It's no secret that space in New York City is at a premium, and Brooklyn-based studio Office of Architecture has helped a local family to make the most of the space available to them by renovating their row house. The home, designed for a family of four, features a rooftop suite that has all the amenities necessary for bedroom, adding extra space to the potentially crowded house.
The family's home is a row house, the narrow home layout common in NYC's outer boroughs. From an urban planning perspective, row houses are an efficient way to allocate living space, but from a personal perspective they can feel a little crowded. Rather than accepting the home layout, however, Office of Architecture decided to expand. There's no space to move outward, so the studio looked upward.
What's Driving This Trend
- Maximized Space
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore creative ways to maximize space in urban areas with limited land availability.
- Rooftop Suites
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative solutions to create comfortable and functional bedroom suites on rooftops.
- Row House Renovations
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Identify ways to optimize narrow row houses to accommodate growing families and provide additional living space.
Who This Affects Most
- Urban Planning
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate efficient housing solutions into urban planning models for maximizing living spaces in densely populated areas.
- Architectural Design
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Innovate and design unique structures and layouts that optimize the use of limited space, such as rooftop bedroom suites.
- Construction
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore construction techniques and materials that enable the expansion of narrow row houses to create more livable environments.
