008 — Apartment Conversion

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Apartment conversion in Williamsburg. Two units on adjacent floors vertically combined into a single 900 square foot residence via a new internal stair.

The project's central act was structural: cutting through the floor slab to create a new internal stair connecting two formerly separate units. The stair is steel — minimal section, open riser — and becomes the organizing element of the combined space.

The lower level takes the public program; the upper, private. Finishes are consistent across both floors: white oak, concrete, white plaster. The double-height void created by the opening brings borrowed light down through the full section of the apartment.