Lunar Pop-Up Store

LUNAR POP-UP STORE

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Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong

ARCHITECTS
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LOCATION
Shanghai, china

CATEGORY
Other structures

PROJECT YEAR
2011

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jiang Yong

Text description provided by architect.

Lunar pop-up store is a modular system design for a pop-up store that hosts products for daily life on the Moon it is commissioned by a private European art institution.

Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong

Being Shanghai its first location, the store is expected to pop-up in Rotterdam, Barcelona, Tokyo & New York in the coming future.

This 114 cubic meter fractal ephemeral construction is the result of a 3dimensional aggregation of 20 modules of 5,7m3.

Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong

Each module will contain a different product topic and the final aggregation system will be adjusted accordingly to each final location.

The piece wants to put into a question the standard image of space constructions, the piece is now understood through its very sharp geometry and through the contrast of a shiny black exterior and a soft yellow interior.

The lack of any Cartesian reference forces the visitor to move through its interior in a very specific manner, triggering human behaviors that better fit 0-gravity.

Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong


Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong
Lunar Pop-Up Store
© Jiang Yong


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