The A.P.C. renovated their Daikanyama Homme store in Japan and to do so they worked with our fav. architect/interior designer of this decade, famed Japanese architects from Wonderwall, Masamichi Katayama. The reason behind Wonderwall’s success is perhaps it’s consistently innovative architectural designs. The raw unfinished fixtures are balanced with the light hardwood floors providing a pleasant shopping experience. Each room provides a different theme and story with the gateway to the store coming in the form of a garden.
Wonderwall has worked on many high profile projects, from most Bape stores around the globe to the recent Uniqo Flagship Store in NYC and many others. Once again the architect perfectly translated the brands feel and image into the store. The mix of glass, concrete and warm woods, along with the contrasting industrial steel tubes turned out to be a great space. Other A.P.C. stores around the globe have a different feel though.
The NYC, Paris and Berlin flagship stores all have used wooden floors, antique wood applications, overall straight lines. The new Daikanyama store certainly seems more modern than the rest of them. Let’s see if we will see that also in future stores. To get in touch with Masamichi Katayama from WONDERWALL architects just visit the link below.
