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Paloma and Jaime are coordinating teachers at IED Design Degree in Madrid, they taught at “La Gran Escala” Master from UPC in Barcelona and have been critics at different design juries at Princeton and Columbia University in New York and at Universidad Europea in Madrid. They have given lectures about their work in various institutions such as Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Universidad Europea de Madrid, or Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Their work has been widely published internationally in publications such as Architectural Record, Interior Design, Detail, FRAME, AD, Arquitectura Viva, Panorama, Metalocus, A10, El Pais Semanal, Elle or Vogue among others.
ΟΗLAB Architects -“PRECIOUS BOXES” RELOJERIA ALEMANA IN PORT ADRIANO - Spain
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Biography
Paloma Hernaiz and Jaime Oliver direct OHLAB, an office devoted to urban analysis and cultural research of contemporary society through design, architectural practice and urban strategy. Prior establishing OHLAB in Madrid they gained 9 years of professional experience in New York, Shanghai and Beijing collaborating in prestigious architectural offices such as OMA / Rem Koolhaas. They received their diploma in Architecture from the ETSAM in Madrid (Paloma), ETSAB in Barcelona (Jaime) and they both hold a postgraduate degree (MSAAD) from Columbia University in New York.
Paloma and Jaime are coordinating teachers at IED Design Degree in Madrid, they taught at “La Gran Escala” Master from UPC in Barcelona and have been critics at different design juries at Princeton and Columbia University in New York and at Universidad Europea in Madrid. They have given lectures about their work in various institutions such as Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Universidad Europea de Madrid, or Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Their work has been widely published internationally in publications such as Architectural Record, Interior Design, Detail, FRAME, AD, Arquitectura Viva, Panorama, Metalocus, A10, El Pais Semanal, Elle or Vogue among others.
In 2010 opened the first exhibition about OHLAB’s work at Magnus Müller Gallery, Berlin and subsequently at the Architecture Museum of Moscow. The exhibition was curated by Tina diCarlo, former curator of architecture and design at the New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
OHLAB has been the Winner of the Great Indoors Award 2013, the Winner of WAN Awards 2012, awarded with special mention at the 2013 A+ Architizer Awards, selected as Finalist for the INTERIOR DESIGN 2012 Best of the Year Awards in New York City, nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2011 (European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture), cataloged for the Arquia Proxima 2010/2011 prize (Fundación Caja de Arquitectos) and finalist in the 2010 Saloni Architecture Awards.
“PRECIOUS BOXES” RELOJERIA ALEMANA IN PORT ADRIANO
Fotos: José Hevia
Fotos: José Hevia
Architecture and interior design: OHLAB / Paloma Hernaiz y Jaime Oliver
Colaboradores OHLAB: Rebeca Lavín, Walter Brandt, Marta Diego, James Hull
CONSTRUCTION CREDITS
Construction management: OHLAB / Paloma Hernaiz, Jaime Oliver
Furniture: Decágono www.mueblesdecagono.com
Building contractor: Construcciones Torrens cati.chtorrens@gmail.com
Steel work and laser cut: Ripoll Laser www.cripoll.com
Steel supplier: Inoxincolor www.theinoxincolor.com
Blacksmith: Amer
Mechanical and lighting: Centro de Montajes www.centromontajes.es
Tensed textile: Resyrok www.resyrok.com
Carpenter: Narro
Glazing: Cristalería Bellver
The new jewelry store for the legendary "Relojeria Alemana" has been designed by Paloma Hernaiz and Jaime Oliver from OHLAB. The store is located in Port Adriano, the new marina recently designed by Philippe Starck in the southwest of Mallorca.
The new jewelry store for the legendary "Relojeria Alemana" has been designed by Paloma Hernaiz and Jaime Oliver from OHLAB. The store is located in Port Adriano, the new marina recently designed by Philippe Starck in the southwest of Mallorca.
The program is compressed into five “Precious Boxes” –VIP area, temporary art installations, outdoor lounge, backoffice and signage– leaving the space in between the volumes as an exhibition gallery. Three of the boxes are located inside the store and two more are outdoors extending the exhibition gallery to the terraces. Golden stainless steel plates with mirror finish cover the boxes. The assembly of the plates is made with a deformed set of joints deliberately curved in order to create small deformations on the surface of the boxes. These deformations create distorted images reflected on the boxes. The interior space, defined only by three glazed facades, features an intense and homogeneous lighting thanks to a matte white backlit textile ceiling that avoids reflections on the golden boxes while emphasizing the distortions.
Every box includes, in one of its corners, an eye-level horizontal reveal that creates a corner display: one side is by the glass facade working as a shop window while the other side opens to the interior of the store as an interior display. In the terrace, by the sea, there are two more boxes of different sizes. One is a lounge bed with an incorporated display and the other one features the only signage of the store.
The outcome is a collection of sculptural and abstract volumes reflecting a golden and slightly deformed environment. The project questions and reflects on the concept of luxury proposing a game of make-up and appearances –where things are not what they seem. Therefore, simple and orthogonal boxes that appear as undulated and distorted while the environment of the marina and the mega-yachts is reflected as glowing, complex and sublime…
