Archi-Tectonics envelops Manhattan townhouse in "climate skin"

New York City studio Archi-Tectonics has added three storeys and a skin of folding slats to a home in SoHo.
The 512GW Townhouse was doubled in size with the extension by Archi-Tectonics, which built on the narrow structure's original four storeys to create eight levels for a family to occupy.
Archi-Tectonics added four storeys to this building in SoHo. Photo by Evan Joseph
To unify the original building and the addition, the team created a three-dimensional envelope that they describe as a "clim