11 Christopher Street
11 Christopher was designed to replicate the historic scale, rhythm, and patterns of Christopher Street. Photography by Bilyana Dimitrova.
Varied coloration of hand-set brick tie the design to the historical context, while a contemporary glass and steel storefront chronicle it's modern evolution. Photography by Bilyana Dimitrova.
The new building incorporates a restored historic warehouse building with a through-block connection to the preserved West 10th Street façade. Photography by Brad Dickson.
We designed the new building with a primary façade centered on Gay Street. Photography by Bilyana Dimitrova.
The new infill building helps to mediate the height transition from low-scale Christopher Street to the tall, historic residential building that caps the block. Photography by Bilyana Dimitrova.
Located in the Greenwich Village Historic District, the site was long seen as a “missing tooth” between an intact row of Federal style townhouses and later 19th-century buildings. Noting the approach of Gay Street – a poetic, curving lane that ends squarely on Christopher Street – the design explores the building’s role as a terminus and focal point of the street. The response draws on cues from the surrounding context, creating a well-coordinated assemblage of familiar yet modern elements, intervening in a way that resonates with the textures of the street and mends the urban fabric of the neighborhood.
