512gw Townhouse is a stunning home designed in 2020 by Archi-Tectonics, located in New York’s SoHo neighborhood.

Description
Archi-Tectonics converted a long and narrow industrial structure in SoHo into a spacious and flexible 8-story family home. The size of the space was doubled by adding a 4-story structure to the original townhouse, and by unifying the two volumes with a 3d envelope: the Climate Skin.
CLIMATE SKIN
The townhouse is inscribed within the Climate Skin, a spacious lattice envelope made of lightweight steel and folding panels clad with Trespa? slats. When closed, they appear as one smooth surface, but when opened, they fold out like feathers of a birdwing. Like an intricate lacework dress, the sheathing changes character and appearance at different times of the day and view angles, and serves as both filter and amplifier between the privacy of the house and the public streetscape. The Climate skin does not stop at the facade, it wraps up and over the multi-level roofs, creating a private outdoor ?room? with green roofs and outdoor dining. Extensive prototyping assisted in optimizing the movement of the trellis panels. This way, the façade can fold and slide open depending on the residents? changing needs, as well as simultaneously connect to and enclose from the outdoors.
This unique facade also poses interesting solutions for sustainability. By making the Climate Skin operable, residents can adjust ventilation, light, ...