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21 ni ice Universal City Walk

Hiroto Oda + Joe Yoshimura

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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
5.85
5.96
6.35
4.81
5.74
Mariana Schimidt
Mariana Schimidt Founder at MNMA studio
5
7.49
5
5
5.62
Arthur Guimarães
Arthur Guimarães Chief Executive Officer at Arthur Guimarães Architects
5
7
5
5
5.5
Zizhao Li
Zizhao Li Cofounder and Chief Designer at DSC · Design
5
5
6
5
5.25
Mike McGirr
Mike McGirr Managing Partner and Design Principal at red design
5.22
5.31
5.67
7.2
5.85
Mark Eric Magno
Mark Eric Magno Principal at Aedas Interiors
6
7
6
7.5
6.63
Josse Popma
Josse Popma Partner at Popma ter Steege Architects
Carefully crafted retrofit. Tastefu...
8
8
8
8
8
Burton Baldridge
Burton Baldridge Founder at Baldridge Architects
It's a nice rehabilitation. There...
6
8
6
8
7
Xuechen Chen
Xuechen Chen Architectural Designer at X.C Studio
6
7
7.5
7
6.88
Pooja Shah-Mulani
Pooja Shah-Mulani Partner and Design Director at LW Design
The story of Bourgoune does not ref...
4
4
3
5
4
Serhii Makhno
Serhii Makhno Founder at MAKHNO Studio
7
6
8
7
7
Wenqing Zhou
Wenqing Zhou Founder at Add Culture & Creative Development
6
6
6
6
6
Katie Mitchell
Katie Mitchell Managing Director at Seen Studios
7
8
7.5
8
7.63
Anna Gitelman
Anna Gitelman Associate Professor at Suffolk University
Respectful renovation of the histor...
7
8
8
8
7.75
Jessica Adkins
Jessica Adkins Brand Experience Design Lead Europe at M Moser Associates
6.5
7
7
7
6.88
Suvi Saloniemi
Suvi Saloniemi Head of Exhibitions at Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design Museum
5
6
6
6
5.75
G S Mahaboob Basha
G S Mahaboob Basha Cofounder at Taliesyn
6
7
6
8
6.75
Harkaran Singh Boparai
Harkaran Singh Boparai Founder at Space 5
6
7
6
7
6.5
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang Cofounder at say architects
5.67
5.67
5.78
5.88
5.75
Jianan Shan
Jianan Shan Cofounder at say architects
5.98
7.02
5
5
5.75
Client
21 ni ice
Floor area
51 ㎡
Completion
2023
Social Media
Instagram
Lighting

21 ni ice is a nighttime ice cream specialty store with about 40 stores in Japan. The identity of the brand is a convenient ice cream brand that can be easily eaten, and the design concept of the stores is "ice cream eaten outdoors".

The design of this directly operated store was based on the concept of 21 ni ice, while incorporating science fiction and neo-city pop movie culture as a context to blend in with the entertainment environment. We incorporated this as a context.

The interior lighting is colored in the same color as the environment. The light is reflected by an arch placed in the center of the facade, creating a bright, neon-lit night scene. By bringing light into the interior, the building functions as one of the materials, and by blurring the boundary between the inside and the outside, we created a space that makes people want to enter.

While considering the affinity with the environment of UNIVERSAL CITY WALK , we tried to emphasize the identity and create a consistent brand.