The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell includes the renovation and addition to an existing outdated facility. Located within close proximity to downtown Lowell, the new club will include 65,000 sq ft of space. The new design makes a strong connection with the adjacent Clemente Park and the National Historic Park Canal Parkway.
RICK OWENS, LONDON
SELFRIDGES DEPARTMENT STORE, LONDON, UK
The Rick Owens shop is located within one of the most desirable shopping destinations in the world, Selfridges Department Store on Oxford Street in London. We worked closely with fashion designer Rick Owens and his team to create the custom environment. Extensive research was conducted into surface treatments inspired by the designer’s ongoing interest in raw and tactile materials, combined with technologically advanced fabrication techniques.
LOCATION
London, UK
Selfridges Department Store
PROGRAM
Retail
SIZE
950 sq ft
STATUS
Completed 2015
DISTINCTIONS
Interior Design Best of Year Award
Cover, Wallpaper Magazine
Published, Interior Design Magazine
Published, Frame Magazine
CLIENT
Rick Owens Corp.
COLLABORATORS
Windsor Workshop, Fabrication
The interior is inspired by the opera Salome by Richard Strauss, a longtime muse of the designer. Highly articulated white walls hold the designer’s distinct work. The surfaces are a three-dimensional representation of a musical composition. Realized through six-axis robotic milling, the sonic contours were derived from the musical score. A spectrogram of the composition served as a source from which a mapping of frequency was translated into points and vectors. This provided a framework for the digitally modeled three-dimensional surface. The data was then used to robotically carve the interior surfaces. The white textured walls offer a distinct visual enclosure. The contrast of the two foam treatments and the natural raw foam, alongside robotically milled foam, offers a counterpoint that is in alignment with the philosophy of the influential designer.
