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Assignment 2 - Building typology
1. Which building typology you are researching?
- Commercial Building
- A type of multi-level shopping center
- Possibly a restaurant or a atelier workshop on the peak of the building.
2. Why are you researching this building typology?
- I am researching this because there aren't many luxury fashion boutiques in Brooklyn. I also believe having an atelier in NYC would be great for people who are interested in creating.
3. What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research i.e. museum for dance, school for digital media…
- Department Stores
- Luxury goods
- Designer Clothes
- Fashion Retail
- Interior Designing
4. What are the examples that you will be researching… list the examples, location and architect (10 examples)
- Barneys New York, 60th St flagship store ; Selldorf Architects
- Barney's New York Co-op, Brooklyn ; Aedifica architecture + design
- Dover Street Market, 160 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016
- Dover Street Market London, 17-18 Dover St, London W1S 4LT, United Kingdom
- Rick Owens Boutique, 250 Hudson St New York, NY 10013
- Vakko Fashion Center, Istanbul, Turkey ; REX
- Hundred Meters of Fashion - Museum in Tokyo ; Mus architect
- Donassy Open Atelier, Mesnicka 8 Zagreb, Croata; Miljenko Bernfest
- Vandijk Fashion Store, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Ooze
- Prada Store, Tokyo, Japan ; Herzon and de Meuron
5. What are you goals for working with this building type?
To create a platform where designers and creators can display their forms of self-expression. For the consumers alike.
6. What are the program elements that you see included at this point in your building? (may evolve once more research is done)
- Runway
- Restaurant
- Shops
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