Ray Ban Optical Shop
OFFICETWENTYFIVEARCHITECTS were assigned to design a Ray Ban Optical Shop in Thessaloniki. The shop was designed to be innovative, surprising and outstanding, in order to follow the company’s mentality.
The shop is situated within an old building in the shopping heart of Thessaloniki. The building is listed, so the design possibilities of the façade and shop window were extremely limited.
First, we hade to produce a shop that could display 200 sunglasses, within a space that was less than 40sq meters. So, everything was designed very carefully in order to provide as many displays, storage, serving and working spaces as possible. Hidden closets, secret shelves for display and other gadgets were designed to meet the client’s functional standards. The idea was to design a shop that would not only function accurately, but would look unique and “Ray Ban”. We used red, black and white colors, the company’s colors. Then, we designed the shop without any corners. The floor becomes the wall and the wall becomes the ceiling producing a floating space. We used resin floors and paints in order to unify all space elements and give the impression that the shop was made as one piece in the factory and was just assembled there. Black lacquered wood, backlit glass and mirrors constructed the furnishing.
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Miltiadis Pavlidis |
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40m² |
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Thessaloniki |
This project refers to the design of a ground floor private residence with surrounding fencing, in the farm area of Epanomi (municipality of Thermaikos) which has a total area of 11557.50 sq.m. The ground floor house has been designed and developed based on the topographical details of the area . The building has visual engravings on the southwest, its entrance is located on the northeast and evolves around a outdoor living room. More specifically, the exterior seating area consists of a semi-outdoor area with a pergola, which includes the entrance to the house.
The main living spaces are located in the northwest part of the property. There is the kitchen with the dining room and the living room, as well as two bedrooms and a laundry space. To the southeast there are three guest bedrooms, one with a private bathroom and two with a shared one.
The external staircase located on the main patio leads to an outdoor seating area, which is designed on the roof, with a pergola. On the exterior space of the building one more pergola creates a shading system that serves the outdoor parking space. The outdoor space also hosts a hot tub, in connection to the master bedroom.
The central and connecting element of the composition is the atrium, from which there is access to the all the interior spaces. The design offers privacy where it is needed with large openings to the surrounding view.
