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Maggie Peng Studio
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119 8th street #305 brooklyn, ny 11215
tel 718.775.3005 fax 718.269.9556
info@maggiepeng.com
Maggie Peng Studio is a full-service interdisciplinary design practice, providing strategies for a variety of project types. The studio approaches projects with an operative understanding of program to generate responsive spatial forms and configurations. In creating an infrastructural framework for each project, the aesthetic and functional qualities are intertwined to establish an economy for the production and construction process. With each project, materials are appropriated with sensitivity to sustainability, durability, and aesthetic value.
Maggie Peng received a Masters degree in architecture from UC Berkeley in 1998. She worked for several architecture firms in New York and San Francisco prior to establishing Maggie Peng Studio. She was a project architect at LOT-EK and worked on the design and development of the Bohen Foundation, a non-profit gallery that was conceived as a flexible exhibition space using moveable shipping containers and wall panels. Maggie is a frequent guest design critic for NYIT, Pratt, and CUNY and has taught first year design studios at NYIT, Old Westbury.
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Belle by Sigerson Morrison
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Beverly Hills, CA
2008
A new retail environment was designed as an essential part of a branding campaign for Belle by Sigerson Morrison. Working with a new logo and identity package designed by Work In Progress, a fluid and dynamic "ribbon" was introduced as a continuous display that wraps the space with shelves at varying heights. The wall textures of mirrors and custom gold embossed wallpaper against the polished concrete floor highlights the ephemeral, glamorous, and urban spirit of the brand.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Clymer Street
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Brooklyn, New York
2006
A new penthouse atop an existing 4-storey building, this structure is conceived as a lightweight steel and glass envelope that allows for an open and flexible space within.
The only static elements on this new floor are the stairs and bathroom, which remain aligned to the existing infrastructure below. Interior rooms are partitioned by a series of moveable closets that allow for several configurations from private space (bedroom, study, office) to public space (playroom, partyroom).
Large windows wrap 3-sides of the penthouse, allowing for panoramic views of the Williamsburg Bridge and landscape of nearby rooftops and gardens.
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Coffey Street
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Brooklyn, New York
2005
A new kitchen was designed for a couple, an artist and a chef, with the desire to create a very functional kitchen without the look of typical cabinets.
A composition was created with inset drawers and cabinets as well as open shelves, dimensioned by the inventory of objects to be stored within. A utilitarian work surface is created using white formica veneered top with exposed plywood edge.
Two pantries facing each other were designed for a variety of household items: dry food storage, a broom closet, a cabinet for fine china, linen closet for table cloths and handtowels, as well as two mobile carts for toys.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Findings Inc.
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New York, New York
2006
Findings Inc. is an L.A. based fashion representative and showroom. The expansion of their New York showroom annexes 6,000 sf of the floor above to create a 15,000 sf space for the display of twelve collections.
A floating antique oak and blackened steel stair connects the two floors between two veils of thin steel rods hung from the upper floor. The surfaces of floor, walls, and ceiling are left exposed with a palette of neutral and warm colors throughout.
(Collaboration with David Magid)
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Foxy Productions
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New York, New York
2005
The new gallery space for Foxy Production maximizes one open exhibition area. A shift in the wall and pattern of fluorescent lights above indicates the shift from exhibition to reception, office and storage in back.
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Itayi Motsi
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New York, New York
2006
Itayi Motsi, an 800 sf shoe store, is located in the heart of the SoHo shopping district. Working within the narrow extents of the showroom, the design of the wall elements creates a sense of movement and openness.
The interlocked ribbons of shelving allow for display of a variety of shoes, from flats and sandals to high heels and boots. The large mirror wall in the center of the space creates the allusion of openness within the narrowest section of the showroom.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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John Connelly Presents
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New York, New York
2005
John Connelly Presents is a gallery that represents some of the most exciting young artists today. The gallery’s relocation to a ground floor space presented challenging program requirements for an exhibition space that is intimate yet open and establishes street presence along a block that is a new venue for art.
The strategy for the floor plan is one that breaks down the typology of one big white box in favor of an L-shaped main gallery that wraps around and flows from the street entrance to the project room. The open office and reception adjacent the street entrance is composed of a series of wood boxes that stagger and wrap from public to private space.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Loeffler Randall
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New York, New York
2006
A new headquarter office and showroom was designed for the hip accessories fashion house Loeffler Randall.
The office is divided into a private design/conference room and an open office. Storage of various mediums is achieved through built-in book shelves, a walk-in closet, and a wall of off-the-shelf pantry cabinets stacked on top of lateral files.
To maximize the effect of the windows along two sides of the showroom, mouldings were added on the other walls to continue the proportions of the windows. A large mirror is placed in the middle of the showroom to extend views and light into the space.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Modular Hotel
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New York, New York
2007
The design of the Modular Hotel starts with the question of how to design for flexibility while maintaining an efficient infrastructure. The Modular Hotel looks to the logic and intelligence found in the organic structure of DNA. This concept as adapted for the design of the hotel is useful in understanding how to apply intelligent design to room typologies that allow for connections. Single modules of rooms can remain independent or can be connected with other modules to make other room types.
Ordinarily, guests need to be flexible since options of accommodation tend to fall within 2 or 3 room types. What if the accommodation is mutable to meet specific needs? By allowing for flexible room configurations to modulate between single occupants to families to business groups to the community, the function of the hotel is expanded.
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NADA Art Fair
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Miami, Florida
2007
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) hosts an art fair at the Ice Palace, a 50,000 sf film studio. The fair required eighty five equal sized booths, laid out in simple rows within six distinct studios. An indoor/outdoor space was created to house the publications for this year’s fair. To create a mix of a newstand and individual booths for publishers, we created a temporary landscape for reading and lounging. Using an off-the-shelf system of different sized plywood shipping crates, we created display stands that are at once display surface and storage for stock. Taking cue from graphics used in shipping, all the names of publishers are stenciled on the crates, highlighted at each booth for identification. Foam seats placed on top of concrete blocks are wedged in between crates offering an informal spatial relationship for browsing.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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North Curson Avenue
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Los Angeles, California
2006
A carriage house was designed as a second unit at the site of a demolished residential garage in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. In keeping with the footprint of the demolished structure, a simple wood framed structure with a shed roof was designed to accommodate an open plan, loft like space for living.
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Parachute Pavilion
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Brooklyn, New York
2005
Two pavilions are conceived as the space created from the extrusion of the boardwalk surface. The continuous and undulating landscape is a seamless ramp that takes pedestrians from the boardwalk to the entrances and the roof decks.
Select public areas open up fully to the exterior, effectively engaging the life of the boardwalk into the cafe and gallery.
(Collaboration with David Magid)
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Plywood House
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Multiple Locations
2004-2005
Plywood House investigates the opportunities for small scale architectural insertions in the urban field.
Analogous to the system of the tatami unit in Japanese architecture, the modular proportion of plywood as material defines furnishings to compose walls for small structures. The Plywood House provides functions associated with the function of "house", distributed throughout the city as a layer of infrastructure.
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Rojak
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San Isidro
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Lima, Peru (Competition)
2007
This multi-family apartment building is conceived as a permeable edifice. The desire to bring light, air, and views into every apartment motivated our design to bring the street and green spaces into the core of the building. These gardens filter air movement and in turn, help control the micro-climate within.
Modules are created for three apartment types (1, 2, and 3 bedroom units), then interlocked like Jenga pieces to create a sculptural volume while allowing for ample openings throughout the building. Open air corridors serve as interior streets, linking the communal spaces of elevator and stair lobbies through intermittent gardens to each apartment. This configuration allows for shared outdoor areas on all floors.
(Collaboration with Julie Moskovitz)
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Shigenobu Twilight
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2009
A new fragrance designed in collaboration with artist Anicka Yi.
The fragrance is inspired by Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, who was believed to be in exile in Lebanon for many years. Cedar wood is a central theme of this fragrance's narrative, as cedar is highly regarded in Lebanon as a national emblem. The scent uses three different kinds of cedar wood as its base note, along with violet leaf and nutty heart notes, and top notes of yuzu, shiso leaf, and black pepper. The packaging for this fragrance is made of raw cedar wood, each bottle uniquely hand-cut by the creators in architectural geometry, encasing a 10ml glass bottle of liquid within.
Shigenobu Twilight
www.shigenobutwilight.com
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Small A Projects
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New York, New York
2008
Small A Projects relocated to a ground floor retail space in the Lower East Side. By combining two small storefront spaces, the design process was one of addition and subtraction. A wall dividing the two spaces and layers of finishes were removed to reveal the vaulted brick ceiling. A new concrete floor, lighting system, storefront, project space, bathroom, and office was added. The additions highlight the remains of the subtraction. A lone cast iron column stands in the middle of the gallery, with the original paint from the two sides of the previous wall that was removed. The original signage of the store was preserved allowing the new to be camouflaged by the old.
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Truman Drive
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Cresskill, New Jersey
2005
The full renovation of a 3800 sf residence in Cresskill, New Jersey began with the removal of walls to open up common spaces to light and views.
The new custom kitchen establishes ample working surfaces and storage space. All three bathrooms are refinished with a simple palette of glass tile, ebonized cabinets, and white plumbing fixtures.
Throughout the house, layers of decorative finishes are peeled away and replaced with muted colors and textures that are uniform yet varied throughout the house to create a sense of tranquility.
photos by noah sheldon
www.noahsheldon.com
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Wallspace
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New York, New York
2005
Wallspace Gallery relocated to a ground floor space in Chelsea. The exhibition area consists of a Main Gallery and an adjacent project room.
The entrance is defined by the structure of the defunct elevator shaft from the Terminal Warehouse. A reception desk and book display was wedged between two of the steel columns to give presence and integrate the existing element with the new use.
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