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架构师提供的文本描述。Toggle工作室是由年轻的科威特巧克力制造商Bean2Bar委托在Arjan广场设计他们的第一家精品店。

Text description provided by the architects. Studio Toggle was commissioned by the young Kuwaiti chocolatier, Bean2Bar to design their debut boutique in Arjan Square, a trendy F&B concept in Salmiya, Kuwait. The 33m2 space with a narrow frontage posed a significant challenge for the architects who desired to create a bright and airy atmosphere with plenty of storage space and flexibility. The architects devised a simple solution that featured a slender, cellular waffle vault along with the longitudinal axis of the store that morphed into a sleek secondary enclosure.

 Floor Plan Details

楼面图则详情

这就消除了对传统天花板的需求，并制造了一种扩大空间的假象。拱顶单元的尺寸是基于巧克力者使用的模块化包装单元，这导致了新的协同效应，比如将地下室的细胞模块化重新想象成一个模拟屏幕，细胞作为像素加倍。通过使用空单元的组合或改变包装单元的颜色，可以根据需要在其上显示消息或图案。这打开了商店的可能性，以一种非常容易和直观的方式改变它的氛围，以适应各种场合。

This eliminated the need for a conventional ceiling and created an illusion of a greater expanse.  The dimensions of the cells of the vault were based on the modular packaging unit used by the chocolatier and this led to new synergies like re-imagining the vault with its cellular modularity as an analogue screen with the cells doubling up as pixels. Messages or patterns could be displayed on it as required by using a combination of empty cells or by changing the colours of the packaging unit. This opens up possibilities for the store to change its ambience in a very easy and intuitive way to suit various occasions.

 © Gijo Paul George

c.Gijo Paul George

该保险库是参数生成和优化的数字制造，作为一个插槽华夫饼系统。这提高了施工的方便性，减少了材料浪费，并形成了非常精确的自支撑钢结构。该拱顶的对称性被打破和强调的同时，使用算法生成的钢吊灯，这几乎有一个寄生关系的穹顶。通过将这些强烈对立的元素并列在一起，建筑师们为精品店创造了一个精致的工业外观，同时最大限度地提高了空间的效率和轻盈度。

The vault was parametrically generated and optimized for digital fabrication as a slot-in waffle system. This enhanced the ease of construction; cut down material wastage and resulted in a very precise self-supported steel structure. The symmetry of the vault is broken and emphasized at the same time by employing an algorithmically generated steel chandelier, which almost has a parasitic relationship with the vault. By juxtaposing these strongly opposing elements, the architects created a refined industrial look for the boutique while maximizing the efficiency and the lightness of the space.

 Arch Details

拱细节

选择静脉切割银质钙华作为地板，并包覆内置冰箱柜。这增加了一个温暖的基调，平衡了整体气氛。Bean2Bar成功地实现了生成过程，不仅是一种设计工具，而且还有助于数字化制造和优化工作流程，这对于完成这一精品化是必不可少的。

Vein-cut silver travertine was chosen as flooring and also to clad the built-in refrigerated counters. This added a warm undertone and balanced the overall ambience. Bean2Bar was a successful implementation of generative processes not just as a design tool but also to aid in the digital fabrication and optimization workflow, which was essential to the completion of this boutique.

 © Gijo Paul George

c.Gijo Paul George

Architects Studio Toggle

Location Kuwait City, Kuwait

Lead Architects Gijo Paul George, Hend Almatrouk, Ghanem Younes

Area 35.0 m2

Project Year 2017

Photographs Gijo Paul George

Category Store

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