NYC Wellness Club is a groundbreaking private club concept from the world's leading wellness brand, embracing an "urban-retreat" that resolves the tension between escape and the sybaritic pull of city life. Rooted in the brand's original mission—merging sustainability with wellness since 1995—the 45,000-square-foot club houses a full-service spa, modern bathhouse, vibroacoustic meditation dome, biohacking lab, integrative wellness clinic, fitness center, yoga studio, social and co-working spaces, a café, private restaurant, juice and alchemy bars, and a 5,000-square-foot rooftop garden terrace. The interior traces Manhattan's transformation from prehistoric meadows to modern metropolis. A two-story iridescent plaster carapace, inspired by oyster shells, evokes the island's lost 350-square-mile oyster reefs, while an adjacent fluted concrete façade nods to the neoclassical era built on that oyster trade. The restaurant is wrapped in floor-to-ceiling architectural terracotta, recalling a Manhattan grain silo. Urban materials—concrete, asphalt, steel—are balanced against stone, plaster, and raw wood, with colors drawn from the city's pigeons, raccoons, and squirrels. The result is a bio-minimalist aesthetic of "holistic hedonism," designed to support both work-life balance and ecological responsibility in equal measure.

From

2017 to 2021

Location

W 18th St, New York NY

Project Team

Adam Rolston, Anthony Leal, Billy Abramenko, Caroline Errico Young, Chih-Kai Chan, Chloe Bennett, Drew Stuart, Ellis Shalton, Gabriel Benroth, Hilary R Kroll, Jay Sheth, Jordan D Hood, Joselyn Dontfraid, Joy Mullappally, Laura Heeter, Louisa B Revitte, Megan McGing, Nhu Q Phan, Stephen Christy, William R Keidel, and Xiaopu Wang

Services

Architecture, Interiors, FF&E, and Product Design

Certified as

LEED Platinum

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