XYL Kichijoji by TONERICO: INC.
Furniture store | Tokyo, Japan
XYL Kichijoji | TONERICO: INC. | photography: Satoshi Asakawa
DESIGN NOTE
Tunnel shape space made of Tenryu cedar panel as shelves
Symbolic shape that will remain in customer's memories
FSC partial certified project
photography : Satoshi Asakawa
words : Reiji Yamakura/IDREIT
A store design for Japan-made furniture brand ‘XYL’ that offering children's furniture made of Japanese wood such as Japanese cypress and cedar. XYL make their products from FSC-certified wood that proves that they are processed from the responsibly managed forests. Then the designer, Tonerico: Inc., asked to use FSC certified timber to get FSC certificate for the store by itself.
Under the theme of " Indelible Scenes of Childhood," space was created to inspire curiosity that visitors wanted to enter the narrow space. For the interior, by placing vertical arch-shaped ‘Tenryu’ cedar panel, grown in Shizuoka Prefecture, in 525mm spacing, they created a space like a tunnel and customers could see through the long tunnel from outside.
As a result of the fit-out made of FSC certified materials, this Kichijoji store received FSC partial project certification. In the following year, XYL Nagoya store, designed by TONERICO: INC., received FSC full project certification.
DETAIL
The vertical arch shape panel placed at intervals of 525mm and were connected with shelves. The 35mm thickness solid panel was made of Tenryu cedar grown in Shizuoka, Japan.
TONERICO: INC. used FSC certified material for the fit-out and the store received FSC partial project certification.
CREDIT + INFO
Name: XYL Kichijoji
Design: TONERICO: INC. Hiroshi Yoneya Ken Kimizuka
Lighting plan: ModuleX
Construction: CBK
Location: 1-11-1 Kichijoji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo
Owner: XYL Co., Ltd.
Main use: Furniture store
Completion date: 2016
Material:
shelf: FSC certified solid cedar panel t35mm(white stained, black stained)
floor: mortal, solid cedar flooring
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