I'm home

West Village is located in the south of Manhattan, New York. Jeff and Kate Whyte couple purchased a townhouse of approximately 81m2 in this area. And to create a good storage space for books and other miscellaneous items, the Whytes asked a Vietnamese architect, Phu Hoang, to renovate their home in 2005. Hoang's current business is mainly in New York.
On the contrary to the wife, Kate who would like to "display objects", the husband, Jeff would like to "hide them as much as possible". Having conflicting requests, Phu proposed a huge cabinet affixed to the living room wall whose height is 2,700mm. Dark colored Walnut with beautiful grain woody texture is used but the design is slanted that there is no pressuring feeling. The cabinet doors are double sliding so that one can enjoy the display when opened and things can be hidden as necessary. Moreover, drawers to store the couple's hobby, wine bottles and wine glasses are fixed in the cabinet and also the fireplace is placed. On the other hand, as for the dining room, bench is fixed along the wall where back surface can be used for storage. Phu made the original table, "Martini Table" by artificial marble and steel to fit in an elongated space. The kitchen used to be closed but now it's converted to be open-style and the ceiling height is made to be 2,180mm to have a storage space on the upper part of the wall. As Phu named this renovation "600% Storage", storage space resulted 6 times more than pre-renovation by his meticulous storage planning with cabinets which are compatible with both "show" and "hide".


Architect : Phu Hoang Office, llc

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