Lafayette 148: An Artifact of Architecture

Contributors, Densities, Designing Matter, Formats, Middle Density, Project, Studio for Architecture, Technology and fabrication, Topics, Urban Paradigms

China, Climate regulation, Concrete, Design strategies, Designing Climate, Designing Matter, Energy consumption, Façade, Global vs. Local, Globalization, Industrial, Light, Performative Envelope, Project, Shantou, Working Space

Excerpt from Marc Neveu’s introduction to "Twisted: Lafayette 148 New York Factory in China" by Mehrdad Hadighi, Marc Neveu and Tsz Yan Ng, published by Actar Publishers -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2016948657

Completed in 2008 by Mehrdad Hadighi of Studio for Architecture and Tsz Yan Ng, L-148 houses all of the functions of the Lafayette 148 clothing label. The building is organized around the flow of production, literally from conception to shipment of the final product. Office and design studios are placed at the top. Each stage of production is stacked on the floors below. The entry level functions as showroom and has the ability to transform into a runway. The building is, however, much more than a diagram of production.