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Apple Miami Beach Lincoln Road

Commercial, Architecture

The Client is a global icon of technology and design. They commissioned Touzet Studio to help them design a building that fit into the scale and materiality of Lincoln Road.

The main façade, as well as all other visible surfaces of the building, had to communicate and celebrate the qualities the brand is known for. One can argue that one can no longer showcase such a thing as state-of-the-art technology because, just like the waters of Lao-Tze’s River, it is always in motion –always in flux. The technology of the current model is already dated when it hits the market. In consideration of that, Touzet Studio argued that today’s technology would not be an appropriate basis for the building envelope and needed to be more timeless in place and culture.

Both the façade and the interior needed to convey other iconic aspects of the brand: simplicity in design, meticulous materiality, and impeccable execution and workmanship.

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Design District 3711

Commercial, Architecture

This project serves as a gateway to the Miami Design District, interacting with pedestrians at street level and with vehicles on the elevated highway.

The location inspired Touzet Studio to design a building that could serve as either a three-dimensional canvas or billboard, capable of delivering unique experiences depending on the time of day or night. The floating bar façade across the top of the structure is meant to anchor the viewer’s sense of perspective, while the massing and moves were kept purposely simple. This allows the floating bar element to assume different personalities by playing with simple concrete and light rather than relying on complicated skins.

The building’s base is dark and rounded to contrast visually with the sleekness of the rectilinear shape above. Meanwhile, the exterior uses embossed metal and glass surfaces to add texture and interest to the pedestrian experience. A proposed paved urban courtyard, designed by landscape architect Jefre, will take visitors to a rooftop garden with views of downtown Miami, Biscayne Bay, and the ocean. The building will serve as an exceptional venue for events both on the rooftop and at street level.

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Wynwood Plant

Commercial, Architecture, Multi-Family

For the design of this project, Touzet Studio wanted to recognize the unique qualities of this artistic neighborhood and weave them together with inspiration from Wynwood’s rapidly vanishing industrial past. The area’s history lives on in the form of industrial plants and manufacturing warehouses that artists have used as their urban canvases. This project aspires to continue that intersection of art and architecture at a larger scale.

Miami is a young city with a rich collection of culturally distinct neighborhoods. In Touzet Studio’s approach to design, it is important to share history and tell stories through architecture of what each unique part of the city is all about. While researching the site, Touzet Studio found that it was once an iconic Coca Cola plant. As with many historic buildings in Miami, the identifying signs had been taken down some years ago and nothing remains. This project’s name, Wynwood Plant, honors that historic use and serves as a reminder to future generations of this neighborhood’s story.