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Designed for architect Peter Eisenman, this apartment combines three units to create a highly tailored residential space gazing over lower Manhattan. Three bedrooms were planned to revolve around the kitchen, living space, and a library. By establishing a series of 3 datums as soffit heights, and manipulating their relationship between the floor and ceiling plates, a new spatial ordering system emerges, thus framing the horizon by compressing certain interior space. These soffits begin to describe the circulation patterns and spatial adjacencies between the unique living spaces. The variances in ceiling heights modulate the interior volumes, thread movement through low spaces and allow the perimeter to explode towards the spectacular urban scene beyond.