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Polene Paris Seoul Flagship Store / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:00:00 +0000

The design narrative of Polène's Seoul flagship store is a sophisticated exploration of space through the metaphorical and practical use of leather, encapsulating the brand's essence in its first Korean location.

SVRN San Francisco / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0000

The San Francisco SVRN store is a distinctive architectural project that merges the brand's identity with the unique characteristic of its location. Situated across two disjointed buildings on a hillside, the design aims to seamlessly integrate varying floor levels, ceiling structures, and architectural foundations, in order to create a cohesive customer experience. Central to the concept is an elliptical loop that weaves through the space, translating into a series of curved walls finished in green oxidized copper, a material chosen to symbolize the passage of time. This nods to the corten steel used in the previous Chicago store of SVRN, while also creating a dynamic flow that invites customers to freely explore. The resulting spatial tension between these curved segments adds a sense of discovery and embracing, enhancing the journey through the store.

SHLTR Coffee / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 02:00:00 +0000

We thought about how to compose harmony on the site with the newly introduced building while preserving what has been existing. Rather than one big building, we placed small-scale buildings that blend within urban tissue. We conducted an architecture as a village.

SVRN Store Chicago / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The spatial design of the SVRN store began with our interpretation of the SVRN’s brand identity and narrative through the eastern perspective. While the western perspective looks at the object itself, the eastern perspective rather focuses on the surrounding relationship of the object.

Soldout, Musinsa Store / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Soldout is a recently-established limited=edition sneakers platform brand by Musinsa, which is the largest multi-brand online fashion store in South Korea.

WGNB Office / WGNB

Andreas Luco — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000

The project involved the conversion of a multi-generational household into a new office of WGNB in Seoul. The existing building was four stories high and was fully remodeled internally. The original red brick facade was retained and windows and an extra floor were added.

XYTS Shop / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000

XYTS is a fashion select shop, showcasing over 100 brands in Gangnam, Seoul.

Papyrus Flagship Store / WGNB

Hana Abdel — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Building ideal structures for different environments. This is a story about glasses, not architecture.

Juun.J Flagship Store / WGNB

Andreas Luco — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 01:00:00 +0000

It’s the first flagship store of the fashion brand of Juun.J. It’s divided into two floors; the first floor comprising cafe and women’s wear, while the second floor men’s wear. We used natural elements such as light and shadow in order to express darkness within space using black – identity color of Juun.J brand.

Dexter Studios / WGNB

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Dexter Studios is a VFX company. The term 'VFX' (Visual FX) refers to visual special effects. It creates images that cannot exist and develops techniques used to shoot scenes impossible to shoot or difficult to use actual life-size objects. Since the company exclusively deals with image related projects, people at the company work in a darker environment than regular office environment. This office is always a nighttime even during the daytime outside. It is a space where day & night coexist like Rene Magritte's The Empire of Light.

XYZ Formula / WGNB

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:00:00 +0000

Inflow into foreign space inevitably incites desires for attraction and excitement. It may be something similar to curiosity. Just like the beginning of writing or the first scene in a film, space may have the attraction that keenly draws people’s attention and stirs their senses from its first impression.

Kyobo Book Center & Hottracks / WGNB

Florencia Mena — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:00:00 +0000

Design for commercial space reflects the changing lifestyle basically. Kyobo book Center at Busan Seomyeon shows such a change with two implicative images. Two images of sketch tell the before and after of this space. While the space of existing bookstore had the structure which made purchasers busy to choose, to buy and to go out, the changed space is designed to be a place where people can visit and stay easily even though buying no books. Low bookshelves and open space make this bookstore be a space where people want to stay for a long time. Designer chose Agora, a plaza formed in polis ancient Greek city state, as a motive of this space. Agora is the day was plaza, marketplace, place with storytelling, and such a space where people discussed about politics, economy and society freely. The Agora was the center of daily life for Greek people, this is an open space settled in the daily life for neighboring residents or those who visit it, regardless of buying books or not. Consequently, it was a space of daily life forming culture in it, and the designer plans to create such a space at this project.