Dikka，Shanghai
上海
A commercial interior precedent demonstrating how uniform beige stone finishes and gridded overhead illumination can unify a multi-level retail space.
- What we like about this project
- The monolithic beige stone wraps seamlessly across floors, walls, and stairs to blur spatial boundaries.
Materials
- beige-stone
- glass
- steel
- terrazzo
Visual identifiers
- beige-stone-cladding
- multi-level-stair
- gridded-laylight
- retail-interior
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- retail-design
Visual tags
- monochromatic
- retail
- warm-interior
- double-height
- stone-cladding
- Geometry
- Multi-level spatial arrangement featuring stairs, mezzanine walkways, and double-height volumes lined uniformly in beige stone.
- Facade system
- Large glazed storefront set within a heavy, stone-clad portal frame.
- Structural guess
- Steel framing with non-structural stone cladding and suspended laylight ceiling systems.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-level retail scale spanning ground and mezzanine levels.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient overhead illumination filtering through gridded laylights, complemented by directional spot fixtures highlighting merchandise shelves.
- Atmosphere
- Cohesive, warm, and sunlit environment defined by stone and soft overhead light.
- Environmental context
- Urban retail interior connected to a city street facade through a tall glazed portal.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows vertically and horizontally through tightly controlled, warm mineral surfaces under a glowing glass ceiling.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical stair balustrades and uniform wall coursing create a steady textural rhythm across perspectives.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm minimal commercial interior
- Program
- Retail store and cafe
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- beige-stone, glass, steel, terrazzo
- Visual identifiers
- beige-stone-cladding, multi-level-stair, gridded-laylight, retail-interior
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, retail-design
- Visual tags
- monochromatic, retail, warm-interior, double-height, stone-cladding
- Geometry
- Multi-level spatial arrangement featuring stairs, mezzanine walkways, and double-height volumes lined uniformly in beige stone.
- Facade system
- Large glazed storefront set within a heavy, stone-clad portal frame.
- Structural guess
- Steel framing with non-structural stone cladding and suspended laylight ceiling systems.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-level retail scale spanning ground and mezzanine levels.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient overhead illumination filtering through gridded laylights, complemented by directional spot fixtures highlighting merchandise shelves.
- Atmosphere
- Cohesive, warm, and sunlit environment defined by stone and soft overhead light.
- Environmental context
- Urban retail interior connected to a city street facade through a tall glazed portal.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows vertically and horizontally through tightly controlled, warm mineral surfaces under a glowing glass ceiling.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical stair balustrades and uniform wall coursing create a steady textural rhythm across perspectives.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm minimal commercial interior
- Program
- Retail store and cafe
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior