Designed to passive-house principles, an airy multi-story addition to a Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, rowhouse adds 30 percent more area to the building while requiring only 12 percent additional energy consumption.
The project’s lucid celebration of craft and materiality came about through a seasoned ensemble of collaborators, from expert carpenters to ‘mudslinging’ plasterers.
SHoP Architects founding principal Gregg Pasquarelli joins the podcast to discuss the development of The Brooklyn Tower and how the firm tried to capture the essence of New York with its residential supertall at 111 West 57th Street.