This storefront for a jewelery store in Manhattan creates a paradoxical effect: an appearance of solidity from the street perspective implies security and impregnability while an enticing openness from the sidewalk lures pedestrian shoppers. Pre-cast concrete panels dip in and out, exposing products laterally to passersby while presenting a closed facade to the street.

Collaboration with Terri Chiao, Jessica Dobkin, Mateusz Tarczynski

Columbia GSAPP
Environments & Enclosures
Spring 2006