Saint Larent Concept Store Champs Elysees Casper Mueller Kneer Architects Copyright Paul Riddle 89 A4003
An interior retail precedent demonstrating the juxtaposition of heavily textured, fluted concrete columns with smooth, heavily veined white marble flooring.
- What we like about this project
- The vertical fluting exposes the coarse aggregate of the concrete, giving a rough geological character to an otherwise precise architectural element.
Materials
- fluted-concrete
- marble
- stone
- plaster
- mirror
Visual identifiers
- fluted-concrete
- veined-marble
- raw-aggregate
- retail-interior
Style tags
- raw-luxury
- contemporary-retail
- brutalist-touch
Visual tags
- tactile
- luxury-retail
- material-contrast
- fluted-surface
- monolithic
- Geometry
- Rectilinear columns clad in vertically fluted precast elements anchor a layered spatial transition against an existing weathered stone and plaster wall.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale retail interior; columns rise roughly two stories.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight washing across the floor plane and highlighting the rough aggregate and fluted profiles of the columns.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, raw, and tactile, balancing heavyweight industrial elements with refined stone.
- Environmental context
- High-end retail interior contrasting raw historic walls with precise luxury finishes.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows past heavy, tactile vertical surfaces into a brightly lit background chamber.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical fluting on the concrete elements creates a dense, repeating shadow rhythm juxtaposed against the fluid, organic veining of the marble.
- Style reading
- Raw luxury retail interior
- Program
- High-end fashion retail concept store
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- fluted-concrete, marble, stone, plaster, mirror
- Visual identifiers
- fluted-concrete, veined-marble, raw-aggregate, retail-interior
- Style tags
- raw-luxury, contemporary-retail, brutalist-touch
- Visual tags
- tactile, luxury-retail, material-contrast, fluted-surface, monolithic
- Geometry
- Rectilinear columns clad in vertically fluted precast elements anchor a layered spatial transition against an existing weathered stone and plaster wall.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale retail interior; columns rise roughly two stories.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight washing across the floor plane and highlighting the rough aggregate and fluted profiles of the columns.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, raw, and tactile, balancing heavyweight industrial elements with refined stone.
- Environmental context
- High-end retail interior contrasting raw historic walls with precise luxury finishes.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows past heavy, tactile vertical surfaces into a brightly lit background chamber.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical fluting on the concrete elements creates a dense, repeating shadow rhythm juxtaposed against the fluid, organic veining of the marble.
- Style reading
- Raw luxury retail interior
- Program
- High-end fashion retail concept store
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior