House with micro-units in Manhattan by nARCHITECTS

If you don't have deep pockets, it isn't difficult in a city that never sleeps to find dream apartments from the most renowned creators. In the case of social housing, Manhattan assumes the position of a dead bug. One of the few activities was the architectural competition “adAPT NYC“ in 2013, for which then-mayor Michael Bloomberg made an exception to the very strict building regulations.
In the “adAPT NYC“ competition, the project “My Micro NY“ by Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang from the Brooklyn studio nARCHITECTS ultimately won. The project consists of 55 prefabricated micro-apartments ranging from 23 to 34 m² arranged in four slender towers rising from seven to ten stories with a multicolored facade of brick.
The construction of the building in the eastern Kips Bay neighborhood was taken on by the development company Monadnock in the summer of 2014. The installation of the prefabricated units on-site began in the spring of last year and this February, the first tenants will be able to move in.
When the project under the new name “Carmel Place“ appeared in the newspapers with a monthly rent of $950, more than 60,000 applicants responded to the call, making affordable housing (with a shared gym and rooftop terrace) in Manhattan still a matter of winning the lottery.

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