TRIBECA LOFT – 2ND FLOOR ’12
TRIBECA LOFT, 2ND FLOOR – 2012 A SECOND LOFT DESIGN IN THE LANDMARK DISTRICT OF TRIBECA, THIS 2000 SQUARE FEET LOFT HAS THE SAME FOOTPRINT OF THE ONE ON THE 4TH FLOOR, BUT A DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND A DIFFERENT BUDGET. IT PRESENTS A FURTHER CHALLENGE THAN THE 4TH FLOOR SINCE THE SPACE SUFFERS FROM LACK…
BALI MARINE CENTER ’10
MARINE RESEARCH CENTER AT BALI, INDONESIA JUNE 2010 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROJECT IS CONCEIVED AS A BALINESE VILLAGE FLOATING ON THE WATER. A SPHERE IS CHOSEN AS THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK SINCE IT WITHSTANDS WATER PRESSURE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER GEOMETRY. THE REQUIRED PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED AMONG SEVERAL SPHERES, AND CIRCULATION TAKES…
GOVERNORS ISLAND ’10
TRANSPARENT FOREST – SUSTAINABLE SUMMER PAVILION FOR GOVERNORS ISLAND – MAY 2010 THE PROPOSED 2300 SF PAVILION IS A DIRECT REACTION TO SITE, PROGRAM AND PREMISE. THE TRANSPARENT FOREST STANDS IN COMPLETE CONTRAST TO THE SOLID, HEAVY AND CONSERVATIVE SURROUNDINGS OF LIGGET HALL, MAKING ITS MODEST DIMENSIONS POWERFUL AND COMPELLING. ITS BASIC STRUCTURE IS MADE…
109 GOLD STREET ’09
Brooklyn, New York – 2009 LOCATED IN THE EDGE OF THE UP-COMING “DUMBO” NIEGHBORHOOD, BROOKLYN, THIS 33 APARTMENTS BUILDING IS MEDIUM-END RESIDENTIAL IN AN AREA THAT IS EMERGING OUT OF A HIGH RATE CRIME ERA. INTEGRATION INTO THE EVOLVING NIEGHBORHOOD IS THEREFORE DONE IN A DIFFERENT MANNER: THE MAIN FAÇADE OF THE BUILDING OPENS ITSELF…
TRIBECA LOFT ’07
LOCATED IN THE LANDMARK DISTRICT OF TRIBECA IN NEW YORK CITY, THIS 2000 SQUARE FEET LOFT INTRODUCES SEVERAL DESIGN CHALLENGES: MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC “AROMA”, FABRIC AND FEEL OF A PLACE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS A WAREHOUSE – OPEN AND ROUGH BRICK AND MORTAR LARGE OPEN SPACE, WHILE PROVIDING HIGH-END CONTEMPORARY AMENITIES. A GIVEN LONG, UN-EVEN FOOTPRINT…
300 WEST 18TH STREET ’07
300 West 18th Street, New York City – 2007 LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CHELSEA IN NEW YORK CITY, THIS BUILDING COMBINES COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS. THE DESIGN INTENT WAS FOR THE BUILDING TO ABSORBS THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND REACT TO IT IN A CONTEMPORARY MANNER: ITS 6 STORIES – THE DOMINATING HEIGHT…
GLACIER MOUNTAIN HUT ’04
PALISADIS GLACIER MOUNTAIN HUT – MAY 2004 REACTING DIRECTLY TO THE PREMISE OF ITS EXISTENCE, THE PROPOSED MOUNTAIN HUT CELEBRATES THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. HIKERS AND BACK-PACKERS, LOOKING FOR THE HUT AT THE END OF A DAY IN THE OUTDOORS, GET A GLIMPSE OF A SHINNING BEACON FROM A FAR, SIGNALING THE LOCATION OF AN OASIS:…