Razza
Razza store
Sofia, Bulgaria
Client: „Bal commerce” Ltd.
Type: commission
Program: shoe store – 60m2
Project: 2007
Construction: 2007
Partner in Charge: Ivaylo Andreev
Project Architect: Ivaylo Andreev
The site is located in the commercial complex "Silver centre" in Lyulin district. The client’s brief was to combine three neighboring stores, 15m2 each, into one shoe store. During the design phase, conveyer advised the client to purchase one more neighboring store /15m2/ with an entrance close to the main entrance of the commercial complex. This gives ‘Raza’ store a direct visual connection and an easy access for the clients through a second entrance-exit. A unique characteristic of the newly purchased store is its irregular form and its distant location in relation to the three initial stores. The visual unification of the 4 spaces is achieved with shared large elements that continue from the general space into the appendix space and back. The gradual and natural integration of the new store into the commercial complex is achieved by preserving and restoring the existing pavement made of simple ceramic tiles that enters the space through the common corridors.
The materials - raw metal, exposed concrete, MDF, and the used profiled / riffled / rubber as part of the pavement that continues on the walls and the ceiling, give a strong character and identity to ‘Razza’ store.