Shutter House

524 West 19th Street | Chelsea | built 2008

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2005
Shigeru Ban begins designing the Shutter House for a Chelsea gallerist
Gallery owner Klemens Gasser contacts architect Shigeru Ban in 2005 about what starts as a two-story renovation at 524 West 19th Street. After West Chelsea is rezoned, the plan becomes a full rebuild with nine units on a lot only 50 feet wide. A ground-floor gallery faces the street.
Source: Wikipedia
2011
May
The Shutter House is completed three years behind schedule
The eleven-story Shutter House is finished in May 2011, six years after Shigeru Ban began work and three years past its 2008 target. Motorized perforated metal screens roll up and down over the north facade, the first time such industrial-style shutters were used on a home. Floor slabs are only eight inches thick, which helps create double-height living spaces.
Source: Wikipedia

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