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WGNB Plays With Light And Shadow To Express Darkness Within The New Flagship Store Of Juun.J In Seoul

Juun.J Flagship Store, Seoul, South Korea / WGNB

Yongjoon Choi

WGNB has recently designed the flagship store of fashion brand Juun.J in Seoul, South Korea, using natural elements such as light and shadow in order to express darkness within space using black – identity color of the brand. The space is divided into two floors; the first-floor comprising cafe and women’s wear, while the second-floor men’s wear.

 Juun.J Flagship Store, Seoul, South Korea / WGNB

The shape of the architecture was initiated from geometry that is the basic form in all designs. Juun.J’s flagship store surely has a certain form but in the shape like a shadow without exact shape, which is similar to Juun.J as it invites endless curiosity to people. “Black is a color symbolic of Juun.J and the most beautiful shadow out of the shapeless existences is also black,” explains the studio.

If we look at the traditional house structure in the East, large roof files are put above the house basically and the whole structure is absorbed into within the deep and wide shade generated by the awning.

 Juun.J Flagship Store, Seoul, South Korea / WGNB

Deep darkness below the awning is shadow as well as black within the space. In an attempt to turn black into space, the design team organized space by either hanging plenty of object or separating them and generating shadows. All spaces except white part for women’s wear on the first floor are composed of varied densities of darkness. While the first floor has contrasts with some white part, clothes here are also hung in darkness.

 Juun.J Flagship Store, Seoul, South Korea / WGNB

The space of the cafe generates various darknesses due to natural light dramatically penetrating from the ceiling. And eaves spreading forward work as an awning and make visitors feel natural light coming as a result of reflection on the garden. They can see the garden from within the space and find another shadow as a tree is floating in the garden. The shape of the architecture is composed of circle, quadrangle and triangle, basic forms in all designs and the architecture is designed with the concept of dark matters of the universe.

 Juun.J Flagship Store, Seoul, South Korea / WGNB

Especially, the garden-shaped circle, which is a space drawing natural light, plays an important role in making this dark matter a striking contrast. This architecture and space started very much from the Oriental way of thinking, and the structure of space and formative approach were completely based on the Western style. WGNB expressed achromatic color of black as darkness within the space instead of a simple painting and, as far as the used materials are concerned, they diversely applied materials that black has intrinsically instead of painting them in black.

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