Jamo associates

Jamo associates - Project

BASE STATION

2005.08 / Harajuku , Tokyo

client
WORLD
url
http://www.world.co.jp
space area
285m2
construction trader
NOMURA
lighting
F D S CORPORATION
photographer
Kozo Takayama

BASE STATION is a brand of casual wear with its store facing Tokyo's Meiji-Dori Street, a major thoroughfare and shopping destination in the Harajuku district. The 2-story shop has a large opening in the center of the 2nd floor offering an expansive view down to the floor below. The sense of openness in the space derives from the interior concept of a "gymnasium". The concept reflects the values of the brand's target audience, the styles popular in this area of Tokyo and the styles of materials used to execute the interior (e.g., the overall linear interior design, linear motif on the floor, storage racks, railings). Jamo experimented with combining elements from street culture to be eye-catching to passersby. These include T-shirt display fixtures designed using elements from fixtures in record shops. Jamo also experimented with rotating billboards by bringing these essentially exterior elements inside the store to create dynamic visuals and draw customers in from the street.

原宿エリアで多くのショップが立ち並ぶ明治通り沿いの、2層からなるオリジナルカジュアルウェアの路面店。建物中央の大きな吹き抜け、1階を見下ろすことができる2階フロア、直線的なデザイン、床に引いたラインや倉庫ラック、手すりなど、商材のテイストや立地、メインターゲットにより「体育館」をコンセプトに開放感のある空間とした。他にもレコードショップにヒントを得たT シャツ用什器などストリートカルチャーの要素を多く盛り込んだ。通りを行き交う人々の視線を集める試みとして、都市部の野外広告や競技場などで良く目にする、回転広告「トライビジョン」を内部にも取り入れ、3パターンの大きなビジュアルが交互に表れる仕組みとし集客力を高めた。

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