Bierig writes a critical review of SANAA's Derek Lam store in Manhattan. The space's minimalist palette of poured concrete floors and curving transparent walls is more than reminiscent of their Glass Pavilion project in Toledo, Ohio. As Bierig puts it, the effect is that of a "low-rent version of Toledo". Rather than glass, the walls are acrylic and require "ungainly metal braces", and are spaced closer together. This seems to point out a basic flaw in SANAA's minimalist philosophy; that the quality of the minimalist execution is heavily contingent on budget.
Bierig also finds the interior disorienting, to the project's detriment. The Glass Pavilion, with ample scale and well delineated spaces, manages a basic clarity that isn't available at the Lam store.
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