HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Brick, FacadeHARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Beam, HandrailHARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - GlassHARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - TableHARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - More Images+ 26

  • Interior Designers: AIM Architecture
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  650
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Dirk Weiblen
  • Design Principals: Wendy Saunders, Vincent de Graaf
  • Project Management: Cindy Xu
  • Design Team: Feng Xie, Charles Liu, Eno Chen, Jiao Yan, Jovana Petrovic, Hu Chen, Mavis Li, Simon Huang
  • Ff&E Team: Sowon Lee, Baoer Wang, Peichin Lee
  • City: Beijing
  • Country: China
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HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Windows, Brick, Facade
© Dirk Weiblen

Text description provided by the architects. The new warehouse is spread out over two floors, where there is a gaping void —quite literally, we hacked out a part of the ceiling to create more visibility.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Brick, Facade
© Dirk Weiblen
HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Image 8 of 31
© Dirk Weiblen

The first floor focuses on small products. A huge assembly table creates strong movement and functions as a carrier where all these lucrative, fast-moving items, are showcased. Spatially, the big loop creates a powerful direction and momentum, tying all the product together more cohesively, all while enabling a semi-enclosed area for the staff to work.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Chair, Windows
© Dirk Weiblen
HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Image 11 of 31
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A spiral staircase swirls up from the assembly table and guides guests up to the larger part of the warehouse space, where rows of steel shelves housing a multitude of products greet visitors.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Beam, Handrail
© Dirk Weiblen
HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Glass
© Dirk Weiblen

The second floor also grants a peek behind the curtain of HARMAY’s branding machine. A curtain closes off the light filtering through a translucent facade, creating a small studio for shooting product. It’s a fun flex on all behind the scenes styling that goes into each clickable e-commerce listing.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Image 12 of 31
© Dirk Weiblen
HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Image 13 of 31
© Dirk Weiblen

Here u can also step into five rooms designed to enhance the offline sales engagement. Each room offers a themed product focus. A white travel kit room features see through bags filled with smaller products ideal for travel. The product is displayed with efficiency and elegance: hanging from the wall, a la grab n’ go. The perfume bar has colorful flower patterned walls, and is a romantic tribute to the lasting power of scent.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Table
© Dirk Weiblen

A third room invites visitors to try on products behind soft curtain walls. Like a backstage dressing room, there is a sense of fun, play, and luxury. The niche room is a high profile room tailored for exclusivity, luxury cosmetics, and unique brands to HARMAY. The fifth room is white, a blank space, like a crisp sheet of white paper; guests are invited to write the next act on their own.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Shelving, Facade, Beam
© Dirk Weiblen
HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Shelving
© Dirk Weiblen

All brands are moving parts pieced together to create a product or experience. The Beijing location has big glass brick façade, an industrial statement where the absence of seeing makes the exterior statement more powerful, with only the seduction of shadows and movement.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Shelving
© Dirk Weiblen
HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Shelving, Chair
© Dirk Weiblen

Like seeing shapes behind a curtain, hearing footsteps on the stage. There are only two tiny doors here, but once inside, guests become a part of the show. Inside, it is the whole world of HARMAY.

HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture - Image 25 of 31
© Dirk Weiblen

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Address:No.2 Gongti North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

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Cite: "HARMAY Beijing Flagship Store / AIM Architecture" 25 Nov 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/928995/harmay-beijing-flagship-store-aim-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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