A glass-and-steel pavilion Moshe Safdie built at the edge of the Marina Bay Sands resort has opened as the Louis Vuitton Island ‘maison'

莫舍·萨夫迪(MoshSafdie)壮观的滨海湾金沙度假村是给新加坡的礼物。就好像酒店、赌场、大商场、溜冰场和屋顶无限游泳池是不够的，现在海湾边缘建造的两个玻璃和钢铁展馆之一的Safdie已经作为路易威登岛(LouisVuittonIsland)的‘maison’开业了。该品牌聘请了长期合作维登(和建筑挑衅者)彼得马里诺，为萨夫迪‘水晶’的内部让人联想到豪华邮轮。马里诺已经设计了所有威登在全球范围内的12家酒店，但新加坡的设置为喜爱标签的亚洲市场提供了独特的体验。游客可以通过桥梁进入旗舰(LV在小国家的第五个位置)；通过“旅行者”(从地下隧道上升到陈列室中心)；或自然地通过私人船只到达旗舰。在更私密的较低的房间里，里面住着精美的珠宝和男人的“宇宙”，马里诺用造船的木料盖住地板和墙板，像蒙特卡洛号巡洋舰一样在九层上打磨。一个有着航海栏杆的角质楼梯穿过这个地方，带着游客从鲁本托莱多市风景线上走到阳光洒满的上层。在这里，漂浮的天花板和窗户遮阳的角度就像梯形的帆，控制着自然的光线，最大限度地提高了360度的视野；马里诺将展厅放置在大楼的核心周围，这样购物者就可以从周边眺望。豪华的空间并不短缺：在私人休息室里，高压路客享受独享的表演，在阁楼外的灌木丛可以俯瞰海港，就像一艘船的上层甲板。但马里诺，也许最著名的是他的展示主义者的衣柜，黑色皮条和配饰(见壁纸*138)，来到他自己的女性世界，在那里，他悬挂船的桅杆从11米的天花板，如吊架荡秋千。然后，在女装部上方，他悬挂了一件15米宽8米的扭曲木雕，名为“上斯特鲁特”，由英国艺术家理查德·迪肯创作。从不同的角度和不同的楼层看，艺术品似乎动态地在高耸的天空中移动。这可能会让你感到有点神志不清-但是，坦白地说，对于购物者来说，这并不是一种糟糕的心理状态。

The label hired longtime Vuitton collaborator (and architectural provocateur) Peter Marino to outfit Safdie's ‘crystal' with an interior reminiscent of a luxury cruise liner

Visitors can access the flagship (LV's fifth location in the small country) by bridge; by ‘travelator', which ascends into the centre of the showroom from an underground tunnel; or, naturally, by private boat

In the more intimate lower rooms, which house the men's ‘universe', Marino covered the floors and panelled the walls in shipbuilding timber buffed to the nines like a Monte Carlo cruiser

The bookstore, stocked with art and fashion tomes, elevates the fashion 'maison' to the level of cultural experience

There's no shortage of spaces in which to luxuriate: high rollers enjoy exclusive presentations in the private lounge...

... and a loggia off the mezzanine overlooks the harbour like a ship's upper deck

An angular staircase with a nautical balustrade cuts across the place and carries visitors up past a Ruben Toledo cityscape to the sun-splashed upper decks

The Ruben Toledo mural

The Travel Room highlights the label's fine luggage collections...

... and overlooks the women's accessories lounge

A nautical-themed rug follows the contours of the women's accessories lounge

Unlike at other LV 'maisons', the high-end items are most prominently placed here

The Women's Universe has 11m floating ceilings and window shades that resemble trapezoidal sails

The window shades control the natural light coming in, yet maximise the 360-degree views

Over the women's bag bar, Marino hung a 15m by 8m twisted-wood sculpture called 'Upper Strut', by British artist Richard Deacon. Viewed from different perspectives and from different floors, the artwork appears to move dynamically across the soaring expanse