Neptune House
Location Staten Island, New York
Client Private
Status In Progress
2 family home on an urban lot with simultaneous communal and private experiences. Outdoor shower, planted walls, large roof garden, semi-outdoor breezeway / balcony.
Flood proof and resistant to climate change. Living and utilities raised 12’ to be above flood plane. Hydropanels for clean water. Solar for electric. Gas-free.
Nature
Category
Scientific Research
Sculpture
Years
2023-Present
Materials
limestone
salts
concrete
steel
copper
algae
iron
Description
An ongoing research project to create carbon-negative limestone from waste concrete and other sources. Objects are grown slowly underwater in an electro-chemical process similar to the origin of life. The resulting objects are colored by their environment - cream and white limestones, red irons, green coppers, and blue algaes.
D A S . L T D Devang Arvind Shah Architecture PLLC
registered architect New York State 038806
DAS is a New York City based studio working on buildings, special projects, and public spaces.
Projects include the flood-resistant Neptune House (2024-present), lab-grown limestone (2023-present), Bed-Stuy Aquarium (2024), and sculpture Bed of Roses (2022), a finalist in the Times Square Arts competition.
Press
NPR
Gothamist
Complex
NHK Japan
Wired
MIT Technology Review
Architects Newspaper
Architectural Digest
Vogue
New York Times
Village Voice
Solare Design
Clients and Collaborators
NYCHA
Arakawa and Gins
Anita Dongre
Duke Riley
Galia Lahav
MoMA
Department of Parks