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By Belinda Lanks
Photography by
Matthew Williams
Brooklyn Blend
Two design firms collaborate to cleverly transform an 1860s
firehouse into a beloved neighborhood cafe you'll surely want
to be part of your daily grind.
As Stumptown's first Brooklyn
location is tucked away on a
quiet street that isn't zoned
for outdoor seating, the
designers simulated the feel of
an open-air space by paving
the entry with ceramic tile
reminiscent of cobblestone.
For its first Brooklyn cafe, Stumptown had its eye on an 1863
West Coast on a trip out East is the history," Eng-Goetz says.
firehouse in Cobble Hill. But the lease wasn't signed when the
"And we were just loving all the interior architectural details that
Portland-based coffee roaster began talking with local firm Jessica
we were seeing in a lot of these cafes, bars, and restaurants
Helgerson Interior Design (JHID) about designing the Brooklyn
housed within old buildings." The design for Stumptown's Cobble
outpost. "We were kind of working in a highly conceptual way," recalls Hill location became a modern reinterpretation-as well as
Mira Eng-Goetz, one of the lead designers on the project. "It could
a celebration-of the historic pattern language they observed
have been in any building, but we knew the approach needed to
at the sites they visited.
respect the existing architecture wherever they put the cafe and take
As much as the JHID team and their local architect partners,
cues from the neighborhood that the building was in."
TBD Architecture and Design Studio, wanted to retain the character
of the original structure, one alteration was inevitable: The existing
garage-style wooden door had to go. It was far too heavy for patrons
A study in context
to utilize themselves. "It was a pretty nice, thick object, but
When the deal for the firehouse came through, "We were
completely impractical for an operational coffee shop," says TBD's
all super stoked," says Eng-Goetz, before embarking on a trip
Joshua Weiselberg. With the blessing of the firehouse owner (who
to New York for a city-immersion study to nail down the design
also happens to be the upstairs resident), the designers came up
scheme. She and her colleague, Em Shephard, toured Cobble Hill,
with a pair of offset bifolding front doors that the staff can open wide
visited various coffeehouses, and had some locals walk them around
on temperate days.
to their favorite spots. "What strikes anyone who works on the
contract
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Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Contract Ready: DWR
Product Briefs Design Is in the Details
Fosbury & Sons Boitsfor Constantin Brodzki and Going East
Stumptown Jessica Helgerson Interior Design and TBD Architecture
E by Equinox Woods Bagot and Joyce Wang
Exterior Detail Bendheim | Custom Glass Facade
ICFF 2019 Wrap-Up
competition ICFF Constellation Awards
Design Impacts Today A roundtable discussion at ICFF discussed the most relevant issues we are facing today.
Matrix: Innovative Materials Material Matters
Matrix: Building Products Building Fundamentals
2019 IIDA Best of Latin America Design Awards
Designers Select: Seating
Backpage Color Journey: Andreu World
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Contract Magazine - September 2019 - Product Briefs Design Is in the Details
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