This wine store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side provided an opportunity to explore the expressive potential of an otherwise utilitarian aspect of retail architecture–shelving. The shelving system developed specifically for this project is comprised of 182 unique folded metal boxes which stack brick-like as they wind through the store. Their faces push and pull as if following the surface of a twisted ribbon, punctuated by a secondary system of walnut display boxes.
Integral to the design process was the development of a project-specific fabrication method and system details. Custom software developed for this project and integrated directly with digital fabrication techniques allowed for a fluid workflow between architectural scales, from the overall layout to the smallest detail.
To learn more about how this complex assembly was built, see our page at Caliper Fabrication.
