The founders of Fresh York studio BoND have renovated a mid-century home for themselves in Fireplace Island Pines, through which sightlines to non-public areas are deliberately open.
After visiting and having fun with the island for years, architects and husbands Noam Dvir and Daniel Rauchwerger purchased the 1965 cottage within the notorious queer enclave off Lengthy Island in celebration of Dvir’s fortieth birthday.
The duo set about modernising the home to signify their very own architectural type whereas honouring the modernist masters who designed a few of the barrier island’s most important buildings.
“The island retreat is BoND’s private reinterpretation of the experimental houses that had been constructed there within the Fifties and 60s led by visionary architects like Harry Bates, Marcel Bretos, Earl Combs, and the prolific Horace Gifford,” stated the BoND staff.
They settled on a vibe that blends their “signature institutional locker room” type with the celebrated modernism
“Calling it a machine for voyeurism, the whole lot is on show,” stated the staff, which aimed to “execute the positive line of each sexual playfulness and want.”
By that they imply a urinal put in in order that it is noticeable from the entrance door, and strategic sightlines into the master suite or onto the deck and heated tub.
The ground plan was tweaked to accommodate these modifications, however present home windows and doorways had been reused to work with the revised structure.
In the lounge, anchored by a wood-burning range, a pair of leather-wrapped Knitting Chairs from Audo accompany a enormous day mattress that is striped to echo the rug and cushions.
A spherical paper pendant hangs from the prevailing ceiling beams stained with “smoke and sweat” over the enormous picket eating desk.
Floorboards each indoors and out are laid diagonally towards the principal partitions, extending to a modern round heated tub recessed into the raised deck. One of many bogs is lined with dazzling yellow tiles that match the patio furnishings.
General, the design celebrates “options that had been already there and makes use of normal supplies like clapboard siding and sq. rest room tiles, making a house that’s so ‘The Pines’,” the staff stated.
Fireplace Island Pines has been a haven for the queer neighborhood because the mid-Twentieth century, and nonetheless has a wealth of summer time houses constructed throughout that period.
Many have required upgrades through the years, and up to date renovations have seen a bayfront bungalow overhauled by Rodman Paul Architects, a Gifford-designed property up to date by Andrew Franz, and a Sears Catalog package home additionally refreshed by BoND.
The studio was based by Dvir and Rauchwerger, who each educated as journalists earlier than shifting focus to structure.
Together with a number of residential initiatives in Fresh York Metropolis, BoND’s different latest initiatives embrace retailer interiors for style manufacturers Le Père and PatBo.
