CHELSEA CONDOMINIUM: DESIGNED BY STEPHEN ALTON ARCHITECT, P.C.

The Chelsea Condominium project,  currently in design by Stephen Alton Architect, P.C., reflects the refinement and steady advancement of our interest in Faceted Geometry, applied here as a typology for the building facade.

The overall project goals are to create an up-scale residential property of high architectural quality that will be the focal point for the area both socially and aesthetically as well as to increase the value of the property as a whole. Context, building sightlines, and visibility of the project from both street level and other buildings will be considered in our analysis.

Our objective here has been to develop a unique, modern façade that emphasizes the constantly changing nature and complexity of urban life every hour of every day of the year. Working with the basic idea similar to “faceting” we tilted six distinct translucent/reflective planes, each at unique angels. Each facet is held within a “crate”.  

Although the dimensional shifts (tilts) of the window planes are small, the effect is made more dramatic when employing dark shadows, i.e. the “crate”. Each one of the six boxes thus will appear distinct, with unique constantly changing shadows and reflections not unlike a close look at a cut gem.