The Covert Station Studios
Location: 1001 Irving Avenue Brooklyn/Queens NYClient: Cool Fashion of NY Inc.Status: Partially Completed 2016-2020, active
Architect: Matthews Moya ArchitectsDesign: Frank X. Moya AIA LEED
Type: ARTS - Alterations and Adaptive Reuse
Creating a community of artists and musicians was a top priority for the design of the adaptive reuse of an existing 42,220 SF warehouse straddling the border between Brooklyn and Queens. Its unusual setting in an abandoned street right-of-way possed an interesting, but not insurmountable challenge.
The first phase was completed in 2016 for the second floor studios and the facade