OCULI HOUSE

摘要

Dubbed Oculi House for the most memorable of the interventions by Brooklyn, N.Y.-based O'Neill Rose Architects, this transformation of a 3,000-square-foot brownstone spreads abundant natural light through four floors within the narrow constraints of a common New York City housing type. The architects drew on Isamu Noguchi's forms for inspiration when developing two intersecting elliptical oculi for the ceiling of the fourth-floor lounge space. Positioned above the townhouse's central stair, the two skylights drive the renovation's daylighting strategy. At the fourth-floor lounge area, floor-to-ceiling glazing is deployed at front and rear; it is supplemented on the lower floors by expansive windows facing the rear yard to increase the presence of natural light throughout the space.