Chiaroscura

Chiaroscura Chiaroscura is a design studio. We use elements of light and shadow to orchestrate a bit of poetry into the spaces we create.

Chiaroscura strives to design spaces that stir sensory experiences and stoke the memory & imagination. Our name comes from chiaroscuro, a technique of juxtaposing light & shadow to compose the semblance of a three-dimensional whole.

Time to reflect and also look ahead on our last day of school!
06/25/2026

Time to reflect and also look ahead on our last day of school!

Moment to reflect and also look ahead on our very last day of school! ...
06/25/2026

Moment to reflect and also look ahead on our very last day of school!

Playing hide & seek in and around Alexander Liberman’s “Illiad” at
04/08/2026

Playing hide & seek in and around Alexander Liberman’s “Illiad” at

We also had a launch yesterday :) Our 2nd semester with yet another neighborhood public school at PS3.Our young learners...
04/02/2026

We also had a launch yesterday :) Our 2nd semester with yet another neighborhood public school at PS3.

Our young learners played a “Guess-a-Sketch” game, identifying iconic architecture from around the world and learning how to distill complex geometrical forms into quick hand-sketches.

Special thanks to the many members of the PS3 team for their support in helping me bring this program to their school community.

PS: This question is for my fellow architects — guess the building in the pic? Perhaps, lesser known but still iconic…:)

Levitas + Gravitas. Kids’ Drawings = Veritas! Spontaneous drawing of Joel Shapiro’s “Ark” at the
02/17/2026

Levitas + Gravitas. Kids’ Drawings = Veritas! Spontaneous drawing of Joel Shapiro’s “Ark” at the

Frank Gehry — the end of an era, but endless inspiration. The Wiggle Chair was born out of a young architect experimenti...
12/06/2025

Frank Gehry — the end of an era, but endless inspiration.

The Wiggle Chair was born out of a young architect experimenting with an everyday material and a craft knife to create an iconic design that was simultaneously sculpture + structure. Eventually, produced by furniture maker, Vitra.

The scale changed, but the experiments continued in a career that spanned over six decades. Frank Gehry went on to design the Vitra Design Museum in Germany; Dancing House (aka Fred and Ginger) in Prague; Guggenheim Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall — each time changing the definition of “what is architecture?” RIP!

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective Beautiful, Fragile and Eph...
11/10/2025

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective



Beautiful, Fragile and Ephemeral. A must-see show at the

How High the Moon? Mu...
11/06/2025

How High the Moon? Music Credits: Warren Mendonsa aka

Hoping to meet some characters today and collect some candy! 👻
10/31/2025

Hoping to meet some characters today and collect some candy! 👻

Let there be light!
10/25/2025

Let there be light!

Address

155 Bay Street
Jersey City, NJ
07302

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+16144062843

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