Design of a shopping-complex of the selected apparel shop, STUDIOUS. The architectural challenge was to separate the spacious compartment into two different parts: for men’s and women’s, and to make each part effectively work as two independent shops.
In the center, 15 steel pillars were aligned in a single row and a screen woven from five layers of fabric bands were set up. Inside the store, a part of the screen pops up randomly allowing its structure to be used as hanging racks. This created a space which not only functionally separates the men’s and women’s spaces but allows the viewers to look through the gap, evoking a feeling of spatial unity and broadness. The fabrics used here were made by applying a special white colored paint onto light-gray canvas to emphasize its impression of lightness and softness.
We aimed to express the free and light image of the brand by a design of fabrics floating around the shop.