Type of Project: Terrace

Name of Project: Under Armour

Location: Chelsea

Use: Commercial

Size: 3,200 SF

Completion Date: 2015

Designer: Mancini Duffy Architects, Alive Structures

Collaborators: Donald Prokop, Black Locust Planters

Project Description: The American sportswear company, Under Armour, established a New York City office and showroom in 2013. The office is located on the west side of Chelsea in a 20 story industrial building. The terrace wraps around the office space with a total length of 250 linear feet. Very close to the Hudson River and located on the 15th floor, the winds on this terrace are extremely strong. We used native Switch Grass, Mexican Feather Grass and Tanyosho Pines to bear the exposure of the site. The grasses sway and bend in the breeze and provide winter interest. The planters were custom built using sustainable black locust wood. This is the first phase of landscaping on the terrace. The second phase will be installed during the summer of 2015.

Photographer: Marni Majorelle, 2014