Cutting edge, 6,000 SF Modo Yoga is positioned to become a premier destination for hot yoga in New York City
DXA studio today announced the completion of a new Yoga studio, Modo Yoga, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The 6,000 square foot (SF) facility is an environment that embodies the “calm mind, fit body, inspired life” core principles of Modo Yoga. DXA studio worked side by side with the owners of Modo Yoga to ensure that the building directly connected these core values and principles.
“We are always thrilled to work with clients that understand the importance of design and architecture’s ability to positively affect spirit and well-being,” says DXA studio Partner Wayne Norbeck of Modo Yoga’s Owners. “Sarah, Guillaume and Rebecca were incredibly collaborative and supportive of a vision to immerse the studio in natural light and beautiful, tactile and environmentally responsible materials,” says Jordan Rogove, DXA’s other partner.
DXA and Modo were connected through Jordan’s brother, Greg, a drummer for Devendra Banhart, as well as a solo artist. On a recent tour with Modo Co-Owner and Arcade Fire member, Sarah Neufeld, Greg, who had previously connected Arcade Fire with DXA regarding their respective works in Haiti, suggested that DXA would be a perfect fit to help realize the Modo vision.
“We were delighted Greg connected us with DXA and that Wayne and Jordan shared our enthusiasm for the location in Williamsburg from the get-go,” says Sarah Neufeld. “Walking the site for the first time a year ago, we all felt its immense potential and just how special a place it could be. It was an ideal collaboration. DXA worked tirelessly with us to realize our vision and to make it into what we believe to be the most beautiful, unique and sustainable yoga studio out there. It truly has an uplifting and vibrant quality that really resonates with our members.”
Located between the East River Waterfront and the lively Bedford Avenue thoroughfare, the state-of-the-art facility can precisely calibrate heat and humidity settings for the two 60 person studios and has ample locker room/shower spaces, social areas, and a retail amenity. With its inviting street presence, which includes a custom fabricated storefront and weathered steel aesthetic, the building stays true to the gritty industrial and metalworking history of the area.
Within, aspects of the building’s light manufacturing character, such as exposed brickwork, tall ceilings, and column-free spans are also celebrated. The interior design strikes a balance between rustic and refined through a series of intimately scaled spaces wrapped with reclaimed wood, cork floors and a living wall, to expansive studios with clean lines and diffused lighting via continuous skylights, providing a serene setting for yoga practice.
About DXA studio
DXA studio’s expertise spans an uncommonly broad spectrum of project types including multi-family and single family residential, commercial, institutional, hotel and event design. DXA provides a rare balance of highly crafted design and exceptional project management, with particular adeptness at landmarks, loft board and zoning approvals, and NYC City Planning and Uniform Land Use Review Procedures.
DXA studio's current work includes 280 St. Marks, Mt. Pleasant Church Conversion, 100 Barclay and Galapagos Detroit. Additionally, DXA is designing four ground up single-family townhouses for private clients ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 SF, a 15 story tower in the Lower East Side, multiple performance venues including the famed Blue Note jazz club and the Highline Ballroom, and is working on a sustainable and health-focused development in St. Marc, Haiti as a result of winning an international design competition.
At DXA studio, a project begins with an open exchange of ideas and collaboration. The client’s program and desires, along with the complexities of the project’s site are used to create a conceptual framework by which an architecture of distinctive identity, clarity, and ingenuity is created.For more information about DXA studio, please visit http://www.dxastudio.com/.
About DXA studio
DXA studio’s expertise spans an uncommonly broad spectrum of project types including multi-family and single family residential, commercial, institutional, hotel and event design. DXA provides a rare balance of highly crafted design and exceptional project management, with particular adeptness at landmarks, loft board and zoning approvals, and NYC City Planning and Uniform Land Use Review Procedures.
DXA studio's current work includes 280 St. Marks, Mt. Pleasant Church Conversion, 100 Barclay and Galapagos Detroit. Additionally, DXA is designing four ground up single-family townhouses for private clients ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 SF, a 15 story tower in the Lower East Side, multiple performance venues including the famed Blue Note jazz club and the Highline Ballroom, and is working on a sustainable and health-focused development in St. Marc, Haiti as a result of winning an international design competition.
At DXA studio, a project begins with an open exchange of ideas and collaboration. The client’s program and desires, along with the complexities of the project’s site are used to create a conceptual framework by which an architecture of distinctive identity, clarity, and ingenuity is created.For more information about DXA studio, please visit http://www.dxastudio.com/.
About Modo Yoga
Modo (also known as Moksha in Canada) Yoga was built on the dream of having independently owned and community-driven studios that share their ideas, their love of conservation, an awesome hot yoga series rooted in the traditional teachings of yoga and yoga therapy concepts, and a passion for our 7 philosophical pillars. Today, studios are community hubs where yoga is just the beginning.
The Seven Pillars
Be Healthy: A healthy yoga practice makes it easier to make healthy life choices.
Be Accessible: Our Community welcomes all bodies, backgrounds, budgets, sexual orientations, and individual expressions of being.
Live Green: Our community is passionate about conservation. We plan for the protection of our planet.
Community Support: We amplify our own potential by supporting each other.
Reach Out: Karma classes raise millions. Active service raises hope and changes lives.
Live to Learn: The truly ‘advanced’ is always a beginner. The opportunity to learn is everywhere.
Be Peace: We cultivate peace for lasting change: inside AND worldwide.
