André Fu outfits house in Jean Nouvel’s MoMA tower

Architect André Fu has used items from his homeware assortment to furnish a mannequin house contained in the Jean Nouvel tower rising above the town’s Museum of Trendy Artwork.

Fu and his Hong Kong studio AFSO created the interiors for a two-bedroom unit in Nouvel’s black 53W53 tower, which topped out in July 2018 and is anticipated to finish later this 12 months.

The interiors characteristic pale blue and inexperienced tones, and structural items that evoke New York Metropolis’s skyline. Present walnut doorways and trim, limed oak flooring, whereas white partitions and cupboards supply a pared-down contact.

“My imaginative and prescient is to curate a poetic world of modernity and serenity that’s transversal and embraces cultural nuances,” Fu mentioned.

“The holistic ambiance of this house embraces my design language and is a real expression of relaxed luxurious set in opposition to New York’s dynamic cityscape.”

Measuring 2,0390-square-feet (189-square-metres), the residence options floor-to-ceiling home windows in its essential dwelling area.

Among the many decor are items from Fu’s homeware line Trendy Reflections, which debuted earlier this 12 months at Milan design week.

The shade of blue seen all through the house is a signature color of the homeware line, and is named mineral blue. “I believe the color may be very understated,” the architect instructed Dezeen. “There is a sense of calmness that is tied in with it, and it is fairly unisex.”

“I really like the truth that the unit’s surrounded by fairly a formidable cityscape,” Fu mentioned. He added that coupling this city view on the 36th flooring together with his designs makes “every part comes alive”.

A hall upon getting into has a custom-made forged bronze console by Fu, positioned in entrance of a darkish inexperienced wall with a geometrical gold design. That is accompanied by minimal art work is by Korean artist Pak Web optimization Bo – which is amongst quite a lot of artworks that French gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin curated for the house.

The hallway accesses two bedrooms, two baths and a powder room. A main bedroom has the mineral blue and icy gray palette, whereas a second bed room offers distinction with burgundy and pale salmon tones. Within the second bed room are bronze lamps, an ottoman and a Bamboo Watercolor carpet by Fu.

On the far finish of the residence is an open-plan front room, eating space and kitchen. A tan geometric wallpaper covers the dwelling area and is accompanied by a pale L-shaped couch, gray armchairs and occasional tables.

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A free-standing, sculptural piece options excessive gloss lacquer in vibrant teal, designed to depict the skyscrapers.

Fu designed one other room divider comprising darkish wooden and rods. He instructed Dezeen the aesthetic is a fusion of Chinese language and Nordic types, in addition to a reference to the geometric designs of the 20th-century Bauhaus faculty.

“You possibly can name it very Scandinavian, however if you happen to have a look at the interlocking element, that is fairly Asian as properly,” he mentioned. “I believe that is the form of world that I stay in. It is embracing cultural nuances.”

Anchoring the eating space is a tubular glass chandelier, above a spherical wooden desk with matching wooden chairs. A rug with a watercolour-style design in pale blue tones spans the eating and sitting areas.

Uncovered structural programs generally known as diagrids characteristic in all the residences in Nouvel’s tower.

Fu labored round thee slanted columns, situated in entrance of the big home windows, by integrating white marble slabs inside the structural helps. These are meant to supply both further sitting or areas for show.

“We needed to make the diagrid into not only a visible component and structural component, however one thing that is usable,” he mentioned.

Rounding out the house is a free-standing storage system by Fu, which acts as a closet and cabinets and product of stained gray oak.

The Fu-designed house is one among 145 residences inside Nouvel’s 53W53, situated on 53 West 53 Road in Manhattan. It’s built-in into the Museum of Trendy Artwork with three ranges on the base of the constructing that will likely be linked to the museum.

The French architect designed angled-top, black tower, whereas the interiors have been accomplished by architect Thierry Despont.

Born and primarily based in Hong Kong, Fu was named Designer of the Yr by Maison & Objet Asia in 2016. His different works embrace Hong Kong’s St Regis Resort, the Waldorf Astoria Bangkok, London’s Berkeley Resort in addition to an set up at COS in his house metropolis.

The residence marks Fu’s foray into North America. It follows quite a lot of mannequin properties that designers have overhauled inside a few of New York’s well-known skyscrapers.

Different examples are a unit by Radnor in David Chipperfield Architects’ tower close to Bryant Park, flats by Jennifer Publish inside Zaha Hadid’s curvy Chelsea constructing, a Molteni&C penthouse in Rafael Viñoly’s 432 Park Avenue and an house by David Adjaye in his 130 William undertaking in decrease Manhattan.

Images is by Stephen Kent Johnson.