Project by Emmanuel Chryssanthopoulos and Liam Philipp Ewald
Beginning with a close reading of the site and its architectural context, the project reimagines contemporary urban living through the typological lens of the historic tenement. The site is divided into alternating tenement-width lots, each conceived as an intimate vertical neighbourhood. Within each stack, a mix of singles, doubles, and duplexes supports shared, adaptable forms of living. Together, these stacks form a vertical community that balances independence and exchange, articulated through architectural moments such as a reinterpreted stoop. A layered network of amenities—some specific to each community, others communal—encourages fluid movement between solitude and sociability. This logic extends to the building envelope. The deep façade reinterprets the historic tenement’s spatial economy, in which interior life was maximized and exterior elements—fire escapes, ornament, columns—formed an inhabited thickness. Here, the façade becomes an occupiable extension of the building, providing residents with sheltered loggia spaces along the street front.
