Mooi Store in Kensington, London by West Architecture designed

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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Mooi Store in Kensington, London by West Architecture designed using MicroStation

August 11th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: West Architecture

Mooi is a new clothing store in Kensington London, offering bohemian luxury for women. It aims to reclaim some of the local fashion heritage and individualism previously embodied in shops such as Kensington Market and Sign of the Times.

Internal Shot (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

Architects: West Architecture
Project: Mooi Store
Location: Kensington, London
Client: Mooi, 12 Abingdon Road, London, W8 6AF
Identity: Morse Studio
Shell Architect: Ian McArdle Architects
Photography: Edmund Sumner
Software used: MicroStation

Detail (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

The project embraces the inherited concrete and brick of the existing shell. As such we developed a series of precisely detailed display objects which act as a counterpoint to the existing materials whilst focussing the customers? attention on grouped pieces. The timber floor unites the various wall materials at low level whilst the display cases with glass lined niches form a datum above which there is a less controlled space where fair faced surfaces and services are revealed. Other objects are displayed within freestanding bespoke cabinets and on simple individual plinths.

Internal Shot (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

We avoided the use of colour within the scheme and instead opted for a pallet of muted tones which work alongside the existing brick and concrete. All colour is introduced through the display of the clothes allowing them to become the focal point and emphasising the shift in seasonal collections from Spring Summer to Autumn Winter. The dark brown of the glass linings used in the niches accentuates the displayed jewellery and is carried through into Mooi?s visual identity.

Internal Shot (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

Lower Ground Floor View (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

Street View (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

: Detail (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

: Internal Shot (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

: Internal Shot (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

: Internal Shot (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

: Lower Ground Floor View (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

: Street View (Image Courtesy Edmund Sumner)

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Tags: Kensington, London

Categories: Microstation, Shop, Showroom

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