"A new residential building has reached completion on Brooklyn's Bergen Street with a facade designed by Frida Escobedo and amenity interiors by Workstead. The seven story building in Boerum Hill brings Escobedo's first residential condominium project in New York City into an area defined by rows of low brownstone. Reflecting this context, the building's massing follows the cadence of the block, stepping and compressing to keep sightlines open along the tree-lined street."
"The team at Taller Frida Escobedo shapes Bergen's facade to draw from the geometry of bay window townhouses familiar to Brooklyn residents. Their projecting forms are translated into a pleated masonry surface. Custom brick units fold and stack into a lattice that filters light and air across the building envelope. Throughout the day, shadows shift across the surface, giving the elevation a slow visual tempo that responds to changing weather and sun angles."
"Orientation plays a central role in the architectural strategy. East and west exposures allow daylight to move fully through the building, while a transparent glass volume at the center marks the entry sequence. This glazed core connects the two residential wings and establishes a visual corridor between Dean Street and Bergen Street and reinforces permeability at ground level. As Bergen rises, its volume steps back, reducing its presence against the Brooklyn streetscape with the Manhattan skyline beyond."
A seven-story residential condominium in Boerum Hill pairs a facade by Frida Escobedo with amenity interiors by Workstead. The building responds to the low brownstone context by following the block's cadence, stepping and compressing to preserve sightlines along the tree-lined street. The facade translates bay-window geometry into a pleated masonry surface composed of custom brick units that fold and stack into a light- and air-filtering lattice. Shadows create a shifting visual tempo across the elevation. East and west exposures and a central glazed volume maximize daylight, connect two wings, and reinforce ground-level permeability. The mass steps back and terraces soften the skyline presence.
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