MEN'S FLAGSHIP
SONGZIO PARIS FLAGSHIP
ARCHITECTURE BY JAY SONGZIO
THE SONGZIO PARIS FLAGSHIP STORE IS COMPOSED OF FOUR DISTINCT SPACES: A MENSWEARBOUTIQUE SPANNING THE GROUND FLOOR AND BASEMENT LEVEL, AN ATELIER ON THE SECONDFLOOR, AND A SEPARATE ANNEX WHERE COLLECTION PIECES AND MEDIA ART ARE EXHIBITED.
FACING RUE CHARLOT, THE GROUND FLOOR FEATURES FOUR LARGE WINDOWS AND ORDERLYCOLUMNS OF BLACK CONCRETE AND OAK WOOD, EVOKING THE COLONNADES OF CLASSICALARCHITECTURE AND PRESENTING A SENSE OF STRUCTURED BEAUTY. A 7.5-METER-HIGH CONCRETESTAIRCASE ASSERTS A POWERFUL PRESENCE, LEADING TO A DISPLAY OF THE DESIGNER’S WORKSAT ITS SUMMIT, OFFERING VISITORS A DIRECT ENCOUNTER WITH SONGZIO’S ARTISTIC SENSIBILITY.THE BASEMENT LEVEL, WITH ITS MIRRORED CEILING AND IRREGULAR FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT,CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE REMINISCENT OF A HIDDEN SANCTUARY, WHILE A FULL-WALL LEDSCREEN ANIMATES THE SPACE BY SHOWCASING SONGZIO’S ARTWORKS. BEYOND THE CENTRALCOURTYARD, THE ANNEX UNFOLDS WITH SOARING CEILINGS AND A HARMONIOUS INTERPLAY OFCURVES AND ANGLES, DELIVERING AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF OPENNESS. THROUGH THE USEOF CONCRETE AND FABRIC, THE SPACE EMBODIES THE BRAND’S DISTINCTIVE VISION.
