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Architects:
MANERA - Area:
170m² -
Year:
2026 -
Photographs:
Juan Camilo Roa -
Lead Architects: Maria Fernanda Serna, Victor Maréchal
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Text description provided by the architects. U-shaped Store is a children's store designed by MANERA atelier. The project explores the relationship between retail space, scenography, and architecture, proposing a flexible environment organized around a central void.
The main area of the store is structured around a U-shaped opening onto a double-height space. This central volume becomes the organizing element of the project, allowing for a wide range of scenographies, spatial configurations, and uses.
A metal structure and a series of platforms define the outline of a raised stage at the center of the layout, creating a space that can accommodate different activities and displays.
Like an amphitheater, the wooden furniture unfolds around this void, reinterpreting the principle of tiered seating through a variety of forms and configurations. The furniture becomes an architectural element in its own right, simultaneously defining circulation, display surfaces, and places to sit.
Through this arrangement, the project moves beyond the conv...