{"id":537587,"date":"2024-11-07T10:41:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=537587"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T17:01:15","slug":"brooklyn-heights-renovation-batliboi-studio-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/brooklyn-heights-renovation-batliboi-studio-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Insider: Architect Makes Sense of Awkward Space in Heights Triplex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got a project to propose for\u00a0<\/em>The Insider?\u00a0Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] com<\/em><\/p>\n

A few decades back, carving up historic churches into residential units was all the rage in Brooklyn’s brownstone belt. Such conversions often resulted in awkward living spaces. That was the case in this 2,400-square-foot triplex at the rear of a mid-19th century Gothic Revival church converted to co-ops in the late 1970s, one of 10 units in the Brooklyn Heights building. <\/p>\n

“All the units have these quirky layouts,” said architect Hormuz Batliboi of Greenpoint-based Batliboi Studio<\/a>, who was hired by new homeowners to reimagine the space almost in its entirety. “In this instance, it had not been updated since soon after it was first converted to co-ops. It had volumetric dimension — a first floor, mezzanine and third floor above — but a very inefficient layout. Space wasn’t organized in a way that made sense.” <\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Batliboi Studio reconfigured a poorly laid out triplex in a converted church to create cohesive, usable spaces and add storage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23433,"featured_media":538550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7644,7667],"tags":[34942,1378],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-537587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interiors-renovation","category-brooklyn-heights","tag-batliboi-studio","tag-the-insider"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The Insider: Architect Makes Sense of Awkward Space in Heights Triplex","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/brooklyn-heights-renovation-batliboi-studio-church\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/brooklyn-heights-renovation-batliboi-studio-church\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/interior-design-ideas-brooklyn-heights-batliboi-studio-04.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/interior-design-ideas-brooklyn-heights-batliboi-studio-04.jpg"},"articleSection":"Interiors & Renovation","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cara Greenberg"}],"creator":["Cara Greenberg"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["batliboi studio","the insider"],"dateCreated":"2024-11-07T15:41:28Z","datePublished":"2024-11-07T15:41:28Z","dateModified":"2024-11-07T17:01:15Z"},"rendered":"