Worrell Yeung . photos: © Eric Petschek
Worrell Yeung, the NYC-based architecture studio, has completed a gut renovation and minimalist redesign of an historic apartment building lobby near Madison Square Park. Serving as a liminal space between the urban and the domestic, the lobby is a reprieve from the street, facilitating the transition indoors as well as a moment to pause and reflect.
Upon crossing the entrance threshold, the monolithic quality created by the light gray terrazzo lining the floor and the lower part of the walls is offset by crisp, textured wood joinery concealing a package room, the primary object defining the space. The use of terrazzo and textured wood offers a fresh reinterpretation of historically used materials–a contemporary nod to the building’s 110 years of history. A rectangular bench in the same terrazzo material rises from the floor adjacent to the package room, reading as a neighboring, domestically-scaled volume.
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