Skims New York Flagship
An experiential retail interior precedent showcasing how seamless curved archways and monochromatic plaster create a unified, sculptural brand environment.
- What we like about this project
- A headless white female torso sculpture is oversized and acts as a central structural-looking focal point in the middle of the room.
Materials
- plaster
- stucco
- solid-surface
- glass
Visual identifiers
- monochromatic-arches
- central-torso-sculpture
- recessed-display-niches
- seamless-stucco
Style tags
- monolithic
- sculptural
- minimal-luxury
Visual tags
- retail-interior
- monochromatic
- curved-geometry
- experiential-retail
- minimalist
- Geometry
- A sequence of continuous, deeply recessed rounded archways creates a tunnel-like perspective. Low pedestals sit in the foreground while merchandise displays are inset into wall niches.
- Structural guess
- Non-structural interior drywall and framing built out within an existing commercial shell.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height central volume with monumental central sculptural element and intimate perimeter niches.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffuse overall illumination from concealed ceiling sources and glowing light panels, casting minimal shadows.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, museum-like, and tactile due to the warm neutral monochromatic palette and soft lighting.
- Environmental context
- High-end retail interior within a flagship store environment.
- Spatial experience
- The visitor moves through a serene, cavernous sequence where monochromatic curves soften the retail display boundaries and draw the eye inward.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating arched bays establish a strong linear perspective and rhythmic depth.
- Style reading
- Monolithic sculptural retail interior
- Program
- Retail flagship store
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- plaster, stucco, solid-surface, glass
- Visual identifiers
- monochromatic-arches, central-torso-sculpture, recessed-display-niches, seamless-stucco
- Style tags
- monolithic, sculptural, minimal-luxury
- Visual tags
- retail-interior, monochromatic, curved-geometry, experiential-retail, minimalist
- Geometry
- A sequence of continuous, deeply recessed rounded archways creates a tunnel-like perspective. Low pedestals sit in the foreground while merchandise displays are inset into wall niches.
- Structural guess
- Non-structural interior drywall and framing built out within an existing commercial shell.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height central volume with monumental central sculptural element and intimate perimeter niches.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffuse overall illumination from concealed ceiling sources and glowing light panels, casting minimal shadows.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, museum-like, and tactile due to the warm neutral monochromatic palette and soft lighting.
- Environmental context
- High-end retail interior within a flagship store environment.
- Spatial experience
- The visitor moves through a serene, cavernous sequence where monochromatic curves soften the retail display boundaries and draw the eye inward.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating arched bays establish a strong linear perspective and rhythmic depth.
- Style reading
- Monolithic sculptural retail interior
- Program
- Retail flagship store
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior