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Kama-Asa Shop

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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
6.89
6.91
7.27
6.78
6.96
Sarah Nabih Nasif
Sarah Nabih Nasif Lecturer at October University for modern Science and Arts (MSA)
The design fully reflects the main...
8.02
6.1
6.88
8.02
7.26
Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson Strategy Director at Amplify
Built for longevity. What a beautif...
6.7
7.55
7.11
7.15
7.13
Bjorn Verlinde
Bjorn Verlinde Founder at Studio Bjorn Verlinde
Excellent materials, sustainable, k...
8.17
8.02
8.17
9.02
8.35
Maja Kozel
Maja Kozel Senior Interior Architect at iL Office
rawness made perfect! The simplici...
7.74
7.45
9.17
7.81
8.04
Alessandro Pulina
Alessandro Pulina Founder and Chief Interior Designer at Pulina Exclusive Interiors
7.31
7.31
7.45
7.52
7.4
Phillip Tefft
Phillip Tefft Founding Director at Ralph Appelbaum Associates London Studio
inspired rigour and control....
5.88
6.52
7.17
6.6
6.54
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy Principal, Interior Design Director at CLB Architects
7.02
8.06
7.03
5.82
6.98
Ray An Chuang
Ray An Chuang Executive VP & Managing Partner at Cheng Chung Design
7.1
6.95
7.52
7.74
7.33
Michael Lam
Michael Lam Founder and Creative Director at Design Plus Design
7.17
7.67
7.67
8.1
7.65
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner Founder at Edmund Sumner Photography
5.47
5.76
7.01
3.75
5.5
Amir Idiatulin
Amir Idiatulin Founder at IND Architects
7.5
7.4
7.17
7.17
7.31
Katerina Kavazi
Katerina Kavazi Founder at K. Kavazi Interior Design Studio
6.88
6.52
7.88
5.67
6.74
Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg Partner at Ester Bruzkus Architekten
All the vertical bars feel a bit li...
5.02
4.15
5.6
4.29
4.77
Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim Architect and Professor at A+U Lab and Pusan National University
Great design. Love the execution an...
6.07
7.12
7.12
6.02
6.58
Jing Xu
Jing Xu Cofounder at Shanghai Neobio Enterprise Management
7.23
7.09
6.12
7.09
6.88
Designer
Client
Kama-Asa Shop
Floor area
231 ㎡
Completion
2020
Assistant
Joint design office
Photographer

Concept - the rebar
The rebar is a stick-shaped rolled steel material formed from irregular nubs called ribs and joints that are used as a building construction material. 

As KAMA-ASA Shop's policy is set on belief that good tools are made for good reason, it delivers to the customers excellent skills of craftsmen, which make kitchen utensils. Therefore, the most appropriate for the shop's space was to show architectural skills of craftsmen. The rebar that is usually hidden in the wall became the main design. 

Handrails and furniture were designed with rebar. Although they are simple, they still require the use of craftsman skills.  The knives’ shelves are made from railroad ties. They express the long history of knives that can be used for many years. 

As designers, we hope that craftsmen skills will be introduced to many people.