{"id":700524,"date":"2026-01-16T19:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700524\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:26:18","slug":"brooklyn-building-by-frida-escobedo-folds-stacks-and-interlocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700524\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn building by Frida Escobedo “folds, stacks, and interlocks”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo<\/a> has worked with DXA Studio and interior designer Workstead<\/a> on Bergen in Brooklyn<\/a>, an elongated condominium building that is fronted with an undulating cast-concrete facade.<\/p>\n

Bergen is located on a former parking lot site in Boerum Hill near the Barclays Center<\/a>. It contains 105 residences across seven storeys, and is composed of two, residential wings that meet via a large, central glass lobby.<\/p>\n

\"BergenFrida Escobedo Studio and DXA Studio has completed Bergen in Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Frida Escobedo Studio<\/a> designed the building’s facade and worked closely with master planner and landscape architect DXA Studio<\/a> on its design. Local studio Workstead<\/a> took the lead on its interiors, which are focused on “a sense of calm and well-being,” according to the studio.<\/p>\n

The building is accessed via the central lobby and amenity floors on Bergen Street, and also via a pocket park that leads across the block to connect to Dean Street on the other side.<\/p>\n

\"BergenThe building spans the majority of its block<\/p>\n

Escobedo bent the facade to allow light and air to “permeate” the building.<\/p>\n

“Through a focus on porosity and materiality, the natural masonry folds, stacks, and interlocks to form a brick lattice that allows light, shadow, and air to permeate the building envelope,” said the team.<\/p>\n

\"BergenThe facade is made of cast concrete modules<\/p>\n

Its facade and low-lying profile also pay homage to the surrounding brownstone buildings found in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

“What’s really beautiful about this street is that it has that peace and quiet,” said Escobedo.<\/p>\n

“So it was a matter of preserving it in such a way that people would still feel like they’re in a neighbourhood where the scale is really low, even though it’s a slightly larger residential project.”<\/p>\n

“We created the massing to make it a little more light and integrated.”<\/p>\n

\"BergenA pocket park leads into the back of the building<\/p>\n

The team also integrated terraces along the building’s facade and along the rooftop to further cut away at its large volume.<\/p>\n

“Above, a staggered massing strategy reduces the building’s vertical presence and culminates in a perforated crown, where rooftop terraces dissolve the building’s mass into the sky,” said the team.<\/p>\n

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The amenity floors are located in the central glass volume, dubbed The Glass House, which is accessed by a small footbridge.<\/p>\n

The space contains double-height floors and a basement level that connects to sunken gardens that line Bergen Street and the ground level of the Dean Street park.<\/p>\n

\"BergenThe street-level lobby looks out over the back garden<\/p>\n

In the street-level lobby, glass doors lead out onto a terrace which overlooks the outdoor area.<\/p>\n

A large, enclosed spiral stair leads to amenities below, such as a tea room and ceramic studio, and lounge spaces above.<\/p>\n

\"BergenA basement level looks into sunken gardens<\/p>\n

The interior palette consists of stone, wood and other natural materials, with low-lying furniture throughout the building. It evolves vertically, according to the team, starting with lighter tones in the lower levels, and deepening into richer, jewel tones.<\/p>\n

“Workstead translated Escobedo’s architectural language into a holistic interior environment that prioritises calm, light, and sensory well-being.”<\/p>\n

\"\"The building contains 105 condominiums. Photo by Zack DeZon<\/p>\n

DXA Studio and Patrick Cullina<\/a> worked on the landscape for the project.<\/p>\n

The outdoor area cuts horizontally through the site and contains a large “grass auditorium” that leads into the basement level, as well as curving pathways and a footbridge that connects the park to the backside entrance.<\/p>\n

Frida Escobedo Studio recently completed a brick tower in Harlem<\/a> and is also working on a limestone-clad expansion for the Met<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The exterior photography is by Ivane Katamashvili<\/a> and the interior photography is by Gieves Anderson<\/a>, unless otherwise noted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has worked with DXA Studio and interior designer Workstead on Bergen in Brooklyn, an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,27054,4022,77,168652,4447,17022,126129,126130,16,15,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-700524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-frida-escobedo","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","16":"tag-sectionall","17":"tag-sectionarchitecture","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115906424928108628","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}