Suppose Design Office

Karis

Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano

PHOTOGRAPHS
Toshiyuki Yano

AREA
117.7 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Higashihiroshima, Japan

CATEGORY
Interiors Architecture

Text description provided by architect.

This is a boutique project for “karis” in a shopping center in Hiroshima.

Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano
Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano

The space is for shopping but also for holding events.The concept of the store is space that is changing its view or atmosphere depending on where you are standing, such as caves or limestone caves.

At some points the place offers a view to the end of the store, and also it has an area surrounded by the inner partitions.The experience walking through the artificial yet random space would be close to something like walking in nature.

Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano
Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano

The purpose of the design is to offer a new shopping experience that people could see products through strolling in nature.

The materials of the partitions are paper tubes that are strong and easy to work with, and moreover, they are using for tubes to roll up cloths.

The tubes are layered randomly as to be uneven surfaces and create arch shapes as partition for the store.

Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano
Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano
Karis
© Toshiyuki Yano

Because of the arches, the store creates various spaces that are irregular and complex, such as caves in nature.

The boutique could be used in different way with the unique characteristics of the partitions through a year.We believe that the store would be a chance to find a new and fresh relationship between people and products.


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