Carmel Place micro housing
Designed by nArchitects and located on Bellevue South Park in Midtown Manhattan, Carmel Place is the first purpose built micro housing development in New York. The development includes 55 apartments ranging from 24 sqm to 33 sqm. The building is constructed from modular prefabricated units, manufactured close by in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The design is the winning scheme for the adAPT NYC competition as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing Market Place Plan. Although the competition is led by City Hall, the homes are designed to be below their own minimum standards, permitted through a Mayor override of the regulations.
To compensate for the micro living arrangements, the development includes generous communal spaces such as a rooftop deck with bbq, basement tv room and a gym.
22 of the 55 units are classified as affordable by City Hall, with rent set at $1,500 a month. 60,000 people applied to live in one of these types of the units. The market rate is $2,750 a month.
The project is considered a prototype in New York for both micro living and prefabricated modular construction techniques. The building consists of 65 self supporting steel frame modules.
