Brooklyn, New York
Garden, Renovation
500 SF
2020
For a rear yard that had recently lost its surrounding fences and whose users were hoping to spend more time outside, MSTMA designed a fence that acts both as barrier and filter.
The fence’s height varies across the perimeter, allowing for light and views and creating a
connection to an existing neighboring wall. Cedar slats, placed at varying distances from each
other, obscure and expose elements on the other sides and filter light into the yard. As they age to gray, their materiality creates a relationship between the ground and vertical surfaces that will continue to deepen.
Photography: Daniel Terna & MSTMA
Good Fences
Brooklyn, New York
Garden, Renovation
500 SF
2020
For a rear yard that had recently lost its surrounding fences and whose users were hoping to spend more time outside, MSTMA designed a fence that acts both as barrier and filter.
The fence’s height varies across the perimeter, allowing for light and views and creating a
connection to an existing neighboring wall. Cedar slats, placed at varying distances from each
other, obscure and expose elements on the other sides and filter light into the yard. As they age to gray, their materiality creates a relationship between the ground and vertical surfaces that will continue to deepen.
