Kwong Von Glinow

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The Six-Flat with Two Courtyard takes advantage of the 50'-0" wide lot. By re-orienting the units to front-and-back, rather than side-by-side, each unit experiences the full width of the lot.

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Project

Six-Flat with Two Courtyards

What

Multi-Family Housing

Size

7,200 sq ft

Client

Chicago Department of Planning Development, Chicago Department of Housing, Chicago Architecture Center

Status

Competition

Team

Lap Chi Kwong, Alison Von Glinow, Eric Shichen Li, Jonah LaDuca, Oana Giuglea, Steven Huang, Tianjiao Wang, Jiachen Wang

Where

Chicago, Illinois

This proposal seeks to take advantage of the 50’-0” wide lot. Very often the 6-flat typology takes its cues directly from the 3-flat building type by either mirroring or doubling a 3-flat to create a conventional 6-flat. The units then are often only 20 feet wide and very long. Our approach re-orients the units to front-and-back, rather than side-by-side, so that each unit can experience the full lot width. Two large uniquely shaped courtyards define the light-filled living spaces of each unit.

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Rather than mirroring two narrow three-flats side by side, the units are reoriented front to back, creating generous living spaces that span the width of the site

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Two uniquely shaped courtyards bring daylight deep into each home, while the building’s exterior maintains the familiar reading of two three-flats placed side by side.

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A gentle curved and angled wall shape the courtyard and flanking bedrooms, joined by a 30-foot-wide glazed facade that fills the living spaces with daylight

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Floor-to-ceiling glazing opens the living spaces to the courtyards, where the narrow opening to the street carefully meters public exposure while maximizing daylight.

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The bedroom is avenue- or alleyway-facing, outfitted with a unique Juliette balcony to oversee the existing streetscape and courtyard. The two operable doors allow for cross ventilation.

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