Camper Store Milano
CAMPER STORE MILANO
ARCHITECTS
Kengo Kuma & Associates
PHOTOGRAPHS
Zeno Zotti
AREA
52.0 sqm
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
Via Monte Napoleone, 6, 20121 Milano, Italy
CATEGORY
Interiors Architecture
Text description provided by architect.
Located in the center of Milan, Kengo Kuma's design for Camper's Camper Together project uses a very simple generative system in a complex way.
The shelves which line the walls of the store are based on a square grid just wide enough to fit a pair of shoes, but by selectively removing sections of the grid, abstract compositions are made which give the interior a subtle variety.
The material palette of just two materials - the raw plywood shelves and natural stone floor - adds to this theme of complexity through simplicity.
The top part of the shelves will adapt to the shape of the structural ceiling The boards do not connect 2 or more perpendicular boards, so they are cut off behing the existing suspended ceiling.
Given that this shape will be unknown until the construction works begin, the shelves have been drawn 1 meter higher than the existing suspended ceiling and they will be cut on site to adapt to the structural ceiling shape. When cutting the shelves, the 3 following conditions must be fulfilled.
