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Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Park in Miami Beach, Florida by OMAJanuary 27th, 2017 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: OMA Faena District Located on a majestic stretch of beach in the heart of Miami Beach, Faena District encompasses both sides of Collins Avenue from 32nd to 35th Streets, with direct waterfront views of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Creek. Faena District will provide the city of Miami Beach with a neighborhood integrating dynamic cultural, residential, hotel, retail, culinary and public environments with a dynamic combination of art, culture, and design as their foundation. OMA has designed three buildings for Faena District—Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Park. These distinct structures are linked by a sequence of public areas including an entry plaza on Collins Avenue and an open courtyard within the Faena Bazaar.  Faena District, Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan
 Faena District, Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan
Faena Forum Size: 42,565 square feet with a performance hall of 6,700 square feet Faena Forum has been designed as a series of large flexible spaces that can accommodate a variety of events from a temporary culinary pop up to an acoustically optimal concert, with everything in between the realms of traditional art galleries to new and innovative cultural programs. Two volumes, a classic cylinder and a black box cube that are similar in size, can be combined or subdivided to support any type of production, from projects and commissions to performances, exhibitions and events. An exterior plaza along Collins Avenue features a 46-foot cantilever and reflecting pool upon arrival. The cantilever is supported by a structural facade of concrete cast as a series of arches and catenary curves, overlaid with a hurricane grid. The structural façade of 350 distinct windows also allows for vast column free spaces on the building’s two main levels. The lobby amphitheater features Rosa Portugal pink marble floors and technical capabilities for surround projections. The upper floor assembly hall features a 40-foot-high dome with a central glazed oculus and a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking Indian Creek that can also be used for loading large scale art. A walkway that spirals up the interior wall of the Forum from street level to the top of the dome provides visitors with a range of perspectives on the space and additional seating. Combined, the balcony spiral, dome and cube have the capacity to host over 1,000 visitors.  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Philippe Ruault Faena Bazaar Size: 20,074 square feet Faena Bazaar is a renovation of the historic Atlantic Beach Hotel, built in 1939 and designed by prominent Miami Beach architect Roy France, whose work includes the Saxony and Versailles, both part of Faena District. In addition to preserving the building’s original façade details and lobby entrance, OMA’s design inserted an intimate central courtyard, unified by privacy screen and a penthouse terrace with views to the Atlantic Ocean. The Bazaar will provide curated ground floor retail and event space in upper levels.  Faena Bazaar, Image Courtesy © Philippe Ruault  Faena Bazaar, Image Courtesy © Philippe Ruault  Faena Bazaar, Image Courtesy © Philippe Ruault Faena Park Size: 28,283 square feet Faena Park is a state-of-the-art parking structure with a capacity for 81 cars, as well as retail spaces at the street and top level. The 28,000 square foot structure features a mechanical system with parking lifts that stacks cars 2 per space for maximum efficiency. An exposed glass shaftway on 35th street reveals the vehicular and passenger movement within the building’s structure. The precast concrete façade features angled perforations allowing for ventilation and controlled views, subtlety reflecting the color of cars parked within The elevators descend to a subterranean level of parking that connects all three sites with a capacity for an additional 154 cars. Faena Park will be programmed with street level retail and an upper level retail area with views to the Atlantic Ocean.  Faena Park, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena Park, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena Park, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte ARCHITECT’S STATEMENT As the cultural core of the Faena District, the Forum provides a focal point to the neighborhood and to the mid-Beach zone at large. The ensemble of three buildings – the Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Parking—enrich Faena’s hotel and residential components along Collins Avenue, providing a dynamic symmetry between the district’s cultural and commercial programming across Miami Beach’s main thoroughfare.  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte The existing site presented three distinct conditions for the three distinct programs– a large, wedge shaped site for the Forum, a protected historic art deco hotel for the Bazaar and an empty lot allocated for parking. Although the Faena District enjoys a unique location spanning two waterfronts, the cultural components were positioned on the quieter, residential zone along Indian Creek rather than the activated Atlantic beachfront.  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Philippe Ruault The Forum claims the heart of the complex by addressing this urban context with two volumes that generate distinct frontages toward Indian Creek Drive and Collins Avenue. Embedded within the residential zone west of Collins, the Forum’s cube and cylinder achieve the same intimate scale as the Bazaar and Park. The Forum’s circular plan enables the public domain to expand, activating pedestrian movement within the district. A 45-foot cantilever allows the landscaped plaza to slip under the Forum along Collins, providing a dramatic sense of arrival.  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan The combination of the Forum’s classical dome space with a black box theater in the main assembly space provide the ultimate flexibility for the diverse programming of Faena’s multifaceted ambitions. Combined, the full layout has the capacity for large scale events. Independently, the spaces can be divided to host distinct events, with dedicated acoustics and arrival. The Forum represents endless possibilities to host a range of events – from concerts to conventions; roundtable discussion to banquets; intimate exhibitions to art fairs- all within a single evening. Liberated from obligations to operate as a strictly institutional or a strictly commercial entity, the Forum presents a new typology for interaction, leveraging the ambiguous advantage of Faena’s redefinition of culture.  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte About Architect Shohei Shigematsu, Lead Designer Shohei Shigematsu is a Partner at OMA and the Director of the New York office. He has been a driving force behind many of OMA’s projects, leading the firm’s diverse portfolio in the Americas for the past decade. In addition to the Faena Forum, Sho’s designs for cultural venues include a new museum for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, an event space for the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles and the extension to the Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo. He has collaborated with multiple artists, including Cai Guo Qiang, Marina Abramović, Kanye West and Taryn Simon. Sho also designed exhibitions for Prada, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Park Avenue Armory. Sho has designed innovative workspaces including Milstein Hall – an extension to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University (2011), the China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing (2012), the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Headquarters (2013), and is currently designing OMA’s first high rise tower in Tokyo for Mori Building (2022). Three of his designs for residential towers in New York, San Francisco, and Miami are currently in construction. His urban and public space designs around the world include a new civic center in Bogota, Colombia; a post-Hurricane Sandy, urban water strategy for New Jersey; and a food hub in Louisville, Kentucky, and a mixed use development in Los Angeles.  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena Forum, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Faena-Forum, Renderings: DBox  Faena-Forum, Renderings: DBox  Shohei Shigematsu, Image Courtesy © Bruce Damonte  Image Courtesy © OMA  Image Courtesy © OMA  Image Courtesy © OMA
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