assistant

Case Study Store No.2 – ASSISTANT & item idem

UN/BUILT STORE‘ Study for a high-end shoe label BUIY store’ (BUIY: build-&-unbuild-it-yourself )

BACKGROUND:
– Aesthetical inspirations are rooted in the SUPREMATISM perfection of the “Black Square” by Kasimir Malevitch in 1915, & in its contemporary dedication with Gregor Schneider’s “Cube Hamburg 2007”.
– Conceptual inspiration comes from the “Case Study Houses”, the residential architecture experiments commissioned by American architecture magazine Arts & Architecture, to major architects of the day, between 1945 to 1966.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1:
The store is exclusively constructed with shoe boxes.
*All boxes are simply but methodically assembled following a lay-out construction pattern.

Step 2:
The store disappears following the rhythm of the sales.
* All stages showcase an infinite variation of the store design.

Step 3:
The store is now finally deconstructed, & only remains through the square shadow of the absent volume
*Few boxes will be used specifically as construction elements (not for sale) & glued together as window frames & as a floating roof (hanging from the ceiling) from where are attached the spotlights.