Renderings have just been released for a proposed residential building at 29 Clay Street in Greenpoint, yet another addition to the massive development boom in the area.
According to 6sqft, the 12-story, 70,000-square-foot proposal was designed by AB Architekten and is anticipated to rise opposite the forthcoming Box Street Park and right beside the recently completed 1133 Manhattan Avenue. It will feature “three sensitively-scaled volumes,” including a parking garage, a communal terrace on the roof, and an outdoor swimming pool. Because of the all-glass facade, the building’s southern elevation will be clad with brise-soleil to offset solar heat gain.
S3 Capital provided the loan for Investmates’ planned 68-unit condo development at 19-29 Clay Street , near the intersection with Commercial Street in northern Greenpoint. Investmates filed permits to construct the 14-story residential building with roughly 14,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space in September to replace a two-story structure built in 1931.
The condo tower, which is slated for completion in fall 2027, will have a mix of one- to four-bedroom condos. Community amenities will include coworking space, a children’s playroom, and a pet spa.
In terms of the Vitruvian Triad this new building rates high in regard to “delight” - that being beauty/attractive appearance.
The original latin Firmitas, utilities, and venustas translates best as simply Solidity, Utility, and Beauty.
This one is a BEAUTY.
Regarding commodity/utility or “appropriate spatial accommodation” one can only assume this too has been well done on this project.
Then there is the question of Firmitas or “solidity” regarding the overall construction quality of the new building; which I also assume is being well done.
Bravo to the Architects, Builders, and developers for making this project BEAUTIFUL. I can only hope you will also deliver on the other two aspects of the Vitruvian Triad: Structural Stability, and appropriate spatial accommodation.
There is so much that goes into these new buildings; so much more to learn. Thanks to YIMBY, SSP and other such forums for showing the world how our built environment is made.
And thank you all for the oppertunity for me to pontificate in public.
