JINS Eyewear Store in Shanghai, China by junya.ishigami+associates

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A shop renewal commission by JINS Co., Ltd., Japanese eyewear brand, and designed by architect, Junya Ishigami. Located in one of the landmarks buildings, Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), in Lujiazui financial district.

To create a huge emptiness within the crowded shopping mall and present the interior space more like an architecture work, a simple solution for the store came up:

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

• Architects: junya.ishigami+associates
• Project: JINS Eyewear Store
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Photography: Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

The interior space is composed of 5 cantilever tables (maximum length is 12 meters) made of concrete. With extreme dimensions, maximum length, minimum width and depth ensure the maximum linear display and circulation for customers. The voids of the shop is divided to six parts by floating volumes which is allowed to contain large amount of stocks and functional programs like workshop of glasses fabrication between table no.4 to 5 (refer to the plan).

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Construction method makes this interior work in architectural way, steel structure covered by cast-in-situ concrete. Even the furniture is a piece of structure.

Further more, considering to experience the interior space like a low extending landscape, all tables remain in horizontal and a just level, 80 centimeters high from the ground.

Prestressed cantilever structure covered with tons of concrete achieves lightness of floating volume by heaviness of materiality and allows the dimension, 25 centimeters depth, to leave a just space underneath to remain perception of floatiness.

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © Eiichi Kano

Image Courtesy © junya.ishigami+associates

Tags: China, Shanghai

Categories: Interiors, Shop, STORE

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