The Balcony Lounge at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is centrally located at the top of the main stairs from the Great Hall. Designed for upper-level members, the lounge offers a relaxing space for light refreshments, meetings, and reading, away from the busier food areas within the museum. Outfitted entirely with Vica by Annabelle Selldorf furniture and fixtures, it provides a variety of seating arrangements. The lounge’s contemporary design is woven into the museum’s historic fabric with architectural details such as subtle wall reliefs and recreated pendants from the corridors leading to the Great Hall.
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Most recently used as a satellite retail space, the plan was transformed into a large open space that accommodates a variety of seating arrangements and adjoining support areas for the kitchen, back of house, and mechanical rooms. Seating includes banquette dining space, a central sofa lounge space, side lounge seating, a long communal reading table, and an espresso bar. Bookshelves hold a variety of Met exhibition catalogues and other art monographs for perusing while in the lounge. The flexible space can be used to host small lectures, presentations and receptions.
- Client:The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Location:New York, NY
- Size:3,000 sf
- Date:2012
(Photography: Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum Of Art)