An apparel store for young women located in a train station mall in Kofu Japan.
The site is on the ground floor and has facades facing both inside and outside.
I wanted to make the best use of this condition and decided to divide the vertical space with a lattice plane which the separates the shop below and a void above while connecting the two facades without disrupting the view. At its lowest point it is 1320mm from the floor, at its highest stretching to 3000mm.
Large openings in the lattice plane at its low point allow one to enter the lattice. By poking your head above the lattice plane, as if at the bottom of a valley, it creates a new experience in the space of the shop, perhaps softening it.