Jennifer Suhr, a filmmaker and screenwriter, and Michael Curtes, a digital product designer, purchased a 1900 three-family home for them and their two children in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. The duo envisioned an enduring home that unfolds with the shifting needs of a family, from accommodating young ones to hosting gatherings to eventually housing the in-laws full-time. They looked to Studio Fabian Lorenz, a young, local firm, to oversee the renovation and design that unfolds and compresses with the various stages of the family.

Due to water damage, a full gut renovation was necessary. The renovation changed the layout into a two-family home with a unit atop. The top-most unit will first operate as a tenant unit but will eventually transition into quarters for the grandparents. The units can be connected, or even turned into one single-family residence, via the tenant staircase.

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