view from east river, looking towards queensboro bridge



view of gym, tucked under terraced apartments

terrace 102, 2019

mixed-use multi-family in queens

This project aimed to integrate a large apartment complex, a recreation center, and an early education facility on one narrow industrial site, abutting the Queensboro Bridge in New York.

The design concept was a cloth draped between posts of different heights, which maximized solar exposure and oriented the construction towards the water and away from the bridge.

The larger of the two buildings consisted of modular apartment units terraced over the cavernous recreation spaces on the ground floor. Each unit is cantilevered over a massive timber truss which terminates on each end in a diagrid.

view towards east river

concept diagram

exploded axon





unit types & details

ground floor

fourth floor

seventh floor





diagram of structural system



approach to water



south elevation