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VERBOTEN
Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States
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VERBOTEN
Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States
Project Featured on Mar 04, 2015
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
After over a decade curating, promoting, and producing nomadic dance music events throughout NYC, a metal shop in Williamsburg has been reinvented as VERBOTEN’s first permanent home. The 10,000-square-foot industrial shell is host to immersive experimental events, from techno music dance parties to massive late-evening yoga sessions, weddings, performances, business events, and epic Sunday brunch parties.
Raw material testing inspired a design anchored by huge steel and concrete components, bent as thick, vast sheets and laced with torched wax. Detailing and dramatic proportions define the atmosphere of space. Custom concrete panels calibrate desired transmittance of light, view, and texture through gradients of porosity created with strategically inset Plexiglas and cast wax eliminated with a blowtorch. To support wide-ranging event dynamics and scales, modular furniture was designed to be extensively reconfigurable.
Material innovation and craft is paralleled by VERBOTEN’s cutting-edge technology. Strategic lighting, expansive video streams, and voyeurism are at play within the venue’s incredibly immersive sound system. A one-way mirror reflects the activity of the dance floor and stage, providing a unique experience for individuals occupying the reverse side where the men’s urinals overlook the main room, merging the most intimate and communal experiences.
Across an event night, the space welcomes over 1,000 people through massive panels of weathered steel to share a reclaimed resilient wooden dance floor that literally flexes to support the animated audience. Select guests experience 300 linear feet of liquor stored behind the main stage, screened by 11-foot-tall porous steel doors. Throughout the venue, over 8,500 square feet of steel defines the cocktail bars, stage, toilet stalls, coat check, reception, and storage.
In an era when so much of our existence is mediated and interactions are increasingly virtual, the intensely collective multi-sensory experience in real time with hundreds of other humans feels both timeless and refreshingly present.
Project Team:
Karla Rothstein - Architect
Sal Perry - Architect
John Perez - Client / Designer
Jen Schiffer - Client / Designer
Sean Dawson - Project Manager
Bridget Rice - Project Manager
Hajeong Lim - Intern
Margaux Young - Intern
LIGHT::heavy - Lighting Consultant
Waking Dream - Video Consultant
ITI Audio - Audio Consultant
Andy Grossman Upholstery - Custom Furniture
Van Grouw Welding - Custom Fabrication
Lorenzo Villaggi - Custom Fabrication
Demitra Konstantinidis - Custom Fabrication
Robert Silman Assoc - Structural engineer
Tan Engineering - MEP Engineer
Dimensional Dynamics - General Contractor
SawKill Lumber - Flooring Supplier
Ho Kyung Lee - Photographer
Brendan Vogt - Photographer
Menbar Photos - Photographer
Raw material testing inspired a design anchored by huge steel and concrete components, bent as thick, vast sheets and laced with torched wax. Detailing and dramatic proportions define the atmosphere of space. Custom concrete panels calibrate desired transmittance of light, view, and texture through gradients of porosity created with strategically inset Plexiglas and cast wax eliminated with a blowtorch. To support wide-ranging event dynamics and scales, modular furniture was designed to be extensively reconfigurable.
Material innovation and craft is paralleled by VERBOTEN’s cutting-edge technology. Strategic lighting, expansive video streams, and voyeurism are at play within the venue’s incredibly immersive sound system. A one-way mirror reflects the activity of the dance floor and stage, providing a unique experience for individuals occupying the reverse side where the men’s urinals overlook the main room, merging the most intimate and communal experiences.
Across an event night, the space welcomes over 1,000 people through massive panels of weathered steel to share a reclaimed resilient wooden dance floor that literally flexes to support the animated audience. Select guests experience 300 linear feet of liquor stored behind the main stage, screened by 11-foot-tall porous steel doors. Throughout the venue, over 8,500 square feet of steel defines the cocktail bars, stage, toilet stalls, coat check, reception, and storage.
In an era when so much of our existence is mediated and interactions are increasingly virtual, the intensely collective multi-sensory experience in real time with hundreds of other humans feels both timeless and refreshingly present.
Project Team:
Karla Rothstein - Architect
Sal Perry - Architect
John Perez - Client / Designer
Jen Schiffer - Client / Designer
Sean Dawson - Project Manager
Bridget Rice - Project Manager
Hajeong Lim - Intern
Margaux Young - Intern
LIGHT::heavy - Lighting Consultant
Waking Dream - Video Consultant
ITI Audio - Audio Consultant
Andy Grossman Upholstery - Custom Furniture
Van Grouw Welding - Custom Fabrication
Lorenzo Villaggi - Custom Fabrication
Demitra Konstantinidis - Custom Fabrication
Robert Silman Assoc - Structural engineer
Tan Engineering - MEP Engineer
Dimensional Dynamics - General Contractor
SawKill Lumber - Flooring Supplier
Ho Kyung Lee - Photographer
Brendan Vogt - Photographer
Menbar Photos - Photographer
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