New amenities such as a compact kitchen, a passenger elevator, and a landscaped garden help soften its rough edges.
At a century-old building in New York, a subtle transformation has unfolded courtesy of architects Worrell Yeung. With Newlab—a business and technology incubator and the project’s primary tenant—the local firm converted the masonry structure, once a military-equipment factory, into a maker-space for fledgling manufacturers.
The building occupies a site just south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which formerly produced warships but is today a tech and fabrication hub. Redbrick factories, warehouses, and garages line these streets, separating the Navy Yard from the brownstone residences of Clinton Hill to the south.