Büro Koray Duman creates airy spa for underground S10 gym in Manhattan
Birch plywood sufaces and a pale pink sofa feature in a members-only spa in Manhattan's West Village designed by architecture studio Büro Koray Duman for a celebrity trainer.
The spa is found inside the S10 "cult gym" belonging to trainer Stephen Cheuk, whose clients include musicians Diplo and Joe Jonas. The facility's name comes from the level of body fat – sub 10 percent – that Cheuk advises for his male clients.
The spa is located within the S10 gym in the West Village
The fitness club is spread across two levels in an old manufacturing building in the West Village.
The ground level has a 600-square-foot (56-square-metre) coffee and smoothie shop, while the basement level holds a gym and recovery spa totalling 7,200 square feet (669 square metres).
A pale pink sofa snakes through the space
While designing the project, local firm Büro Koray Duman sought to maintain industrial qualities while producing a serene atmosphere within the spa.
"The overarching design goal was to create a calming, soothing and light-filled space to contrast the rawness of the gym," the architects said.
The lobby features a white marble desk
A staircase and elevator lead down to the basement level, where visitors encounter a lobby with a white marble desk and a slatted wall made of Baltic birch plywood. Behind the slats is the facility's name rendered in laser-cut, opaque plexiglass.
Just off the foyer is a rectangular fitness room, which features a black-and-white colour palette and square columns wrapped with mirrors.
Birch plywood spa room doors are marked with black numbers
The foyer also provides access to the spa, which is L-shaped in plan. Members travel down a corridor and pass by lockers, changing areas, bathrooms and massage rooms.
Upon turning a corner, they discover an airy common space lined with six private spa rooms. The space is adorned with a pink 1969 Verpan Cloverleaf Sofa by Danish designer Verner Panton.
A black-and-white colour palette is repeated throughout the gym
Underfoot is white flooring, and overhead are half arches intended to offer "a sense of progression and arrival", the architects said.
Similar to the lobby, the team used birch plywood for doors and wall panels. Spa room doors are marked with a number made of black film and inserted into wooden slots.
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Above the doors are arched openings infilled with polycarbonate, enabling light to pass through.
Each spa room has its own steam shower, infrared sauna and soaking tub. Design elements include warm-toned cedar steps and clear glass with a translucent film.
LED lighting is set against polycarbonate panels
Throughout the subterranean spa, the team put a special focus on lighting to make up for the lack of windows.
"Lighting was the most important element of the project," the architects said. "We offset bright LED strips from polycarbonate-panelled walls for the space to appear as if it were filled with natural light."
S10 gym is located in the basement of an old manufacturing building
Büro Koray Duman also designed the fitness club's coffee and smoothie bar, which was completed after the project's photo shoot.
Based in New York and Istanbul, the studio has a diverse portfolio of projects that includes a Brooklyn apartment with staggered bookshelves and a Greenwich Village pizzeria with an open kitchen and volcanic stone shelving.
The photography is by Büro Koray Duman.
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Neapolitan culture informs design of Manhattan’s SIMÒ Pizza by Büro Koray Duman
An open kitchen and shelving made of Italian volcanic stone feature in a Greenwich Village pizzeria designed by architecture firm Büro Koray Duman.
SIMÒ Pizza was started in 2018 by the Naples-born chef Simone Falco and offers Neapolitan pizza and other fare made with high-quality ingredients. This is the eatery's second location, the other being in the Meatpacking District in New York City.
Büro Koray Duman added an open kitchen to the design of the pizzeria
Situated on University Place, the new shop occupies the ground floor of a 19th-century building that once housed the famed Hotel Albert. The rectangular space totals 1,400 square feet (130 square metres).
Büro Koray Duman – which has offices in Manhattan and Istanbul – aimed to design a space that celebrates historic New York and Naples, while also embodying SIMÒ's mission to be an authentic and affordable pizzeria. The design is meant to be both sophisticated and welcoming.
The concept of "pattern as heritage" informed the restaurant's interiors
"The design centres around three concepts: cooking as performance, pattern as heritage, and the piazza as social space," the firm said.
A glazed wall offers views into the bright and airy shop. At the front, the team placed an open kitchen that was inspired by the traditional outdoor kiosks found in Naples.
Italian green marble tops the chef's counter
"Opening the view to the preparation of food offers diners a chance to engage in the performance of cooking," the architects said.
"A diagonal grid of strung lights illuminates the kitchen, further amplifying the reference to courtyard social spaces."
Volcanic stone Neopolitan shelving lines the wall
The cooking area is partly enclosed by milled-wood walls with a geometric motif based on SIMÒ's logo. A chef's counter is topped with Italian green marble.
Opposite the kitchen is tall shelving made of volcanic stone from Naples – a material typically used for building facades.
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"The three-dimensional, angled pattern of the shelving adds a textural layer to the space," the team said.
Additional texture is provided by the eatery's tin ceiling and mosaic tile flooring, both of which are original to the space.
The dining area features wallpaper patterned with a Caputo flour graphic
Beyond the kitchen is the dining area, where one finds banquette seating constructed of birch plywood. Colourful wallpaper with a Caputo flour graphic lends an intimate feel to the space.
More seating is provided outdoors, where round cedar tables are surrounded by pots of Mediterranean plants and herbs.
The location in Greenwich Village is the second SIMÒ Pizza to open in New York City
Büro Koray Duman has completed a variety of projects in New York and beyond, including a Williamsburg apartment with staggered bookshelves and a West Village eatery with a three-dimensional lattice made of stained poplar.
The photography is byBlaine Davis.
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