Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Location: 94 Greenwich Avenue, New York, NY 10011, USA
Architect In Charge: Steven Holl
Associate In Charge: Olaf Schmidt
Area: 37.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Susan Wides, Aislinn Weidele
Project Architect: Filipe Taboada
Project Team: Yiqing Zhao
Lighting Consultant: L’Observatoire International
Cabinetry: Javier Gomez
From the architect. The 400sf Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle shop is an abstract insertion into the historic fabric of Greenwich Village. It is envisioned as an integral material/spatial whole.
An imagined geometry for olfaction, a slipped disk characterizes the facade, the main cabinetry, the furniture, and the secret garden beyond.
If smell could have geometric properties they might come in all scales and textures. Similarly, the “slipped disk” geometry is textured, porous and reflective (foamed aluminum); dense, smooth and opaque (black walnut); transparent (glass); or soft and rough (wool carpet).
In the Secret Garden, which is paved in schist, the gentle sound of water emanates from a cast brass slipped disk.
Frederic Malle / Steven Holl Architects originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 13 Mar 2015.
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