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LAK Concept Store

Pone Architecture

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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
6.01
5.61
5.70
4.92
5.56
Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes
Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes CEO at AKKA Architects
5.5
5
6
7.5
6
Felipe Mora
Felipe Mora Founder and Creative Director at F05 Studio
7
7
8
6.5
7.13
Hu Zhile
Hu Zhile Founding Partner and Design Director at WJ Studio
6
7.5
6.5
8
7
Bernardo Tribolet Tribolet
Bernardo Tribolet Tribolet Head of Trend Scouting at The Swatch Group
6
6
7
6
6.25
Edmond Huot
Edmond Huot Chief Creative Officer at Forward Media
6.36
7.06
7.3
7.57
7.07
Ellen Søhoel
Ellen Søhoel Interior Designer/CEO at XBD Collective
5
6
4
5
5
Serge-Laurent Haelterman
Serge-Laurent Haelterman Creative Director at Creneau International
5
6
6
5
5.5
Gabriela Sanchez y Sanchez de la Barquera
Gabriela Sanchez y Sanchez de la Barquera Creative Chief Officer at Vlisco
6
7
6
6
6.25
Tessa Duste
Tessa Duste Cofounder at Makers of Sustainable Spaces
6.5
7
6.5
7
6.75
Jason Steere
Jason Steere MD Brand & Experience at The Social Hub
A bold design for a lycée (or high...
7
6
6.5
6.5
6.5
Stephanie Crombie
Stephanie Crombie Architect / Head of Sustainability at Morrow + Lorraine Architects
6.5
6.5
6
6.5
6.38

PONE Architecture was entrusted to design LAK stylish flooring’s new concept store, and carry out design practice in a material exhibition space to showcase the brand’s exploration of material nature and breakthroughs. To break away from restriction and limitation of the stereotyped architectural construction methodology, the space design integrates philosophical wisdom into classical music creation to recreate the symphony of space melody and harmony. On the basis of rational sublimation from classical structure, a symphonic poem is created by the rhythm and melody of the space. 

The venue features a fully open setting without either the main entrance or the main circulation route. Grey spaces are withdrawn from inside the building, enabling the further division into doors and corridors, passages and rooms. The paralleling duplication enhances the sense of order and orientation. 

The ceiling of the central hall is mounted with inverted triangular lighting fixtures, with light filter to simulate daylighting from real skylights and control the path of light flow. Light fades out from the central axis to both sides, and provides appropriate illumination for the exhibition hall through proper adjustment of illuminance and color temperature. 

Here the long island table in the central hall is rendered as a spatial symbol for centralized communication, and a centerpiece signifying unity and distribution. The island table, which can store and display more than 100 product samples, has a strong capacity for centralized storage, with pull open display. By turning the handle, the table top can be pulled apart and expanded for a multi-functional meeting, and the drawer handle is embedded with metal rubbing of the LAK logo. The horseshoe-shaped table bases are set in parallel to provide support. Handle features are highlighted to realize the transition from traditional functional focus to meaning construction. 

The exhibition space is composed of 10 symmetrical triangular islands loaded with hundreds of types of European wood flooring in LAK’s catalogue, and this exhibition system allows for expansion and replacement. The cut surfaces, which face internally to the central hall, are placed in symmetry opposite each other. They display the interface in multiple directions, creating and filtering out random lines and exhibition routes leading to the possible remaining destinations. 

The space is planned in a secondary-primary-secondary symmetrical and repeated structural layout, where parts define the whole and details bring rich expressions to the space. The details, like notes in the space stave, constitute the basic elements of the melody and harmony of the place, allowing melody to split in harmony and harmony to be interrupted in melody. The calm space is then transitioned to opposition and coordination, creating mysterious variations, like a spatial texture inlaid with emotional details.