Alchemist Concept Store Rene Gonzalez Architect

2013-02-04 00:00

架构师提供的文本描述。炼金术士成立于2007年12月，由罗马和埃里卡科恩组成，代表着先锋派的精神，专注于独一无二的手工创作。这家精品店的设计师包括海德尔·阿克曼(Haider Ackermann)、安·德穆勒梅斯特(Ann Demuelemeester)、阿拉亚(Alaia)、席琳(Celine)、德里斯·范诺顿(Dries Van Noten)、迪奥(Dior)、渡边俊雅(Junya Watanabe2010年5月，炼金术士在由瑞士Herzog和deMeuron公司设计的林肯路1111号获奖混凝土停车场的第五层开放了空间。新的炼金术士商店，设计由雷内冈萨雷斯建筑师(RGA)，位于同一林肯路停车场结构与原来的炼金术士精品店，已向公众开放。新概念商店，位于一楼，将有一个不断变化的选择时尚，美容和生活方式的项目。业主罗马和埃里卡科恩已经设想了这个新的商店，以补充原来的炼金术士，这将成为更多的画廊空间专注于特定设计师的工作。RGA的新炼金术士几乎与冈萨雷斯最初的炼金术士截然相反，后者模糊了内部和外部之间的界线，有从地板到天花板的窗户和反射天空的镜面，以及下面的街道。这位新炼金术士的概念是一种隔热盒的概念，这是一个像茧一样的空间，允许顾客与迈阿密海滩的恒定运动、声音和热量脱节，并被一种运动、颜色、纹理和光线的平静语言所包围。三聚氰胺泡沫包裹天花板和墙壁，同时充当周围结构的缓冲，同时提供一种在建筑中很少体验到的柔软触觉质量。锯齿墙的对称图案是由隐藏的LED光带突出的，它产生一种有节奏变化的颜色组成，出现并消失在泡沫墙的表面后面。冈萨雷斯形容这个空间与外面的街道同时隔离和保护，但“充满了自己的感官信息成语-不仅是令人难以置信的商品种类，而且商店的建筑设计也是为了吸引感官。这是对位于林肯路的情况和产生与那种能量分离感的渴望的一种非常具体的反应。”炼金术士收藏了50多件成衣、包、鞋和珠宝。

Text description provided by the architects. Founded in December 2007 by Roma and Erika Cohen, Alchemist represents the spirit of the avant-garde focusing on one-of-a-kind artisanal creations. The boutique houses designers such as Haider Ackermann, Ann Demuelemeester, Alaia, Celine, Dries van Noten, Dior, Junya Watanabe, and dozens of other well-edited collections from Paris, Tokyo, New York, London and Los Angeles. In May of 2010 Alchemist opened its space on the fifth level of the award winning concrete parking structure, 1111 Lincoln Road, designed by the Swiss firm Herzog and DeMeuron. The new Alchemist store, designed by Rene Gonzalez Architect (RGA) and located within the same Lincoln Road parking structure as the original Alchemist boutique, has opened to the public. The new concept store, situated on the ground floor, will feature a constantly changing selection of fashion, beauty, and lifestyle items. Owners Roma and Erika Cohen have conceived of this new store to compliment the original Alchemist, which will become more of a gallery space focused on the work of specific designers. RGA's new Alchemist is nearly opposite from Gonzalez's original Alchemist, which blurs the line between interior and exterior, with floor-to-ceiling windows and mirrored surfaces that reflect the sky above and street below. The concept for the new Alchemist is the idea of an insulated box, a cocoon-like space which allows patrons to disconnect from the constant motion, sound, and heat of Miami Beach and to be enveloped in a calming language of motion, color, texture, and light. Melamine foam wraps the ceilings and walls, simultaneously acting as a buffer for the surrounding structure while providing a soft tactile quality that is rarely experienced in architecture. The symmetrical pattern of the saw-tooth walls is accentuated by hidden LED light bands that produce a rhythmic changing composition of color that appears and disappears behind the surface of the foam walls. Gonzalez describes the space as being simultaneously separate and protected from the street outside but "full of its own idiom of sensory information - not only the incredible range of merchandise, but also the architecture of the store is designed to engage the senses. It is a very specific response to the condition of being located on Lincoln Road and the desire to create a sense of separation from that energy." Alchemist carries more than 50 collections of ready-to-wear, bags, shoes and jewelry, including Alaia, Rick Owens, Celine and Givenchy. In this space full of visual information, the Cohens have curated the offerings in the store to include not only fashion and accessories, but also beauty (skincare, candles, and fragrance), cold-pressed juices by Jugofresh, and a section with books and special, limited-edition prints, publications and rare collectibles. Some examples include a signed Patti Smith book, a signed Warhol record cover, and a vintage Keith Haring coloring book from 1981. A Paris Kain video installation and a bench by Zaha Hadid will be among the first works of art on display. While the space is meant to feel separate and protected from the street outside, owners Roma and Erika Cohen describe the energy of Aoyama and Harajuku in Tokyo as one of the primary inspirations for the space. "The fun, fast spirit of Tokyo is one of the feelings that we described to Rene at the beginning of the design process," Roma says. "The idea was to capture this essence and translate it into our Miami Beach environment."