White Street Loft
The White Street Loft embraces narrative and indulges in excess. An upside-down triplex in Tribeca, combining the ground floor with half the basement and a third of the sub-basement, this interior creates density through difference.
The space is divided into a series of programmatic “stripes” with corresponding material differences that alternate between expansion and compression, from a white formal living room to a thickened frame of storage space surrounding the open kitchen and dining room to a felt-covered family room. Tables descend from the ceiling, rise from the floor, or expand to create a long catwalk or dining for 70 people.
The back of the apartment is a stack of bedrooms, offset from the main floor slabs. Connecting the five different levels is a staircase set into a 40-foot-high void that intertwines with bridges, a secret tunnel connecting the master closet to a mega back-closet, and the doghouse-elevator for the family dog. Skylights, an open courtyard and “homework tubes” in the kid’s rooms combine to bring light deep into the below-ground bedrooms. A hidden tequila nook is tucked into the sub-basement.
