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is that actual GRASS or plant matter or whatever?!
HOW COOL!!
Fashion retail shop for Ann Demeulemeester by Korean architects Mass Studies, features a living wall of herbaceous perennials planted on the building's facade.
For a more thorough explanation, click the link to dezeenThis proposal is an attempt to incorporate as much nature as possible into the building within the constraints of a low-elevation, high-density urban environment of limited space (378m2). The building defines its relationship between natural/artificial and interior/exterior as an amalgamation, rather than a confrontation.
Diverse interior spaces designated for its three main programs were made to be perceived and utilized as a part of the outdoors in a variety of ways. This building is not meant to be just another ‘object’ to be experienced externally, but rather as a synthetic organism of nature and artifice.
The parking lot/courtyard is at the center of the site, exposed to the street on the southern end. The entrance to the Ann Demeulemeester Shop is located on the western side of the courtyard, and stairs that lead to the other two programs are located on the eastern side. Landscaping of dense bamboo form a wall along each of the remaining three sides that border neighboring sites. Inside the first floor shop, undulating dark brown exposed concrete forms an organically shaped ceiling.
The outside building material is primarily a geotextile planted with a herbaceous perennial to form a living façade, while the other three sides that face bamboo borders are clad in steel sheets are finished with propylene resin.
Gregory Polletta and Sung Jang have created Topiade, a lay-over facade structure designed to renew an existing Louis Vuitton store building without a major reconstruction. The concept of topiary and the French garden were taken to extend and exhibit the luxurious quality of Louis Vuitton.
i love it ! ^
hm French Garden.. maybe referring to Louis the 16th's palace in Marseilles? So much of these hedges there
lately a lot of shop design posts in this thread have been kind of 'nature' themed
i guess it's not really a good design, like there's so much clear space and in a dull colour.. even the hedges...BerlinRocks said:i don't know this place you're talking about in Marseille (without an S)???
what's the name of the chateau????
I doubt Louis XVI had something in Marseille....
Marseille was developed in the XIXth from what I know....
+ i don't like this Vuitton project......
Via Garibaldi 12, concept store in Genova
*pics here*
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