Room in the city concept apartment study

As part of an exhibit on the ability of architecture to transform
everyday environments, Kiss + Cathcart was asked to repare
an ideal design for a less-than-ideal space: a typically constricted and nondescript New York apartment. Principal Colin Cathcart responded with a proposal that is simultaneously evocative and sensible. Each room is turned into a frame for an interior object (cabana, bookcases, seating) that, in turn, frames another habitable space, multiplying the experiences that the tiny apartment offers.

Writing in the New York Times, Paul Goldberger noted: "More striking were the projects that, like the design of Colin Cathcart's team, responded to the particulars of providing a living space for a young artist or designer on the Lower East Side. [Cathcart has] monitored costs carefully ... the Colin Cathcart project is probably the best all-around scheme here."

 

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