Project name:

Putnam Residences

Project description:

Currently under construction, 1068 Putnam Avenue is a renovation and expansion of an existing brick townhouse at the border of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick. Adding nearly 4,000 square feet of residential space and converting from two to eight dwelling units, the project will add a new floor and an extension into the previously existing alleyway and to the rear. The cellar is provided with a new areaway at the rear which provides access to the shared rear yard. The first floor rear unit enjoys generous light and air along a glass rear wall with a broad staircase from the living room to the rear yard. The second floor rear unit and fourth floor front unit both are provided with rear terraces.

The horizontal expansion is rendered as a towering curtain wall with bronze panels playing across the glass surface. The system is a series of simple bent plates fastened to the standard curtain wall glazing. The effect will be an identifiable entry beacon wedged between the existing townhouses. The rear is composed of sine-wave corrugated aluminum, dark brown Oko Skin planks, and a cornice-like feature above the first floor made from an aggregation of laser cut and bent steel angles- “a sliver of modernity wedged into old Brooklyn.”

 

Rear Facade

 Interiors