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Look inside Karim Rashid’s futuristic HAP Five condo rising in East Harlem

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The Karim Rashid-designed eight story residential building at 329 Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem has started to take shape after addressing a gauntlet of public outcry and zoning violations. Renderings of the condominium building from HAP Investment Developers were met with resistance from the community for their original turquoise and magenta color scheme–a typical Rashid design element–which, it was feared, would clash with the the neighborhood’s century-old buildings. CityRealty.com reports that HAP has toned down the color scheme–it now features white balconies bordered with a gradually-fading shade of pink glass–and lessened the building’s height from 80 to 75 feet due to zoning laws.

Current view of construction courtesy of CityRealty.com

The 21,500-square-foot building will contain 20 condominium residences ranging from studios to two-bedrooms. The site, located between East 117th and 118th Streets, is near the East River Plaza, Thomas Jefferson Park recreation center and pool, CUNY’s Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work, and a shopping center with a Costco, Target, and Best Buy.

Inside, space is maximized by concentrating the programmatic infrastructure (kitchens, closets) into compressed areas that “delimit space but do not block it from natural light,” according to Rashid’s project page. Each of the 20 units has its own balcony, all of which are skewed from the floor below to create an S-shaped geometry that helps light disperse through the apartments.

Find future listings for HAP Five here.

[Via CityRealty.com]

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