepare Dezeen