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Architects: Nobuo Araki/The Archetype
- Area: 144 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Shimizu Ken
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“Longing for Neon”
I’ve always thought I loved the modest things, and I’ve been vaguely thinking that my whole life, but when I was offered this opportunity to rebuild t he STÜSSY Harajuku store, I remembered the neon lettered T - Shirt I used to wear when I was young. This is sort of like having a flashback of bathing in the bright sun rays in my teens. STÜSSY and my flashback memory may have nothing to do with each other, but I could not ignore my initial thought, I don’t know why... But I yearned for the rays and imagined this store.
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The store is nestled in the heart of Harajuku area, made up of two floors with one on the ground and one in the basement and it can be split u p into three primary areas. The kiosk space is what used to be the windbreak room of the old structure and behind this is a empty space accommodated for variety of projects and usage in the future.
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When you take the staircase down into the basement floor, the store space awaits where you will find the newest STÜSSY collection. The gradation between the road – kiosk – empty space – store is the prime character of the store. And the space is signed and sealed with it’s neon color used throughout. I can’t pinpoint the reason for this but it may have something to do with my longing for youthfulness.
This store was born out of respect to youthfulness, and for STÜSSY’s future.
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