“kar room Aranya” is a brand new store of “kar studio” united with “Local Landscape” in Qinhuangdao, Hebei. It is an aesthetic space located by the seashore, integrating furniture, clothing, and utensils art. The inspiration of this project is Dunhuang Caves, where the area is on the way of the Silk Road. 

As soon as entering the“kar room Aranya” store, there is a reception counter composed of fiberglass bricks in the front, the translucent bricks are neatly laid on the side of the reception desk. 

The rest of the interior is divided into two areas, the furniture area and the clothing area. Turning right after entering, there is a small compartment with another fiberglass-brick-compose counter in the middle. Going further down there comes the home area, where kar furniture products are displayed. For such function, a few large glass windows are reserved, and all the partition walls were knocked down in between to make it an open space which allows abundant sunshine to fulfill and lights on the indoor furniture. 

The other side is the clothing area, where a fiberglass- decorated display counter is set in the center of the room, with a few selected fashion accessories placed on the top. There are two fitting rooms in the clothing area. Curtains are used for separation between the fitting rooms and the main space. 

Creativity
The designer chose a kind of paint, microcement, that is very similar to the texture and colour of natural soil. After covering the ceiling, walls, and ground uniformly with it, the entire space is in the same colour tone, walking into the store would just like an immersed tour in the caves.

Innovation
Each brick of the counter is hand-polished by the artisans, and the colour, as well as the texture, are slight different, so the characteristic of the fiberglass bricks is preserved while ensuring the assembled counter is in a neat and stylish form. The two short sides of the rectangular counter are set as curve lines, echoing the arches that are drawn together the entire space.

Functionality
The reason why we attach such importance to light is that most of the furniture displayed in the furniture area is made of fiberglass, comparing to the conventional fiberglass products, we are keen to retain the texture of the glass fibers as much as possible on kar furniture. Under the irradiation of warm sunlight, the delicate texture of fiberglass is fully shown.

Sustainability
The corrosion effect of the sea breeze on the building still requires it decorated with the anti-corrosion material compared to the urban buildings. Fiberglass became the final selected material since it is capable to cope with the invasion of the sea breeze, and being able to show the ideas of kar, after all, the first impression of customer is gain by seeing the facade before entering the store.