OVERCOAT Tokyo Store

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

OVERCOAT TOKYO STORE

Atelier Write

ARCHITECTS
Atelier Write

ARCHITECT
Takuya Sakamoto

FURNITURE FABRICATION
HAND

MANUFACTURERS
ENDO Lighting Corporation, ITC, Ishinomaki Laboratory, Karimoku New Standard, Kvadrat, Magis, Negurosu Denko, SANKO METAL INDUSTRIAL CO.LTD

CONSTRUCTION
Mitsui Takaaki

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kenta Hasegawa

AREA
75 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Minato City, Japan

CATEGORY
Workshop, Store, Retail Interiors

This is the project for the Japan base of OVERCOAT, a fashion brand from New York.

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

The studio was required to connect the base in New York with the base in Japan that supports the brand’s products, and also to have the first directly managed store there.

The brand’s designer, Mr. Ryuhei Oomaru, is a highly regarded pattern maker who provides consulting services to top brands in New York and abroad to materialize their designs.

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

I thought that being able to peek into the site of a brand that takes clothes-making so important would be an unparalleled experience for customers.

Therefore, I decided not to create a commercial impression, but to create an improvisational space that makes the most of the existing one.

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

Firstly, the steel base of the existing ceiling was reinforced with high-strength joint hardware and reused.

It can be used functionally as a place to hang stock and samples, as a hanging place for hanger bars, and as a place-to-place corrugated plate to hold fabrics.

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

The interior was polished to take advantage of the texture of the existing concrete frame without installing new floors, walls, and ceilings.

The stock room and the fitting room are partitioned off by wires strung between the frames and fabrics hung from them.

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

Inspired by the way clothes are made by pinching fabric to create folds, double clips were used for the hooks.

The sides of the cutting table have aluminum angle guides that allow ready-made container boxes to be taken in and out individually, making them look distinctive while functionally containing a large number of secondary materials.

OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa

Here, customers can “visit the studio, hear directly from the creator, and buy clothes. We aimed to create a place where people can feel the brand transparently and without boundaries.


OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa
OVERCOAT Tokyo Store
© Kenta Hasegawa


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