EQ. Magazine Summer Issue 2019

DEVELOPMENT
DESIGNED BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
fi rm Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), 565 Broome is a
gleaming 30-story luxury condominium with interiors by Rena
Dumas Architecturer Interieure of Paris (RDAI). This building
represents the New York City debut of Renzo Piano, the Pritzker
Prize-winning architectural visionary Time Magazine has venerated
as one of the world’s top 100 most influential individuals.
HARMONY AND SERENITY
The 115 residences of 565 Broome range from studios to
four-bedroom homes, all bearing the graceful space- and
view-maximizing imprimatur of RDAI. The celebrated fi rm
incorporated ultra-transparent glass in the windows and neutral
tones as a means of conveying harmony, serenity and expansiveness.
The design is complemented by the luxe amenity
offerings, which extend over 17,000 square feet and deliver
an exclusive, calming retreat. Among the wellness amenities
are a fi tness center, a heated 55-foot indoor swimming pool,
changing rooms, steam rooms and sauna.
A meticulously groomed outdoor terrace, interior
landscaped lounge with soaring 92-foothigh
ceiling, live green wall, library and wet
bar and children’s playroom are among additional
amenities.
A private gated driveway provides entrance
to a covered porte-cochere. Even the
Renzo Piano-designed parking garage, situated
above street level and fully enclosed
in glass, serves up drama and excitement.
Visible from the street, the automated
parking system is on full, fascinating display,
its unique mechanisms smoothly
and gracefully lifting vehicles from street level to the higher
reaches of a private climate- and humidity-controlled garage.
Each space is not only expansive enough to accommodate SUVs,
but also features electric vehicle charging stations. Automated
technology enables owners to use a smartphone app to remotely
request their vehicles, with an average arrival time of a scant
210 seconds.
IMPECCABLE INTERIORS
Having entrusted the exterior design of 565 Broome to RPBW,
developer Bizzi & Partners Development turned to RDAI for
the interiors of the condominium structure. The result of this
collaboration between two powerful international architectural
forces is a tower that derives its beauty from a restrained assemblage
of basic elements including glass, stone and white oak. In
this sense, the building pays homage to the larger surrounding
neighborhood of SoHo, known for the beautiful simplicity of its
cast iron architectural elements.
The clean, uncomplicated aesthetic is matched by the approach
of the RPBW craftspeople called upon to build 565
Broome. The studio artisans are known for their dedication to
detail and their attention to a quality construction methodology.
Nowhere is the blend of design, materials and craft on more
stunning display than in the penthouses, which seamlessly
combine indoor and outdoor spaces to optimize their stunning
360-degree views of the Manhattan skyline and Hudson River.
It’s fitting that the artfully designed building is placed in
a nook of Manhattan known for art, and appropriate that a
structure this innovative would have an address in an enclave
respected for innovation. In every sense, 565 Broome SoHo is
a unique and fi tting addition to the neighborhood it will call
home, a community unlike any other. ■
Photo Credit: Festival della Scienza @flickr.com
CLOCKWISE:
THE NEW WHITNEY
MUSEUM NYC, NEW
PARLIAMENT HOUSE
OF MALTA, THE SHARD
IN LONDON, RENZO
PIANO
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