Homes for the culturally motivated

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{ HOMES FOR THE CULTURALLY MOTIVATED }

JohannesR Marinus Petrus Knoop s WWW. KNOOP S .NYC J MPK NOOP S@ M A C.C OM FA A R , A S S O C . A I A , N C I D Q

Johannes M.P. Knoops 415 Grand Street, E-902, New York, New York 10002 jmpknoops@mac.com www.knoops.nyc www.knoops.us

Photo by Peter Yeadon

Distinguished in the field, Johannes also teaches Interior Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology/SUNY. Currently focused on residential projects, he leads a design practice here in his native New York City. His previous experience includes work with KPF Architects, KPF Interior Architects, Gaetano Pesce, Jeff Vandeberg, and the Exhibition Design Department of the Metropolitan Museum.

Currently focused on residential projects, Johannes leads a design practice here in his native New York City. His previous experience includes work with KPF Architects, KPF Interior Architects, Gaetano Pesce, Jeff Vandeberg, and the Exhibition Design Department of the Metropolitan Museum.

architectural education 1995 1987

Yale University, School of Architecture, New Haven, CT, Post-professional Master of Architecture Pratt Institute, Department of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY, Baccalaureate of Architecture with honors

fellowships 1999-00 1996 1991 1986

Rome Prize in Architecture, Mercedes T. Bass Fellow, American Academy in Rome Catherine Boettcher Fellow, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH John Dinkeloo Traveling Fellow, National Institute for Architectural Education and the American Academy in Rome William van Alen Architect Memorial Fellow, National Institute for Architectural Education

honors & distinctions 2009 2009 2006 2005 2002 1992 1987 1987 1987

AIA Merit Award, Projects, AIA New York Chapter (Marriage Bureau) Concept Award, Contract Magazine (Marriage Bureau) AIA Honor Award, Unbuilt Architecture, Boston Society of Architects / AIA Boston Chapter (Tsunami Memorial) AIA Honor Award, Unbuilt Architecture, Boston Society of Architects / AIA Boston Chapter (Pools of Pleasure) AIA Award, Unbuilt Architecture, Boston Society of Architects / AIA Boston Chapter (Kinetic Fantasies) Architectural League Prize (formally: “Young Architect’s Forum”), Architectural League of New York AIA School Gold Medal, from the Henry Adams Fund, for excellence in the study of architecture, American Institute of Architects and the Pratt Institute Certificate for Outstanding Excellence in Design, Pratt Institute, School of Architecture Certificate for Outstanding Service to School, Pratt Institute, School of Architecture

residential commissions 2015 2014 2013 2009-13 2009-13 2011 2009-10 2009-10 2008-10 2008-09 2008-09 2008-09 2008 2008 2007 2006-07 20062006-07 2006-07 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2002-03 2002 1999-03 1998

Maloney Family, an apartment renovation New York, NY — in construction Bergman, entry re-configuration and kitchen renovation, New York, NY — completed Surfside, a renovation of a hurricane ravaged shore house, Lavallette, NJ One-20-Eight Main Street, community landmark restaurant, Gardiner, NY— on hold 158 Main Street, new commercial/retail, Gardiner, NY —on hold 4H Loft, 2100 SF loft renovation, SoHo, NY Roofscape, a contextual carport for a national landmark, Brykill Estate, Wallkill, NY A Sunny Outlook, a luminous summerhouse tower addition and site plan, Lavallette, NJ — unrealized Wrapper, bedroom insertion… headboard/nightstand/workstation/library, Chelsea, NY — on hold Weis Private Study, walnut and leather-paneled, New York, NY New Hamlet, planning for a 44-unit residential development, Gardiner, NY —in progress Tietler, loft renovation, New York, NY — unrealized Friedman Loft, dining/children insertion, New York, NY — completed Jacobson Family, 4 bedroom suite, floor plan, New York, NY — completed Sloss/Boss, 2 bedroom apartment renovation, New York, NY Weis Family Library, New York, NY Saulson, 6000 SF house on Georgica Road, East Hampton, NY —unrealized Baumberger, apartment renovation, New York, NY Prager, Loft, Forward Building, New York, NY Shaw-Levin, a 3 bedroom apartment, New York, NY Project 5H, apartment renovation, New York, NY Segalla, a 3 bedroom apartment, New York, NY — unrealized Trett Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY, in collaboration with Brian Kaye —unrealized Wies Apartment, New York, NY Eagles Perch, apartment for Jordan Eagles, New York, NY —unrealized Zen Mini-Loft, apartment, New York, NY Nugent Roof Terrace, New York, NY, in collaboration with Frances Levine Landscape Designer Lewis Bernard, private study for a collection of 18th c. Japanese scrolls, Beresford Apts, New York, NY Project Boxfarm, bed and breakfast renovation and an addition, Watermill, NY, in collaboration with Duncan Reid —unrealized Conway-Milgrim Memorial, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA, in collaboration with Joyce Kozloff artist Irving Place, lobby renovation, New York, NY

residential with KPF Architects 2013

Samsung Seocho Executive Suite, Seoul, Korea —proposal

residential with Jeff Vandeberg Architects 2013

Saifer House, 2500 SF Ellenville, NY —built Kitchen Renovation, New York, NY —built Studio Renovation, New York, NY —proposal

LIVING BIG Loft AN Private INNER CALM Study MAKING SENSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE Library COMBINING 2 INTO 1 Two Units Combined into One Residence URBAN OASIS Outdoor Living ZEN-MINI Opening up Space UNIFYING IT ALL An Insertion to Organize It All SURFSIDE Restoring order PROVIDING FOR 1 MORE Re-ordering Space

LIVING BIG Lower Eastside, NYC, Forward Building, loft conversion Located in a community landmark... the Forward Building once headquartered the Daily Forward a critical publication of Jewish intellect.

While maintaining the original ceiling height the distinctive windows could be fully appreciated.

Translucent walls framed in cherry wood define the master bedroom to provide a romantic sanctuary.

Translucent walls from inside

Detail from outside the bedroom

“TVplace”... today’s new fireside. More than positing the flatscreen into a niche, TVplace provides for speakers, components and media. Fronted with speaker fabric, the surround houses speakers and storage for media, while the wood ledge cleverly conceals various audio components. Veneered in straight-grain white oak, the work speaks to the cabinetry I previously designed in the first phase of this loft conversion.

AN Upper INNER CALM Eastside, NYC, The Beresferd, private study As a gallery, home-workspace and quiet leisure area, it was necessary to contain, conceal and reveal a variety of contents—most importantly a world-class collection of Japanese scrolls. Here, cabinets serve as devices to not only contain necessities but also define zones of display for these exquisite antique scrolls. Though rooted in traditional shoji techniques, these “origami” cabinets employ rice paper in a novel exterior manner—a successful collaboration between with Mr. Hanafusa of Miya Shoji, New York City.

Thanks to a composition of reciprocal angles and calculated alignment, when an individual door is opened its edge aligns with an adjacent angle in the cabinetry.

This game of folding and aligning is much like origami as each move creates a new and exciting geometry.

“the overall impact is amazing” – Harriet Paterson, World of Interiors

Natural pull

Made of solid maple the door/desk provides a focal point to the study.

The stress of disease produced the distinctive burled character in the wood.

“I can’t say I’m not impressed by the design: it’s clever, well thought out and beautifully constructed.”

— Rubert Thomas, Editor, World of Interiors

“Intelligent Design... a now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t private study” — Wendy Goodman, New York Magazine

Mr. Hanafusa and Miya Sohji

MAKING SENSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE Lower 5th Avenue, NYC, leather-clad library Though focused on a single room, the project speaks clearly to a New York audience. Confounded with a room where in each corner an engaged column varies widely in dimension (due to the nature of prewar apartment construction), we sought to regularize the plan while capitalizing on the “poche” … the resulting space between these columns and the new built-out surfaces. Printer, books, computer networking and tchotchkes found a new home in the resulting cabinetry.

The existing iron radiator, columns, and closet door are all hidden within this library’s new geometry.

Leather-clad panels and a grid of walnut afford the room a sense of proportion, scale and order. In the upper zone framed metal fabric panels emit a soft glow to illuminate the room while focused lighting highlights the art on the far wall.

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COMBINING 2 INTO 1 Eastside, NYC, combining two 2-bedroom apartments Purchased while under construction, the client needed to combine two 2-bedroom units into one grand residence.

To assist I: • Analyzed the proposed floor plans for their current efficiency in terms of dedicated circulation to program area • Identified the existing structure and HVAC requirements.

• Proposed a new plan fleshed out with furniture to evaluate potential.

Developer’s floor plan

Circulation efficiency analysis of developer’s proposal, indicating an extremely inefficient scheme

Alterations to developer’s plan

Furniture Plan

URBAN OASIS Eastside, NYC, Outdoor Living Area Designed for an Upper Eastside family, their home now extends well beyond the boundary of their confined apartment. From everyday life rituals, to those occasions shared with a circle of good friends, this nurturing respite provides a counterpoint to their compressed interior lives.

Undulating white netting surrounds the perimeter while an “outdoor chat room� sits on the corner. These high back bench/ planters afford a sense of enclosure while conversing with a friend under a stand of birch trees.

A twisted portal leads to a garden of secrets... a more secluded and intimate space outside the master bedroom.

ZEN-MINI Lower Eastside, NYC, Seward Park Times change, so do lifestyles. A home-office is often a necessity and additional storage a dream. Formal foyers impinge on your precious square footage and who eats in that eat-in-kitchen?

The wall dividing kitchen and living was removed to illuminate this corner layout. A 12-foot long banquette of tiger wood provides generous counter space, while masking an under-counter fridge and freezer. Visible only to the cook, the stove is tucked behind a bookcase. The former “eat-in”kitchen is now a “hidden” kitchen.

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UNIFYING IT ALL SOHO, NYC, inserting an artist’s studio and child’s room As a legacy SOHO A.I.R. loft, one owner is an artist and required a defined studio to work in, while at the same time the couple was adapting a child along with its necessities. The woman had her wants too, including the accommodation of an extensive collection of shoes with a large dose of Louboutin.

The program included: renovating the existing master bath, providing a studio, child’s room, new bath and built-in breakfast room. A clear diagram avoided the hodgepodge accretion typical of most SOHO lofts. To reinforce the loft’s new organization a zone of reclaimed hickory wood wrapped one side to include shelving, closets, and a sliding panel to open the studio to the living area when desired. Instead of seeing more wood when peeking behind the characterful hickory, its interior instead was made to match Mr. Louboutin’s red for a touch of glamour.

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SURFSIDE Lavallette, New Jersey, a bungalow shore house Ravaged by super storm Sandy, this authentic 1927 New Jersey shore house lost its deck and suffered structurally. Preserving its main structure the interior was freshened while plans are underway for an extensive outdoor living area with a hot tub and deck.

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Superb mid-centruy finds accent the house

Original to the house and restored these chairs serve luggage well

PROVIDING FOR 1 MORE Lower Eastside, NYC, Seward Park, adding one room Seward Park Cooperative offers many amenities, some of which residents may rarely use. In particular the luxurious foyers to each apartment, whose square footage is often cluttered with less critical wants.

In this case, a young expecting couple desperately needed a room for their incoming child. A few strategic moves made it possible: • Re-orient the living room • Appropriate a portion of the foyer with a defined dining nook (which is more efficient than a dining table and chairs) • Open the kitchen and blur the boundary to living room