Zoe Rosenberg reports for Curbed.
New renderings have emerged for the Red Hook warehouse conversion at 202 Coffey Street led by architects AA Studio (formerly Adjmi & Andreoli), BuzzBuzz Home reports. The 130,000-square-foot factory space was purchased in 2012 by Milan-based developer Est4te Four for $11.8 million. According to the developer’s website, 202 Coffey Street formerly served as a production warehouse for “high-end women’s handbags that were sold on 5th Avenue in the 1920’s.” In a 2012 interview with the Commercial Observer, Est4te Four’s Alessandro Cajrati Crivelli said that the firm intended to restore the weathered 1889 complex to its former glory.
UPDATE: The renderings pictured above and below are actually three years old, despite being posted on AA Studio’s Facebook page yesterday. A rep reached out to explain that they are simply fun conceptual ideas. Rather than add any glass appendages to 202 Coffey Street, as depicted in the outdated renderings, the architects plan to renovate the building sans additions. That means there will be no new construction.
The building currently features wooden trusses and ceiling heights as heigh as 55 feet. In its conversion, the factory’s existing courtyard will be opened up. The space will serve as a creative complex of art studios and galleries. The architect’s design includes an eight-story contemporary building that “reflects the industrial characteristics of the existing buildings.” It’s a far cry from the vast, desolate warehouse we toured in 2012. An AA Studio rep said the renovation will include new contemporary windows, new steel doors, landscaping in the old courtyards, new concrete floors, repointed bricks, sandblasted wood trusses, and new skylights, all of which will bring the building back to its original state.
