One Domino Sq. in Williamsburg is Annabelle Selldorf’s first residential skyscraper. With its launch, the New York-based architect (and principal of her eponymous studio) applies the pared-down magnificence and mix of minimalism and class which can be signatures of her work, spanning artwork galleries reminiscent of Hauser & Wirth’s twenty second Avenue, residential buildings reminiscent of 42 Crosby Avenue in SoHo, and the excessive rise housing typology.
Commissioned by Two Bushes Administration, a Brooklyn-based, family-owned real-estate growth agency, One Domino Sq. is situated proper on the Williamsburg waterfront, on the location of the previous Domino Sugar Manufacturing facility, and presents breathtaking views of Williamsburg Bridge. The brand new constructing is straight away recognisable due to its iridescent, porcelain-clad façades, designed to work together with pure gentle to imagine a dynamic and ever-changing presence on town’s skyline.
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Inside One Domino Sq.
The event contains a 39-storey apartment tower (housing 160 condominiums and 6 penthouses) and an adjoining 55-storey rental tower, related by a seven-storey podium at its base. The personal residences are gentle and ethereal, whereas the colorful public areas embody a collection of lounges with fireplaces and video games, an opulent indoor pool and wellness centre, and three terraces – together with one with a landscaped lounge, heated out of doors pool and sundeck overlooking Domino Park.
Right here, we discuss to Annabelle Selldorf concerning the porcelain-clad towers and the way they had been designed in dialogue with the Williamsburg Bridge, the East River and past.
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Annabelle Selldorf on One Domino Sq.
W*: How did the location’s historical past and beautiful location affect your design?
AS: Many skyscrapers lack a way of connection to their environment. They’re too dense and too indifferent from the city cloth they’re becoming a member of. Our intention for the One Domino Sq. design was to foster an intimate relationship with the bigger Domino Sugar Manufacturing facility website and the distinctive location overlooking the East River, the Williamsburg Bridge, and the skylines of Brooklyn and Manhattan within the distance.
One Domino Sq.’s outsized home windows open the undertaking up and join the interiors with the close by Refinery at Domino with its preserved brick exterior and authenticity. The rostrum One Domino Sq.’s two towers sit atop are clad in granite panels and assist floor the undertaking within the Williamsburg waterfront and evoke the location’s historical past as a hub for business.
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W*: Do you will have any hyperlinks to the neighbourhood, or different tasks within the space?
AS: One Domino Sq. is our first undertaking in Williamsburg, however as somebody who has lived in New York Metropolis for my whole skilled profession, it’s a place that has at all times intrigued me. The Williamsburg Bridge has such an iconic city presence. It has been fascinating to observe how the world has been remodeled over time from an industrial, gritty zone right into a fascinating residential neighbourhood with stunning parks and attention-grabbing eating places and retailers.
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W*: What led you to decide on porcelain as the primary materials for the façade of One Domino Sq.?
AS: From the outset we needed a constructing that will have a powerful and distinctive character and the façade materials is a important resolution in attaining that objective. Porcelain is sturdy and easy in some ways however the end we developed brings a charming complexity. The porcelain modifications as the sunshine shifts, typically mixing into its environment and at different occasions changing into fairly hanging and daring.
One Domino Sq.’s porcelain façade acts as a mirror capturing and reflecting the location’s exceptional gentle, the ever-changing water within the East River, the movement on the Williamsburg Bridge and locations the undertaking’s two towers in dialogue with the remainder of the location.
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W*: How was the porcelain façade truly made?
AS: The porcelain tile was made by Cor Asociados Arquitectos, an structure studio primarily based in Spain. That is the primary use of the fabric as exterior cladding in the USA, and because the iridescent, pearl-like, porcelain tile displays the sky, it creates a frequently altering, animated impact on the façade – a novel design aspect.
W*: Was there something significantly difficult or completely different about engaged on a residential skyscraper?
AS: We deliver the identical ideas of design to any dimension constructing we work on, whether or not that’s an eight-storey constructing or a skyscraper. For a constructing of this dimension, we needed to make sure that every side, inside and outside areas had been nicely thought out and harmonised with the placement and its views.
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W*: Have been there any concepts out of your earlier galleries and exhibition areas (or different tasks) that you simply delivered to this residential undertaking?
AS: There are specific preoccupations which can be constant whatever the undertaking sort – fascinated about quantity, proportion, scale, the best way gentle comes into an area or displays on an exterior materials. However most significantly we need to design buildings and house that folks use – the place they really feel comfy and welcomed.
W*: What would you say your primary influences for the undertaking had been?
AS: I wasn’t consciously connecting to every other buildings or artworks within the growth of the undertaking however one sees issues and shops them away, not at all times understanding or realising when they may reappear in a single’s thoughts. Given the prominence of the location and its impression on the skyline of New York Metropolis, we had this idea of designing a constructing that will nearly disappear at occasions. In fact, it by no means actually does, however I used to be intrigued by the notion of a big constructing having a powerful presence but additionally mixing into the sky and nature at different situations relying on the climate situations and time of day.
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W*: You wrote that making a relationship with the river and surrounding nature was very important for the design. Might you give some examples on how this was mirrored within the flats and public areas?
AS: Within the flats, we included tilt-and-turn home windows to permit ample daylight to shine into every house and maximise the views of Manhattan and three of town’s most iconic bridges, permitting the views to develop into a part of the house. We additionally made positive the amenity areas, that are vibrant exuberant areas, had been related to the park and surrounding out of doors areas by incorporating shades of inexperienced, blue, yellow, pink, purple and crimson, making a cohesive transition from outside to indoors, and making certain the furnishings structure of every house emphasised the views.
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W*: Are there any particulars of the constructing or the interiors that you simply discover are significantly profitable?
AS: The porcelain façade is likely one of the most spectacular facets of the constructing’s design, and it creates a very stunning, multicoloured impact as the sunshine modifications and displays on the façade all through the day. The constructing’s location proper on the river and by the Williamsburg bridge additionally presents unimaginable and distinctive views of Manhattan, from midtown all the best way right down to the Statue of Liberty. From the enveloping amenity areas you get near the bridge in a approach you’ll be able to’t elsewhere – it seems like you’ll be able to simply attain out and contact it which I actually love.
W*: What sorts of tasks are you engaged on for the time being? Are you planning any extra large-scale residential tasks?
AS: We’re fortunate to have a variety of tasks within the workplace, from residential to institutional. We’re wanting ahead to the opening of the Frick Assortment on the finish of this yr. As our first actual skyscraper design, One Domino Sq. was an actual milestone for the workplace and one thing I’m extraordinarily happy with. I hope we can have extra alternatives to design at that scale sooner or later.
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