ONLY IF completes Bryant Park retail location for CITY OF SAINTS COFFEE ROASTERS
11/12/2018.
[New York, NY] USA
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Only If, a New York City-based design practice, has completed a new retail location for City of Saints Coffee Roasters at 3 Bryant Park, New York, NY. The coffee bar is Only If’s first collaboration with City of Saints, and the fourth retail location for the rising coffee roasting brand based in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Bryant Park by Only If Architecture. Photograph by Michael Vahrenwald / Esto.
Axonometric. Bryant Park by Only If -. Image by Only If Architecture PLLC.
Ground floor plan. Bryant Park by Only If -. Image by Only If Architecture PLLC.
The project designed by Only If is a proposal of clean and minimal lines, technological and futuristic, fresh and absolutely contemporary that has used colors whose tones have been identified by WGSN as a, "...shade of green, a gender-neutral color with an oxygenating, fresh tone that aligns nature with science and technology, to become increasingly important in fashion and interiors in 2020 and into the next decade."
Description of project by Only If
The interior design of the space is based on shades of a sea-foam green color that builds on and defines City of Saints’ brand and identity. The color is realized through unconventional and industrial materials, including translucent green fiberglass grating, green quartzite countertop, green suede upholstery, and green epoxy paint. Trend forecaster WGSN has identified this shade of green, a gender-neutral color with an oxygenating, fresh tone that aligns nature with science and technology, to become increasingly important in fashion and interiors in 2020 and into the next decade.
Coffee is prepared and served from behind a raised central island, which is clad in the translucent green fiberglass grating. The infrastructure such as espresso machines, grinders, nitro brew taps, pour over stations, drinking water taps, pastry display, and a platform elevator are seamlessly integrated into the rectangular island. The island also choreographs the movement of customers into loop, from point of sale to drink pick-up to a condiment station. This organization facilitates optimization and speed, including the workflow of the baristas and customer circulation.
A back room is designed as a seating area with a continuous banquette on its perimeter. Its materials and indirect lighting is intended to produce a calmer, slower space. As coffee bars increasingly take on new functions, loose tables and outlets allow the room to be used as an informal working or meeting space.
The material palette also includes grey rubber floor, grey epoxy walls, mirror, and custom stainless steel handrails and hardware. The project builds on Only If’s previous award-winning design for Voyager Espresso (2015), which attempts to define a new language for coffee retail that moves beyond the clichés of reclaimed wood, subway tile, and exposed Edison bulbs.
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Architects
Design team
Kutay Biberoglu, Pierre de Brun, Karolina Czeczek, and Adam Snow Frampton, AIA.
Collaborators
MEP Engineer.- Plus Group Consulting Engineering PLLC.
Client
City of Saints Coffee Roasters.
Area
900 ft² (84 m²).
Dates
June 2018.
Venue
108 W 42nd Street (3 Bryant Park) New York, NY. USA.
Photography
Adam, Snow, Frampton. Only if
Only If is a New York City-based design practice for architecture and urbanism founded in 2013. The practice currently consists of 5 architects and designers engaged in a range of design work from a single-family housing prototype to larger-scale urban design, research, and speculation. Approaching any project, Only If seeks to focus on the fundamental questions and potentials. The ambition of this process is to create clarity and distill simplicity within often-complex circumstances and constraints.
In 2015 and 2016, Only If completed two projects in New York City: an espresso bar in the Fulton Street subway and an 18,000SF office interior and fashion showroom. These projects have been featured in Dezeen, ArchDaily, The New Yorker, Architectural Digest, FRAME, Azure, PIN-UP and the Architect’s Newspaper. Only If is currently designing two residential projects in Brooklyn set for completion in 2018 and 2019; a narrow single family house and an 84-unit affordable senior housing project.
Adam Snow Frampton is an architect and the Principal of Only If. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation. He previously worked as an Associate at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong from 2006-2013. During almost seven years there, he was involved in over 20 projects, responsible for leading teams producing architectural and urban designs in China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and India. Most significantly, he worked on OMA’s competition-winning design of the Taipei Performing Arts Center from 2008-2013 and led several phases of its design and construction. His independent research on Hong Kong urbanism has been published as the co-authored Cities Without Ground, which maps the city’s three-dimensional networks of pedestrian circulation and public space. His work has been exhibited in the 12th and 14th Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Center for Architecture, and the Van Alen Institute, New York. He holds a Masters in Architecture from Princeton University School of Architecture and a Bachelors of Environmental Design Summa cum Laude from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a registered architect in the Netherlands and the United States, and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Karolina Czeczek is an architect who has been practicing at Only If since 2015. Karolina is also a Visiting Professor at College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at University of Cincinnati. She previously worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong from 2010-2013, where she was involved in architectural and urban projects in the Netherlands, Australia, China, Morocco, and Egypt. Her independent research on Warsaw’s public pools, was selected as finalist for 2015 Praktyka scholarship program for young architects. Karolina holds two Masters degrees in architecture and urban design, from Yale University and the Cracow University of Technology. She is a Fulbright Scholar and recipient of Wirt Winchester Travel Fellowship from Yale School of Architecture. Karolina is a registered architect in the Netherlands.
Past & Current Team
Ryan Peeters, Jon Siani, Joseph Kennedy, Aurelia Adams, Matthew Davis, James Schrader, Antariksh Tandon, Francesca Pagliaro, Midori Hasuike, Yue Zhang, Min Keun Park, Jedy Lau, Joey Liang, Aleeya Khan, Pierre de Brun, Kutay Biberoglu, Angelina Andriani Putri, Kig Veerasunthorn, Stephanie Hamilton, Joseph Parrella
In 2015 and 2016, Only If completed two projects in New York City: an espresso bar in the Fulton Street subway and an 18,000SF office interior and fashion showroom. These projects have been featured in Dezeen, ArchDaily, The New Yorker, Architectural Digest, FRAME, Azure, PIN-UP and the Architect’s Newspaper. Only If is currently designing two residential projects in Brooklyn set for completion in 2018 and 2019; a narrow single family house and an 84-unit affordable senior housing project.
Adam Snow Frampton is an architect and the Principal of Only If. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation. He previously worked as an Associate at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong from 2006-2013. During almost seven years there, he was involved in over 20 projects, responsible for leading teams producing architectural and urban designs in China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and India. Most significantly, he worked on OMA’s competition-winning design of the Taipei Performing Arts Center from 2008-2013 and led several phases of its design and construction. His independent research on Hong Kong urbanism has been published as the co-authored Cities Without Ground, which maps the city’s three-dimensional networks of pedestrian circulation and public space. His work has been exhibited in the 12th and 14th Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Center for Architecture, and the Van Alen Institute, New York. He holds a Masters in Architecture from Princeton University School of Architecture and a Bachelors of Environmental Design Summa cum Laude from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a registered architect in the Netherlands and the United States, and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Karolina Czeczek is an architect who has been practicing at Only If since 2015. Karolina is also a Visiting Professor at College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at University of Cincinnati. She previously worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong from 2010-2013, where she was involved in architectural and urban projects in the Netherlands, Australia, China, Morocco, and Egypt. Her independent research on Warsaw’s public pools, was selected as finalist for 2015 Praktyka scholarship program for young architects. Karolina holds two Masters degrees in architecture and urban design, from Yale University and the Cracow University of Technology. She is a Fulbright Scholar and recipient of Wirt Winchester Travel Fellowship from Yale School of Architecture. Karolina is a registered architect in the Netherlands.
Past & Current Team
Ryan Peeters, Jon Siani, Joseph Kennedy, Aurelia Adams, Matthew Davis, James Schrader, Antariksh Tandon, Francesca Pagliaro, Midori Hasuike, Yue Zhang, Min Keun Park, Jedy Lau, Joey Liang, Aleeya Khan, Pierre de Brun, Kutay Biberoglu, Angelina Andriani Putri, Kig Veerasunthorn, Stephanie Hamilton, Joseph Parrella
