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H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture designs a theater that maximizes flexibility in Brooklyn the black box theater features 250 seats that can be set up in multiple configurations, or entirely removed from sight, allowing the theater to morph to accommodate many types of performances. flexible HVaC ducts covered in dark fabric can be repositioned to not limit the placement of lights on the overhead grid. Anchoring the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn as a cultural mecca, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a true juxtaposition of old and new. Its latest building, the Richard B. Fisher Theater (BAM Fisher), epitomizes the fluidity and energy of the area. BAM already occupies two massive turn-of-the-century proscenium theaters renovated and restored by New York’s H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, including the Peter Jay Sharp Building that contains an opera house. The academy again called on Hugh Hardy’s firm to create BAM Fisher by renovating an existing building and designing a significant new addition. BAM had acquired a 1928 Georgian revival building, formerly a Salvation Army citadel, located immediately behind the Peter Jay Sharp Building. During the neighborhood’s rougher years, the building’s arched windows had been bricked over. Many interior elements, such as the ceiling beams, had fallen into disrepair and could not be saved. “It was like a fortress,” says architect Daria Pizzetta, a partner at H3. “When you have an existing building, you never know what you’re going to get when you open up the walls.” The entire back half of the Salvation Army building was demolished, leaving the façade and a streetside portion extending back about 20 feet, which now serves as part of BAM Fisher’s first-floor lobby. A new seven-story addition, which houses two theaters and office space, rises behind the remainder of the structure. The basement remains as the only continuous original floorplate. bam fisher 52 By Adam Mornement Photography by Peter Clarke transformation flexibility drives function The academy’s Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo called for a space with less than 300 seats in order to attract edgy, emerging performing artists who might not be able to fill the larger BAM theaters. “I was very clear when I made my pronouncement that we needed an intimate theater, and the intimate theater needed to be a flexible theater,” Melillo says. The black box theater—actually painted dark blue—was built with seats that can be set up in multiple configurations or collapsed entirely under the mezzanine to maximize floor space. The railings, contractdesign.com september 2013 An Australian pub incorporates an unexpected structural element to redefine its street presence Prahran Hotel Associates. Landscape: Starr Whitehouse. Graphics: Pentagram. Acoustician: Akustiks. Theater: Auerbach Pollack Friedlander. what Wallcoverings: MDC Liqua Pearl, Zolatone, Paint: Benjamin Moore. Laminate: Formica. Movable wall: Tectum Acoustical Panels. Hard flooring: Allegheny Mountain Harwood, Masonite. Resilient flooring: Forbo Marmoleum. Carpet/carpet tile: Bloomsburg, Bentley Prince Street, Custom Carpet designed by Madeline Weinrib, ABC Carpet & Home. Ceiling: Ecophon. Recessed lighting: Gotham, Winona. Track lighting: Lighting Services, Inc., Gotham. Fluorescent/industrial: Mark Architectural Lighting, Axis, Legion. Other decorative lighting: LED stairs: Lightwild. Architectural glass/glazing: Bendheim, Wausau. Window treatments: Mecho Shade. Workstation/task seating: Knoll. Auditorium seating: Jezet, Netherlands. Upholstery: Bernhardt, Maharam. Conference: Knoll. Prahran Hotel (page 58) who Architect and Interior Designer: Techne Architects. IProject team: Justin Northrop, project/design director; Steve McKeag, project architect; Alex Lake, architect; Melita Kei, draftsperson; Francois Claassens, draftsperson; Bianca Baldi, interior designer. Builder: Visual Builders. ESD: EnergyLab. Building Surveyor: Retro Building Surveyors. Services Engineer: BRT Consulting Engineers. Downtown Mexico CheremSerrano Arquitectos takes an authentic approach in renovating a Mexico City landmark into a new hotel and hostel By Jean Nayar Photography by Jaime Navarro and Undine Pröhl The Downtown Hotel near Zócalo plaza in Mexico City is a transformative presence in the capital. Designed by Mexican firm CheremSerrano Arquitectos, the boutique hotel is housed in a 17th-century landmark building on a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the firm’s principal architect, Abraham Cherem Cherem, along with his late cofounder Javier Serrano Orozco, enlivened its rich historical features with a few swift strokes of Mexican modernism. CheremSerrano encouraged the hotel’s owners to push the boundaries of the boutique hotel concept by introducing a high-design hostel component, known as Downtown Beds. The combination is intentional—to attract everyone from seasoned jetsetters seeking out the next new thing, to budget-conscious backpackers. Because much of the original structure was preserved and the new interiors were crafted with local materials, eco-tourists are likely to find it a sustainable destination, too. “As we explored the best program for the structure, we talked about uses for the ground level and decided to dedicate all of it to retail and restaurants,” Cherem explains. “And when we talked about how many rooms would work in the hotel portion, we got the idea that an upgraded hostel would make a nice little brother for the hotel.” The revamped Prahran Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, is more than meets the eye. First, it is not a hotel, at least not the type with rooms for rent; in Australian lingo, a hotel is a pub. And then there is its eye-catching rear facade, punctuated by stacks of circles, which are actually concrete drainage pipes. Instead of transporting liquids, the pipes contain intimate seating areas that are visible from the street and transform an otherwise inconspicuous suburban pub into one of the most talked-about venues in the city. occupiable pipes provide intimate seating The project, which involved the renovation of a 1940s building and a new three-story, nearly 6,000-square-foot addition, is the fifth pub collaboration between developer Sand Hill Road (SHR) and local firm Techne Architects. “It wasn’t that great of a joint when we bought it,” says Matt Mullins, a co-owner of SHR. “But we could sense potential.” While the original Art Deco–style building had good bones and just needed some minor renovations, the real challenge of the project involved reimagining a 1970s single-story addition at its rear. The addition was poorly proportioned and inwardly focused, and because SHR wanted the pub’s interior to have a stronger connection with the street, the design team called for a new, dramatic addition replacing the rear structure. “The design of the new addition was guided by the Art Deco exterior of the original hotel,” says Justin Northrop, project designer and Techne director. “Of the patterns we explored, a circular motif became dominant.” That conceptual design led to the idea of implementing the concrete drainage pipes. The pipes lend depth to the facade, have a sculptural quality, and also suggest a stack of kegs, hinting at the festivities within. Seventeen steel-reinforced concrete pipes, which range from seven to seven-and-half feet in diameter, are stacked in four vertical rows—rising the equivalent of three stories—from street level to above the parapet line. Each row is offset from the one beneath to create a staggered pattern. Most of the lower two levels of pipes are occupiable—the ground floor pipes are nearly seven feet deep seating options include cozy leather-uphostered benches within the concrete pipes (right in photo) that penetrate the facade of the addition, as well as more traditional bar-height tables (this page). ViP booth seating occupies a half culvert pipe elevated by black steel posts. A historic colonial palace, reinvigorated Located a few blocks from the Palacio de Bellas Artes in the historic center of Mexico City, where the Aztecs—and later the Spaniards—first settled, the hotel was developed within a former colonial palace known as the Palacio de los Condes de Miravalle, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site before it was purchased by the Sacal family, renowned Mexican jewelers. To give the building new life, the A courtyard divides the hostel area from the hotel portion, housed in a former colonial palace. The hostel area features colorful finishes and furnishings, contrasting the neutral tones used throughout the hotel portion of the project. 64 contract 58 TRANFORMATION phOTOgRAphy: jAIMe NAvARRO By Cody Calamaio Photography by Francis Dzikowski/ESTO transformation contractdesign.com sePtember 2013 Lighting: Light Projects. Engineering: Parkhill Freeman. Landscape: Ayus Botanical. Acoustician: Burton Acoustic Group. what Precast concrete walls: Cowan in Dulux ‘Luck’ finish. Concrete pipes: Humes. Feature timber wall to courtyard: Timber Search ‘Spotted Gum’ hardwood timber. Ceiling: Gyprock ‘Soundcheck’ acoustic plasterboard. Bulkhead over bar: Timber Search ‘Spotted Gum’ hardwood timber. Steel profile windows: Windows on the World. Steel profile doors: Windows on the World. Floor tile: Classic Ceramics. Timber floorboards: Timber Search ‘Spotted Gum’ hardwood timber. Carpet: Brintons Carpets. General Lighting: Light Projects. contractdesign.com contract sepTeMbeR 2013 contract Suspended concrete pendant over bar: Satelight. Bunker light: Dunlin. Rattan tube pendant: Quantum engineering. External suspended lighting: Edison Light Company. Outdoor tables: Tait Furniture. Outdoor stools: Corporate Culture. Indoor stools: Schott’s Emporium. Table tops: Timber Search ‘Spotted Gum’ hardwood timber. Banquette upholstery: Instyle. Bathroom basins: Caroma. Basin mixer: Hansa. Wall tiles: Classic Ceramics. Ceiling fan: Big Ass Fans. Outdoor electric infrared heaters: Celmec. Metal deck roofing: BlueScope. Downtown Hotel (page 64) who Architect and Interior Designer: CheremSerrano Arquitectos. Architecture and Interior Design project team: Abraham Cherem Cherem, Javier Serrano Orozco. Contractor: Vigilante De La Construccion. Lighting: Luis Lozoya. Engineering: Max Tenenbaum. Landscape: Verde Vertical. Graphics: Manuel Rodriguez Lozano (Ciudad de Mexico, 1894–1971) “El Holocausto”, 1945 Restaurado por Monica Baptista. what Wallcoverings and flooring: Recovered original tiles. Upholstery: Paul Roco. Task lighting: Custom. Exterior lighting: Metal halide wallwasher, halogen uplights, LED uplights, LED strip lights. Doors: Federico Garcia, Alfonso Reyes. Decorative glass panels/ partitions: Mauricio Ponce. Lounge/reception seating: Paul Roco. Other seating: Paul Roco, Paulista Chair by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, Sling Folding chair by Don Shoemaker. Plumbing fixtures: Dorn Bracht. KONCEPT THE GAME CHANGER. D e l i v e r i n g a p h e n o m e n a l 9 0 + l u m e n s p e r w a tt e ffi c e n c y , Mosso™ Pro changes light colors from warm (3500K) to c o o l ( 5 0 0 0 K ) a n d a n y t h i n g i n b e t w e e n . A n i n t u i ti v e b u i l t - i n t o u c h s t r i p a l l o w s f o r e ff o r t l e s s m u l ti - l e v e l d i m m i n g . 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - September 2013

Contract - September/October 2013
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Winning Work at the Interview: It’s All About Chemistry
Product Focus: Glow Sticks
Product Focus: A Touch of Yesteryear
Product Briefs: Products with a Sustainable Focus
Dropbox
Restoration Hardware
BAM Fisher
Prahran Hotel
Downtown Mexico
Lighting Lessons from an Artist
Competition: Design Is…
Designers Select: Eco-friendly Products
Sources
Ad Index
Interior Detail: A Flowing Aluminum Ceiling Symbolizes Water in a Japanese Beauty Salon

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