Before renovation, this open plan Williamsburg loft had railroad apartment envy. The client had observed after living without walls for many years that much of the loft remained uninhabited even at large social gatherings. The renovation began with a simple diagram of a zigzag translating from one corner to the opposing diagonal corner.

The zigzag is conceived as a secondary interior system marked by textured material and packed with program. Smaller scales of space are formed within the larger volume as this intervention travels in plan and section. Two large volumes retain the loft experience—the dining and sitting room at the entry and living room at the opposite axis. At the heart of the loft, sun pours in from a large skylight. Anchoring the back corner of the loft, the living room’s clean large volume and expansive art walls can be truly experienced, enriched by the intimate and textured adjacencies.