See inside the entirely affordable, cheerfully modernist El Borinquen Residence in the Bronx. DHWendyGoodman reports
The colors of the metal-paneled façade are inspired by many of the flags of Latin America.The colors of the metal-paneled façade are inspired by many of the flags of Latin America.is a modernist, and his firm’s El Borinquen Residence, an affordable- and supportive-housing development in the Bronx, draws on those vibrant mid-century traditions. “The massing is based on Latin American modernist slabs raised on ‘pilotis,’” Gorlin says.
And it is cheerful. “Color was the way of animating the façade and giving variety in an affordable manner,” Gorlin says. He’d deployed a palette in other affordable-housing projects in the past, notably theSpring Creek townhouses, but “this is the most symbolic use of color because the client really wanted a Latin theme, so what does that mean? And then what Dr.
Plus, “it’s entirely affordable,” Gorlin notes. “It’s not one of those buildings that is market rate and then 20 percent is affordable. It’s 100 percent affordable.”
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