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massive redesign. Rather than walling off the hotel
and the Pierhouse residences co-located in the Pier
1 development, Marvel's team sheltered them within
a berm that rebuffs storms and provides easy access
for neighborhood residents. Pedestrian pathways
winding through the structure add to the sense of
welcome, inviting guests and locals to mingle.
The direcTor's cuT Art is a major connector
to Brooklyn's creative and industrial cultures. The
hotel's glass entryway opens to "All OVEREACHOTHER," a texturized rubber sculpture created by
Brooklyn-based artist Jarrod Beck. "The artwork
derived from massive rubber pieces of roofing that
were stripped from a big box retailer's roof during
a tornado that touched down in Upstate New
York in 2014," says Adam Rolston, INC's creative &
managing director, partner. "It's a testament to the
power of nature and human resilience in response
to unexpected disaster."
The highlighT reel Interiors celebrate all
things Brooklyn-from the lobby's spiral staircase
with suspension cables that reference the Brooklyn
Bridge to a 6,000-lb. sculpture of obsidian rock
boulders wrapped in hand-dyed rope, a nod to the
borough's ship-shaping past. Flooring and walls are
constructed mostly of regional and reclaimed materials, including original heart pine beams from the
former Domino Sugar Factory and walnut from
the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, points out Drew
Stuart, field director, partner, INC. Guest rooms play
up an appropriately industrial edge with furnishings such as a porous, stone-look table (actually composite wood), leather chairs and pendant
leather lampshades. But there's nothing here about
mass production. "Many of the design details in the
rooms are crafted by local Brooklyn artisans, from
the crate-inspired, open-slatted wood closets and
corrugated leather headboards, to the Fresnel glass
light fixtures," says Gabriel Benroth, INC's studio &
information director, partner.
The Trailer Sometimes, adversity is the mother
of invention. Rather than whitewashing the delay
and changes caused by Sandy, the design team
opted to honor the force of nature by tapping Olivié
Ponce, an artist and creator in Bushwick, Brooklyn,
to paint a watermark in remembrance of Hurricane
Sandy along the walls of the corner suites.

SOURCES
oWNer: Starwood Capital Group, Greenwich, Connecticut; Toll Brothers, Horsham, Pennsylvania; oPeraTor: 1 Hotels, New York; desigN
FirM: INC Architecture & Design, New York: Adam Rolston, managing and creative director, partner; Drew Stuart, field director, partner;
Gabriel Benroth, studio & information director, partner; Tyler Kleck, senior associate; Louisa Revitte, associate; Megan McGing, interior
design job captain; Riley Miller, designer; archiTecT: Marvel Architects, New York; PurchasiNg coMPaNY: The Cardy Group, Toronto;
geNeral coNTracTor: Hudson Meridian Construction Group; desigN coNsulTaNTs: Harrison Green (interior landscape); Lebowitz
Gould Design Inc. (graphics); Lighting Workshop (lighting); Deployed Technologies (audiovisual); Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (site
landscape); archiTecTural MaTerials: Genesis Hospitality Corp.; GER Architectural Mfg. Inc.; arT & accessories: Aquarela Sabol
Art; Archipelago; Freegums (Alvaro Ilizarbe); Jarrod Beck; Olivie Ponce; Rachel Mica Weiss; BaTh & sPa: AMTC; Roman Building Products
Inc.; Watermark Designs; Yale Tile & Stone; cusToM sTeel/Wood sTair: Caliper Studio; FaBrics: Casamance; Clarencehouse; Concertex
LLC; Demar Leather Co.; Design Details LLC; Designtex; Jamie Stern; Justin David; Kravet; Maharam; Opuzen; Sunbrella; Tandy Leather; Tiger
Leather; Valley Forge Fabrics; FloorcoVeriNgs: Authentic Reclaimed Floors; Denton Stoneworks; Durkan; Get Real Surfaces; Sérénité
Luxury Monaco; Royal Thai; The Hudson Co.; Waltzing Matilda; Yale Tile & Stone; FurNiTure: Andrianna Shamaris; Benchmark Furniture
Mfg.; Bien Hecho; Bleu Nature; Casamidy; Cassina; CB2; Constantini Design; Eric Slayton; Garza Marfa; Kreoo; LeBeanock; Louis Interiors;
Made Goods; Marmol Radziner Furniture; Sentient; Séura; Street Wood; Taylor Forrest; Thomas Eyck; Uhuru; lighTiNg: HB Lighting; Lukas
Lighting; surFaciNg MaTerials: Genesis Hospitality; Yale Tile & Stone; WallcoVeriNgs: Denton Stoneworks; Genesis Hospitality Corp.;
Get Real Surfaces; NY Spec Formliners; The Hudson Co.; Yale Tile & Stone; WiNdoW TreaTMeNTs: Jo-Vin

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