Tour Studiotwentyseven’s Jenga Constructing art-filled condominium

2026-03-10

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Nacho Polo and Robert Onuska dwell in a conspicuous New York constructing designed by Herzog & de Meuron within the metropolis’s fashionable Tribeca. Downstairs, Anish Kapoor‘s first everlasting public sculpture resembles a shiny mirrored balloon, half squashed underneath the burden of the constructing.

One in all their gallery areas, Studiotwentyseven, is positioned simply reverse the constructing. The couple’s first area is in Miami, the place they dwell half time. ‘After we began in search of a house in New York we have been initially in search of a standard New York vibe,’ Polo explains. The condominium they secured in Tribeca is distinctly modern.

Tour this condominium contained in the Herzog & de Meuron Jenga Constructing in Tribeca

Nacho Polo &amp; Robert Onuska Tribeca apartment

The structure is the work of Herzog & de Meuron, who designed each the construction and the interiors – a rarity on tasks of this scale. The condominium sits on the forty seventh flooring of a constructing impressed by modernist villas. The design consists of stacked glass cubes, which cantilever to type a construction much like a Jenga tower. This idea additionally permits for big terraces, many having fun with views over the Hudson River. ‘Coming from our house in Miami, we appreciated that it was crammed with pure mild. You might be down on the road and it looks like there is no sunshine,’ Onuska provides. ‘Then you definately go up into our house and unexpectedly it is a good looking day.’

Inside, Herzog & de Meuron launched comfortable curves into the cube-like varieties. ‘There is a very delicate curve to the hood over the fireside,’ Onuska says. ‘These little particulars add the slightest component of motion, so we simply began layering and enjoying up the curves. We’ve a big spherical rug that is roughly 20 by 20 toes, and a curved couch by Pierre Augustin Rose, which is sort of 5 metres lengthy,’ Polo provides.

After transferring into the condominium on the finish of 2019, they realised they wished to start out amassing artwork, one thing they’d by no means accomplished earlier than, and so determined to work with an advisor. Regardless of this need to infuse the area with artwork, the couple, who accomplished the interiors themselves, clarify that the remainder of the scheme developed steadily.

‘We have been residing in it and adorning on the similar time whereas transferring backwards and forwards from Miami,’ Polo says. This gave the couple time to herald items as they found designers they preferred. ‘The 01 travertine eating desk, by architect-designer Martin Massé, is from one of many designers we characterize on the gallery,’ Onuska explains. ‘The stools round it are constituted of two completely different supplies; one is stone, and the Yoyo stools by Stéphane Parmentier are literally suede.’

The scheme is decidedly calm, refined and understated, with artwork including a component of animation. A ‘dancing sausage’ was initially a bone of competition, however each have grown to find it irresistible. Within the bed room above the mattress, a big wood-framed Andre Butzer portray options vibrant pink, yellow and pink hues, it contrasts successfully in opposition to the nice and cozy timber flooring and customized French oak nightstand by Emmanuelle Simon. Polo and Onuska have created moments of levity and heat all through. There is a lighting quirk within the nook of the bed room – a naked bulb plugged into an outlet on the ground, the results of a profitable experiment that has since been replicated within the gallery. And of their house workplace, the partitions have been wrapped in jute, including texture and heat. ‘We wished to create a stability in our house, with areas which might be extra open, like the lounge, and others barely extra cosy,’ Polo says. ‘We at all times have Bossa Nova music enjoying within the background, so regardless of the place we’re it feels welcoming.’