ARMORY SHOW 2016 New York, NY
Bade Stageberg Cox celebrates its 5th consecutive year designing The Armory Show. This year’s fair builds upon the success of previous years’ designs with a clear layout and generous lounge and dining spaces punctuating the booth organization. Galleries are arranged around social spaces which are places of respite and points of orientation.
BSC Architecture designed a series of custom locally-produced furniture projects to reinforce the distinctive experience of each lounge:
Coriolis Light is a large-scale light fixture exploring the physics of bending wood and light. Light emanates from a large wooden cylinder. Cuts in the surface suggest spinning and cast patterns on the surrounding walls. The fixtures are hung in the Hotel Americano Cafe to form an intimate dining space within the pier shed.
Estragon is a furniture piece comprised of 22 identical plywood forms, based on a character from Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Home Made, an experimental plywood furniture project, is installed in the Pier 94 Coffee Bar.
The Planar Chairs are fabricated in plywood utilizing advanced digital tools. Deceptively simple, each chair is composed of four planes which lock together, without glue or fasteners. Street Seats, a chair installation developed by BSC for the Armory Show 2012, is installed this year in Pier 94's Mile End Deli.
Folded Wall, a screen at the VIP Lounge, uses stock elements of the art fair buildout - art wall, paint, and lighting - to subvert the convention of the flat and evenly lit white wall typically favored by gallerists. Here, art wall is used to create a folded angular surface - lit to create strong light and shadow - enticing the visitor.
Key public art installations are architecturally highlighted and lend to the identity of this year’s focus on the art of Africa and the Diaspora. BSC is pleased to collaborate with Stillfried Wien, Stephen Burks, Arper, Foscarini and Tucker Robbins in the creation of the Armory Show’s numerous lounge spaces and champagne bars.
PROJECT TEAM: Tim Bade, Jane Stageberg, Martin Cox, Jessica Rivera Bandler
Photography: Andy Ryan
Coriolis Light
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show
Bade Stageberg Cox celebrates its 5th consecutive year designing The Armory Show. This year’s fair builds upon the success of previous years’ designs with a clear layout and generous lounge and dining spaces punctuating the booth organization. Galleries are arranged around social spaces which are places of respite and points of orientation.
BSC Architecture designed a series of custom locally-produced furniture projects to reinforce the distinctive experience of each lounge:
Coriolis Light is a large-scale light fixture exploring the physics of bending wood and light. Light emanates from a large wooden cylinder. Cuts in the surface suggest spinning and cast patterns on the surrounding walls. The fixtures are hung in the Hotel Americano Cafe to form an intimate dining space within the pier shed.
Estragon is a furniture piece comprised of 22 identical plywood forms, based on a character from Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Home Made, an experimental plywood furniture project, is installed in the Pier 94 Coffee Bar.
The Planar Chairs are fabricated in plywood utilizing advanced digital tools. Deceptively simple, each chair is composed of four planes which lock together, without glue or fasteners. Street Seats, a chair installation developed by BSC for the Armory Show 2012, is installed this year in Pier 94's Mile End Deli.
Folded Wall, a screen at the VIP Lounge, uses stock elements of the art fair buildout - art wall, paint, and lighting - to subvert the convention of the broad, flat and evenly lit white wall typically favored by gallerists. Here, art wall is used to create a folded angular surface - lit to create strong patterns of light and shadow - enticing one to discover what is beyond.
Key public art installations are architecturally highlighted and lend to the identity of this year’s focus on the art of Africa and the Diaspora. BSC is pleased to collaborate with Stillfried Wien, Stephen Burks, Arper, Foscarini and Tucker Robbins in the creation of the Armory Show’s numerous lounge spaces and champagne bars.
PROJECT TEAM: Tim Bade, Jane Stageberg, Martin Cox, Jessica Rivera Bandler
Photography: Andy Ryan
Photo by Alex Katz
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show
Installation, with Estragon beyond
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show
Photo courtesy of The Armory Show