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Seaside Glass Case – Working Within Limits In the coastal city of Qinhuangdao, where bright seaside light floods the streets and commercial architecture often leaves little room for nuance, CoCo & DC quietly redefines what a boutique can be. Housed in two existing retail units with a fixed glass façade that could not be altered, the project began with tight constraints—spatially fragmented, visually exposed, and constantly bathed in harsh coastal sunlight. For a fashion boutique, this posed a critical issue: prolonged UV exposure could easily damage delicate fabrics and distort color rendering across the display. Rather than fight these conditions, the design embraced them as raw material. Through subtle masking, scu... More