Client
Foundry Living
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Year
2024
Area
21,500 m²
Duration
22 months
Sector
Residential
(01) Overview
Adaptive reuse of a 1920s iron foundry into 180 loft residences — original brick shell retained, new board-formed concrete within.
(02) The build
The brief
Foundry Living came to us with a site most contractors would have walked away from. Adaptive reuse of a 1920s iron foundry into 180 loft residences — original brick shell retained, new board-formed concrete within. Our job was to turn a complicated programme into a sequence anyone on site could follow.
How we built it
We front-loaded the risk: laser-scanned the existing conditions, modelled every temporary works stage in 4D and locked long-lead steel before ground was broken. Prefabricated assemblies arrived just in time, which kept the site clear and the crane cycles short.
The result
Handed over in 22 months across 21,500 m², on budget and with a safety record we are proud to publish. The building now does exactly what the drawings promised — and it will keep doing it for the next hundred years.
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Northgate Logistics Hub
Client
Foundry Living
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Year
2024
Area
21,500 m²
Duration
22 months
Sector
Residential
(01) Overview
Adaptive reuse of a 1920s iron foundry into 180 loft residences — original brick shell retained, new board-formed concrete within.
(02) The build
The brief
Foundry Living came to us with a site most contractors would have walked away from. Adaptive reuse of a 1920s iron foundry into 180 loft residences — original brick shell retained, new board-formed concrete within. Our job was to turn a complicated programme into a sequence anyone on site could follow.
How we built it
We front-loaded the risk: laser-scanned the existing conditions, modelled every temporary works stage in 4D and locked long-lead steel before ground was broken. Prefabricated assemblies arrived just in time, which kept the site clear and the crane cycles short.
The result
Handed over in 22 months across 21,500 m², on budget and with a safety record we are proud to publish. The building now does exactly what the drawings promised — and it will keep doing it for the next hundred years.
Next project