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Illustrative concepts

Three studies showing how differently a transformation can read depending on the building. None of these is a completed project, a project under way, or a specific property.

Conceptual studies only

Monevations does not present concepts as completed work. The studies below exist to explain how a transformation can be structured across different property types. Any actual project would depend on that property’s zoning, development rights, building code, approvals, legal structure, construction feasibility, financing, market conditions, and project economics — and many properties will not support a transformation at all.

Study 01 — horizontal division

Today L4L3 L2L1 CEL Concept New residence A New residence B Retained — L2 Retained — L1 Retained — cellar Owner keeps the levels they use; the upper floors become two independent residences with their own entry sequence.
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The classic case

A five-level home where the top two floors have quietly stopped being part of daily life. The division follows the building’s existing logic, so the retained home keeps the parlor level, the garden relationship, and the cellar.

Property type
Five-level townhouse or brownstone
Existing configuration
Single-family across cellar and four floors
Potential transformation
Horizontal division above the second floor
Homeowner retained space
Cellar, floor 1, floor 2
Potential new residences
Two, one per upper floor

Study 02 — upper duplex

Today L3L2 L1GDN Concept New residence — upper duplex internal stair Retained — main floor Retained — garden level One larger residence can be worth more than two small ones. Unit count is an outcome of analysis, not a target.
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Fewer, larger

Not every transformation maximizes unit count. In some buildings and some markets, a single well-proportioned duplex above is the stronger outcome — and it leaves the owner with the garden level and the main floor they actually use.

Property type
Four-level urban home with garden level
Existing configuration
Single-family, upper floors lightly used
Potential transformation
Upper two floors combined into one residence
Homeowner retained space
Garden level and main floor
Potential new residences
One duplex

Study 03 — vertical division

Today — plan Wide plate, one household Concept — plan Retained residence New A New B New C Some buildings divide better across the plan than up the section. The building decides, not the template. Diagrammatic plan. Not to scale.
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Across, not up

A wide property with generous floor plates may divide more naturally across the plan than through the section. Circulation, egress, and light and air drive the geometry — which is exactly why a transformation cannot be designed from a template.

Property type
Wide multi-level residence or small multi-family building
Existing configuration
Single household across an oversized floor plate
Potential transformation
Vertical division with a separated circulation core
Homeowner retained space
One full-height portion of the building
Potential new residences
Up to three, stacked

Real projects will appear here as they are completed.

This page is built to hold them — photography, drawings, delivered unit detail, and the owner’s retained residence. Until then, it holds concepts, clearly labeled as concepts.

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