Waterline Square

New York, New York

Jaroff Design recently completed three project-defining contributions to the Waterline Club, the shared amenities space for Waterline Square, the new $2.3 billion luxury development rising on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. At the heart of this underground complex is a grand atrium anchored by a palatial walkway consisting of two 90-foot, suspended custom glass, metal and wood bridges, a monumental helical staircase and an architectural ceiling, all of which were design-engineered, fabricated and produced by Jaroff Design.

The two undulating, cantilevered bridge lengths and staircase, are fabricated out of structural steel and clad with richly-toned and domestically-sourced hard maple. The structure had to be able to disappear within the elegant and minimal wood structure. Our concept of using structural steel as the armature was integral to being able to fit and install in the field,  which was the only possibility due to the size, weight and complex nature of each of the bridge/stair elements.

Suspended above the bridges, is an acoustic floating ceiling that was designed to act in concert with the walkway. This ceiling is a GFRG structure surrounding a metal ceiling fin system that illuminates the space with variations in light and dark, hue and intensity, cycling the Circadian Rhythm of one 24-hour day. The floating light fin canopy not only creates an environment, but it is integrated with the bridges and stair below with slip joints and pivots that act to stabilize the entire unit.

The buildings are due to open by the end of 2019.

For the past thirty-eight plus years, Jaroff Design, under the management of founder Joseph Jaroff, has led the design, fabrication, installation and coordination of custom architectural glass and metal for the construction, architecture, interior design and art communities.