COOKFOX Studio

Interiors, Workplaces

New York, NY

The entry gallery features artworks by Kenro Izu and Paula Hayes, and features that express biophilic design. Photography by Eric Laignel.

250 West 57th Street - entry gallery detail

Terrariums by landscape artist Paula Hayes define the studio gallery space. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The reception area opens to our Harvest Kitchen, created to be a biophilic heart of the studio. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The Harvest Kitchen was created to inspire informal, creative interaction. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The East Terrace is the site of our apiary and planting beds for vegetables and herbs. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The rigorous structure of the historic building is softened by indoor plants that filter the air, offer privacy for workstations, and foster indoor connections to nature. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The drawing room offers a feeling of prospect and refuge, a key element of biophilic design. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The terrace landscape is populated with native species of sedum, grasses and wildflowers. Photography by Eric Laignel.

The West Terrace was designed for working in nature, with an outdoor conference room, large worktables, and more intimate tables for individual work or private conversation. Photography by Eric Laignel.

Interiors, Workplaces

New York, NY

The entry gallery features artworks by Kenro Izu and Paula Hayes, and features that express biophilic design.

Terrariums by landscape artist Paula Hayes.

The reception area opens to our Harvest Kitchen, created as a biophilic heart of the studio.

The Harvest Kitchen was created to inspire informal, creative interaction.

The East Terrace is the site of our apiary and planting beds for vegetables and herbs.

The rigorous structure of the historic building is softened by indoor plants that filter the air, offer privacy for workstations, and foster indoor connections to nature.

The drawing room offers a feeling of prospect and refuge, a key element of biophilic design.

The terrace landscape is populated with native species of sedum, grasses and wildflowers.

The West Terrace was designed for working in nature, with an outdoor conference room, large worktables, and more intimate tables for individual work or private conversation.

Nestled among the skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan are the historic jewels of Automobile Row, the fashionable towers built by companies like B.F. Goodrich and General Motors. COOKFOX chose the 17^th floor of the tiered 1921 Fisk Tire Building, designed by Carèrre & Hastings, to explore the next generation of workplace; a studio designed to join three landscaped terraces, created in collaboration with William Dorvillier and Brooklyn Grange, in an expression of our mission to connect people to nature within the built environment.

The entry is defined by a formal gallery hall, its expanse of exhibition walls and rhythm of concrete beams establishing a sense of focus and groundedness. Through a second portal, the reception area with a domestic scale of materials and furnishings, features a low-ceiling area of refuge that gives way on either side to the full height overhead. This compression point transitions the axis of circulation to an east-west orientation, anchored by framed views of the gardens at each end of the open studio.

2017

18,300 GSF

Our biophilic studio is designed for wellness, productivity and connection to nature.

A garden and hydroponic towers on the east terrace are adjacent to an interior dining area designed to facilitate creative social communion and connection to nature. Across the studio, the west terrace, a landscape of native trees, wildflowers, sedums, and grasses incorporates outdoor meeting areas. With a third viewing garden, the three terraces incorporate plants and soil transplanted from our former studio, continuing a decade of care for the former rooftop garden.

Connections with nature outdoors extend into the studio space in the use of natural materials and textures for interior finishes and furniture selections that stimulate similar positive biological responses. The lighting system prioritizes daylighting to support healthy circadian rhythms, while high-quality air filtration, zoned temperature control, CO₂ monitoring and use of low-VOC materials to ensure the best possible indoor air quality. The studio was certified LEED Platinum and WELL Gold as a measure of these strategies.

Every second Friday of the month, we offer free virtual tours of our studio.

If you’d like to attend the tour, please RSVP here.

Collaborators

This project is developed by COOKFOX. The project team also includes:

ADRM, Brooklyn Grange, CANY, Deco Custom Woodwork, DesignCo., JAM, Jaros, Baum & Bolles Consulting Engineers, LLP (JB&B), Lightbox Studios, Longman Lindsey, Paladino and Company, Terrapin Bright Green, Thomas Stephens Construction, William Dorvillier, and WSP