Union, Brooklyn, New York,

Sited at the edge of the Gowanus rezoning, this building is positioned in a rapidly-developing neighborhood. As residential towers begin to activate an increasingly vibrant waterfront, the airspace around the canal will densify, reducing the long views currently provided over the low-rise surroundings.

To preserve this unique quality of the site, the units of this building are rotated in alignment with the canal. This orientation provides units with a long view, either towards downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan or along the canal itself to the south.

Additionally, this rotation creates an opportunity for all units to have a second sightline through exterior corners oriented in the perpendicular direction, which gives direct visual connections to waterfront activity and takes advantage of the canal as another view corridor.