213 Third Avenue
- Year
- 2026
- Type
- Residential
- Status
- Concept
- Location
- Brooklyn, United States
This 14-story new residential building, located in the recently rezoned section of Gowanus Brooklyn was conceived as a ‘Mother Tree’. We felt that this contemporary forestry theory was an apt working metaphor for our building. Sited on a prominent corner, it is meant to foster community growth through its backyard gardens and neighborhood-based retail tenants. It also has a second reference back to the Caribbean roots of its owner/developers. Palm trees, commonly seen throughout their birthplace, here is reconsidered in several ways including a unique ground floor system of two story high 3D printed commercial entryways and storefronts which reflect the unique bark patterns of such trees.
This 14-story new residential building, located in the recently rezoned section of Gowanus Brooklyn was conceived as a ‘Mother Tree’. We felt that this contemporary forestry theory was an apt working metaphor for our building. Sited on a prominent corner, it is meant to foster community growth through its backyard gardens and neighborhood-based retail tenants. It also has a second reference back to the Caribbean roots of its owner/developers. Palm trees, commonly seen throughout their birthplace, here is reconsidered in several ways including a unique ground floor system of two story high 3D printed commercial entryways and storefronts which reflect the unique bark patterns of such trees.