Metal Shutter Houses Condominium | interesting place, 2010_construction, Modern (architecture)

 condominium, interesting place, 2010_construction, Modern (architecture)

129-foot, 11-story residential building completed in 2010 for HEEA Associates. Designed by Dean Maltz Architect with Shigeru Ban Architects in a Japanese minimalist style, the building incorporates a layered façade with a unique shutter system, reflecting the industrial past of the Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. It has eight duplex units, each with a double height living space. The building’s main façade is divided into three bays and each has three layers: the perforated metal shutters, a low glass railing just behind the shutters, and the large, motorized window wall that can be folded up. The façade's motorized perforated metal shutters serve as light-modulating privacy screen at the outer edge of each residence’s terrace adjacent to the double-height living rooms.

The design of the building also takes advantage of both northern and southern exposure, enhanced by the retractable perforated metal screens, and the glass garage-like doors that physically and visually open the condominiums to the city. Each motorized shutter screen is controlled by the owner of that unit.

The ground floor is occupied by the lobby and the Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert gallery.

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