The New York workplace of structure studio OMA has accomplished its renovation of Tiffany & Co’s flagship retailer in Manhattan, including a three-storey glass extension to the historic jewelry retailer.
OMA renovated and expanded the 10-storey limestone constructing at 727 Fifth Avenue, which has served as a division retailer for Tiffany & Co since 1940, marking its first full-scale renovation because the authentic opening.
The studio added a three-storey glass construction to the rooftop to carry gallery and occasion areas. The addition was designed to broaden the programming and to “broadcast an evolving model id”, in line with OMA.
The extension consists of two stacked glass volumes. The underside quantity is cut up throughout two storeys and recessed from the sting of the roof to create a small terrace.
The highest quantity, which the structure studio describes as a “jewelry field”, cantilevers over the decrease quantity on three sides.
The cantilevered quantity is clad in panes of undulating glass that was formed by draping it over a mould in a method generally known as slumping. These panels of slumped glass distinction with the easy glazing under to leverage their “two completely different qualities and distinct benefits”.
SOM selected the slumped glass as a result of it’s “structurally beneficial and requires much less vertical help” in addition to having a delicate “mirrored” end.
In response to OMA accomplice Shohei Shigematsu, the addition was meant to respect Tiffany & Co’s legacy whereas tempering the impact of the encompassing skyscrapers.
“Anchoring the wealthy vertical expertise is a brand new gathering area that mirrors the dynamism of the bottom stage, recessed from the constructing edge to supply a wraparound terrace,” stated Shigematsu.
“An extra quantity floats above the occasion area, wrapped in a glass ‘curtain’ that provides a contact of softness to the tough curtain partitions of neighbouring towers,” he continued.
“The result’s a translucent vitrine to sign new flagship actions – a up to date bookend to the historic constructing and symbolic launch of a renewed model.”
The addition serves as an occasion area and will be lit up at evening, making a lantern-like impact resulting from its clear facade, on high, which was created utilizing a mix of slumped and flat glass to create a posh floor.
When it got here to renovating the prevailing construction, OMA left the outside largely unchanged with the intention to preserve the historic limestone facade.
Elevator cores had been moved to the exterior partitions to create a extra free-flowing flooring plan in alignment with the entranceway.
The studio additionally added an elevator foyer that “clarifies” entry to the higher ranges, OMA defined.
American architect Peter Marino – who has labored on luxurious shops together with the Louis Vuitton flagship in Osaka – was accountable for revamping the interiors of the constructing’s present 10 storeys.
Profiting from the expanded flooring area gained by shifting the core, he added metallic detailing, carpets and wall therapies.
Different current initiatives by OMA in New York embrace a pair of stacked skyscrapers on the Brooklyn waterfront.
The pictures is by floto+warner.
Challenge credit:
Architect: OMA New York
Companion: Shohei Shigematsu
Affiliate: Jake Forster
Challenge architect: Caroline Corbett, Ninoslav Krgovic
Staff: Marie-Claude Fares, Richard Nelson-Chow, Tommaso Bernabo Silorata, Clement Mathieu, Kevin Larson, Leone Di Robilant, Adam Vosburgh, Anahita Tabrizi, Avo Keuyalian, Jackie Woon Bae, Henrik Gjerstad, Cameron Fullmer, Ge Zhou, Patricio Fernandez Ivanschitz, Timothy Cheng, Mark Jongman-
Sereno, Shary Tawil
Inside architect (GF–F10): Peter Marino
Government architect: Callison RTKL
Construction: WSP
MEP: WSP
Facade guide: Heintges Consulting Architects & Engineers P.C
Facade producer: Seele (glass by Sunglass)
Lighting: Tillotson
AV: Theater Tasks
Acoustics: Cerami Associates / Henderson Engineers
Graphics, signage, wayfinding: 2×4
Vertical transportation: Edgett Williams Consulting Group
IT/knowledge/safety: Tiffany Co (In-house)
Sustainability: Paladino & Co.
Shopper Rep/mission Managers/costing: MACE Group
Common Contractor: Structuretone
