This new ground-up retail/event space is situated in a vibrant and rapidly changing patch of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed in response to the client’s desire to create a ‘glass box,’ the facade is composed of continuous horizontal channel glass members spanning the width of the site. The interior is designed to be minimal and highly flexible, with integrated moveable clothing racks that can be stowed-away to create a dramatic, cathedral-like ground floor event space.

To allow for maximum penetration of light, the design employs glass flooring and skylights at the building’s perimeter and an interior staircase encased entirely in fire-rated glass, transforming the building’s one egress stair into an expressive and theatrical fixture within the space.