The Metal Shutter House is a Residential Condominium with a Gallery Retail space on the ground floor.  The building is located in the newly re-zoned West
Chelsea district of Manhattan just west of the High Line. The Metal Shutter House, in close proximity to other high-rise buildings, is designed to take advantage
of both light and surrounding views.  In order to create well-lit rooms, each residential unit is a duplex with a double height living room that allows natural light
to fill the apartment.Large floor-to-ceiling bi-folding glass doors on the living room façade of each unit completely open the interior space to the exterior. The North
façade features screens made of roll-up perforated security shutters, allowing for privacy while in the apartment or on the terrace and creates a distinctly unique
openness to the city beyond.

再開発地区である敷地周辺一帯には次々と高層ビルが立ち並び始め、敷地は日中のほとんどの時間において影になってしまう。そうした状況のなか、なるべく自然光を取り入れるために各住戸とも南側には吹き抜けを設け、そこに面するファサードはガラスシャッターとしている。北面ファサードはパンチングメタルのロールアップシャッターとし、住戸の前後のシャッターを開け放てば、住戸は開放感に満ちた空間となる。