Light Box

Studio Brief

The NYC Architecture Program frames contemporary urban issues and
speculative aspects of the built environment in New York City,with a focus
on a collaborative approach to architecture, real estate development,
and urban design.



Affordable Housing in East New York

The light boxes is a housing project adjust with its immediate environment:
noise from the railway and sunlight coming from south. The design is aiming
at providing residence with a better life quality in a not so favorable
environment in East New York.

Noise Analysis


Sun Path Analysis: Bulk of building is based on the study of sun-path diagram and the shadow cast on site to ensure all units in the building gets sufficient
daylight.

Section : Light and Shadow

Program such as cinema is placed in dark area

































A look through the corridor


Each unit has a balcony box partially looking at the corridor in oder to create a mini  community space for neighbor gathering. The space penetrate through the north and  south giving it the view and openness that other residential corridors in this neighborhood  lack of.