Sotheby’s New York Headquarters reimaged by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA
22/02/2019.
[NYC] USA
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Sotheby’s auction house unveiled its New York city headquarters designed by OMA/Shohei Shigematsu expansion and reimagining of their New York City headquarters. Together with OMA Associate Christy Cheng, Shigematsu has redesigned the headquarters to include 40 new exhibition galleries for fine art, precious objects, luxury goods, and more.
The redesign will see the venue’s exhibition space grow from 67,000 square feet to 90,000 square feet.
The redesign will see the venue’s exhibition space grow from 67,000 square feet to 90,000 square feet.
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
Rendering. Sotheby’s New York Headquarters by Shohei Shigematsu / OMA. Image courtesy of OMA New York
In the proposal, among the new galleries are nine for discreet private sales and one dedicated to small-scale objects, like jewelry and watches. Three two-story spaces will be set aside for exhibitions, along with a 150-foot-long space for full collections.
"We wanted to embody Sotheby’s ambition to reinvigorate and enhance the client experience by introducing high-flexibility through reorganization of programs and diversification of gallery spaces. The new headquarters is designed for openness and discovery—all public facing programs are shifted to lower levels, unlocking the public potential of the building. A taxonomy of galleries can be used separately or as clusters to allow curatorial freedom, driven by business model shifts and expanding repertoire of programming."
Shohei Shigematsu, OMA
The new space will include “dynamic repertoire” of "spatial conditions", including a white cube, double height, enfilade, corridor cascade, octagonal, and an L-shaped space. The redesign also includes the presence of concrete columns in some galleries, which acording Shigematsu, reflects the history of the space.
Along with the new gallery spaces, the redesign will include a coffee bar to the lobby. The project is expected to cost $55 million according to Sotheby’s. The gallery is expected to open on May 3rd, 2019.
News of the scheme comes shortly after OMA released a construction update for their Performing Arts Center in Taipei. The firm also recently celebrated the topping out of its stacked RAI Nhow Hotel in Amsterdam. Rem Koolhaas's ideas was also recently featured on the album for electronica band Tempers.
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Architects
OMA. Partner-in-charge.- Shohei Shigematsu. Associate-in-charge.- Christy Cheng. Project architect.- Jina Kim
Team
Caroline Corbett, Vincent Parlatore, Anahita Tabrizi, Natasha Trice, Jesse Catalano.
Concept design – Project architect.- Caroline Corbett.
Team.- Jina Kim, Vincent Parlatore, Timothy Ho, Jesse Catalano.
Collaborators
Executive architect.- Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP. Signage and wayfinding.- 2×4. Lighting.- Tillotson Design Associates. MEP.- Cosentini Associates. Structure.- Robert Silman Associates Structural Engineers, DPC. Acoustics.- Cerami & Associates, Inc. Building envelope.- Heintges & Associates.
Contractor
Structuretone
Client rep
Gardiner & Theobald
Site
1334 York avenue, New York, NY, USA
OMA. Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading international partnership practising architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis. OMA's buildings and masterplans around the world insist on intelligent forms while inventing new possibilities for content and everyday use. OMA is led by eight partners – Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long, and Managing Partner-Architect David Gianotten – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia.
OMA-designed buildings currently under construction are the renovation of Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin, The Factory in Manchester, Hangzhou Prism, the CMG Times Center in Shenzhen and the Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux.
OMA’s completed projects include Taipei Performing Arts Centre (2022), Norra Tornen in Stockholm (2020), Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (2020), MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre (2020), Galleria in Gwanggyo (2020), nhow RAI Hotel in Amsterdam (2020), a new building for Brighton College (2020), and Potato Head Studios in Bali (2020). Earlier buildings include Fondazione Prada in Milan (2018), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015), Fondazione Prada in Milan (2015); G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (2014); Shenzhen Stock Exchange (2013); De Rotterdam (2013), CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012), New Court, the headquarters for Rothschild Bank in London (2011); Milstein Hall at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York (2011); and Maggie's Centre, a cancer care centre in Glasgow (2011). Earlier buildings include Casa da Música in Porto (2005), Seattle Central Library (2004), and Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003).
Shohei Shigematsu
Shohei Shigematsu born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1973. In 1996 graduated from the Department of Architecture at Kyushu University. Studying at the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam. He became an associate since 2004.joined OMA in 1998 and became a partner in 2008.
He has led the office in New York since 2006. Sho's designs for cultural venues include the Quebec National Beaux Arts Museum and the Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach, as well as direct collaborations with artists, including Cai Guo Qiang, Marina Abramovic and Kanye West.
Sho is currently designing a number of luxury, high rise towers in San Francisco, New York, and Miami, as well as a mixed-use complex in Santa Monica. His engagement with urban conditions around the world include a new civic center in Bogota, Colombia; a post-Hurricane Sandy, urban water strategy for New Jersey; and a food hub in Louisville, Kentucky.
He is a design critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is conducting a research studio entitled Alimentary Design, investigating the intersection of food, architecture and urbanism.
He has led the office in New York since 2006. Sho's designs for cultural venues include the Quebec National Beaux Arts Museum and the Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach, as well as direct collaborations with artists, including Cai Guo Qiang, Marina Abramovic and Kanye West.
Sho is currently designing a number of luxury, high rise towers in San Francisco, New York, and Miami, as well as a mixed-use complex in Santa Monica. His engagement with urban conditions around the world include a new civic center in Bogota, Colombia; a post-Hurricane Sandy, urban water strategy for New Jersey; and a food hub in Louisville, Kentucky.
He is a design critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is conducting a research studio entitled Alimentary Design, investigating the intersection of food, architecture and urbanism.
