I first caught the news of this store on Hypebeast and can’t wait for my next trip to the Dam to check it out in person. An extremely impressive space, especially when you consider:
1. It used to be a police station
2. It took less than 5 weeks for completion
3. It uses 4 main materials; Concrete, Glass, Steel and an industrial Wood surrogate
4. And of course the budget was limited
Kuub together with industrial designer Pieter Kool created an interior that reveals and refines the original identity of the police station by transforming it into a raw space for fashion and inspiration.
Opening the space to its bare frame and laying anthracite concrete creates the foundation for a series of black steel framed fixture elements; the ‘KUBE’.
Using a series of ‘KUBE’ elements they were able to maximize the available floor space with minimal fixture elements. The ‘KUBE’ is able to be connected in 3 dimensions and thereby creating each fixture is a matter of form following function. Display Cases, Cash Desk, Hanging Shelving and even the Staircase are created using the ‘KUBE’. This modular fixture element keeps the space flexible and logically kept costs to minimum to meet a limited budget.
The store itself came about through a partnership between DJ MrWix, Patta and MassiveMusic, and is home to both Enplus and Stüssy. This is Stüssy’s first Dutch retail space.
All store images posted in the gallery below are copyright Marcel van der Burg.
Kuub also has a great series of images here.
Or better yet, head to Amsterdam and see the store for yourself:
Precinct 5Home of Enplus and Stüssy
Singel 459,1012 WP Amsterdam
+31 (0)20 3301270
www.precinct-five.com
