Amant, an arts campus in North Brooklyn’s rapidly changing industrial area, consists of four buildings across three blocks housing artist studios, galleries, offices, storage, and a cafe. The design integrates art spaces into East Williamsburg’s urban fabric through courtyards and thoroughfares, with each building contributing a unique gallery.
The exposed elevations of 345 Maujer Street, housing the Gallery and Café, are clad in brick to match existing industrial buildings, allowing the new structures to nestle comfortably within their surroundings. Using brick unconventionally, such as rotating it out of plane to catch shadows and using the fluted “back” to create irregular, dense vertical patterns, the designers broke away from traditional running bond patterns, contributing to the overall sense of anonymity and integration with the industrial context.
Brick was crucial in blending the buildings into their industrial surroundings while offering surprising tactility, details, and depth upon closer inspection. The versatile brick mimics both the gritty industrial noise outside and the clean, quiet gallery inside by changing the exterior faces. Stack bond in transitions and interior spaces further showcases the brick’s adaptability. By employing brick innovatively, the designers created structures that appear familiar from a distance but reveal unexpected textures and depth up close, successfully integrating the arts campus into East Williamsburg’s urban fabric while providing a unique and engaging architectural experience.
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