Brooklyn, New York Residential, Renovation 1,300 SF 2019 - 2020
For an art gallerist living in an apartment in an early 20th-century building near Prospect Park,
MSTMA shepherded a spatial transformation that creates a quiet, generous background for art and
life.
The original layout consisted of a series of discrete rooms arranged in a row. We brought natural light
in by combining the kitchen and adjacent dining room into a single space. In the kitchen, the marble countertop wraps around the entire space, transforming into a banquette and lending the room a sense of unity. Below-counter appliances maintain openness above the counter, visually lightening the space yet still providing an overall increase in storage. Underfoot, light tile meets warm wood to subtly demarcate the boundary between kitchen and living space.
New millwork both highlights the home’s original molding, which we preserved where it existed, and produces a novel visual language. Whitewashed floors, window sheers, and painted surfaces bounce
light into the space, while strategically positioned window shades balance oblique views to the sky with a desire for privacy from street-level views. In the kitchen, a set of custom cylindrical tiles
designed and fabricated by MSTMA wrap a steam riser; the form of this “turtleneck” nods to the
fluted columns that flank the building entry and are visible through an adjacent window,
strengthening the link between inside and outside.
Press Coverage Dezeen, Leibal Photography: Daniel Terna
Wendy’s
Brooklyn, New York Residential, Renovation 1,300 SF 2019 - 2020
For an art gallerist living in an apartment in an early 20th-century building near Prospect Park,
MSTMA shepherded a spatial transformation that creates a quiet, generous background for art and
life.
The original layout consisted of a series of discrete rooms arranged in a row. We brought natural light
in by combining the kitchen and adjacent dining room into a single space. In the kitchen, the marble countertop wraps around the entire space, transforming into a banquette and lending the room a sense of unity. Below-counter appliances maintain openness above the counter, visually lightening the space yet still providing an overall increase in storage. Underfoot, light tile meets warm wood to subtly demarcate the boundary between kitchen and living space.
New millwork both highlights the home’s original molding, which we preserved where it existed, and produces a novel visual language. Whitewashed floors, window sheers, and painted surfaces bounce
light into the space, while strategically positioned window shades balance oblique views to the sky with a desire for privacy from street-level views. In the kitchen, a set of custom cylindrical tiles
designed and fabricated by MSTMA wrap a steam riser; the form of this “turtleneck” nods to the
fluted columns that flank the building entry and are visible through an adjacent window,
strengthening the link between inside and outside.
