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Shopping experience

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Project • By Cro&Co ArchitectureOffices

Connexion CNIT Eole

Designed in 1958, the CNIT is a mixed-use center (offices, shops, services), an emblematic building of Paris La Défense and an icon of modernist architecture. For the past 20 years,  Cro&Co Architecture has accompanied the transformation of the CNIT, adapting it to changes in its environment while preserving its identity. © Jad Sylla In May 2024, to coincide with the arrival of the new Eole RER station in the CNIT basement, where up to 70,000 visitors per day will pass through, the team created new connecting spaces and a new shopping mall (45 shops over 9,000 m2). © Jad Sylla For this restructuring, the team has developed : - A high-quality range of shops and services, with exclusive brands (Toca Soci... More

Project • By Chain + SimanShops

Lego Store Guadalajara

Lego Store GDL is located in the heart of a shopping mall in the city of Guadalajara and it is worth noting that it was the second official Lego store in Mexico.  Agustín Garza As happens in the design of many commercial spaces, one of the great challenges, in addition to combining branding and generating interaction with the product, is how to make the most of design resources to achieve uniqueness and character to the proposal, without leaving aside the construction manual and specifics on regulations, materials and quality standards required by the brand. Agustín Garza The biggest challenge of this store was structural, since Chain + Siman decided to obtain a space completely free of columns and to take adv... More

NewsNews • 8 Jul 2021

OMA thinktank AMO realizes Off-White store in Paris with a feast of textures

Like the earlier work of OMA, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the Paris Off-White store is a feast of textures and materials. The store’s distinct different atmospheres are conceptualized into the three architectural characters of the courtyard, the gallery and the flea market. Benoit Florençon The CourtyardA semi-circular vestibule of corrugated glass welcomes visitors into a reinterpretation of the typical Parisian courtyard. The sober space makes a calm and slow shopping experience of the women’s collection. The walls and floors are clad with white travertine.  Benoit Florençon The GalleryOn the second floor a luminous space with high ceilings and large windows houses the men’s collection. A fo... More