Rei Kawakubo, founder of this fashion designer store, was deeply involved in the interior design of her 1999 flagship store in Aoyama, Tokyo. Collaboration with architect Takao Kawasaki allowed the space to effect actual products’ designs. The movement, festivity, and energy of the architecture and furniture unite with the clothing accessories.
Future Systems made the construction of the scheme a reality. The connections of the glass to the ceiling and floor occur seamlessly, and the front glass door is so subtle that one could easily run into it without even noticing it is there.
Future Systems took out the exterior walls of this drab office building and pulled back structural columns. Flowing waves of dotted glass separate the dirty street and store interior as if with fabric. White interior partitions and glass walls further divide up the interior space.
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