Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has converted an industrial building in Jeju, South Korea, into a new location for retailer D&Department, featuring a store, restaurant, gallery and hotel in which all of the furniture and even the plants are for sale.
D&Department is a lifestyle brand founded by designer Kenmei Nagaoka, which focuses on sourcing and retailing objects with a long lifespan, as well as repairing and reselling used objects and furniture.
Top: the studio used an exposed concrete material palette. Above: it is located beside the Arario Museum
The company's goal is to sell good-quality and locally sourced clothing, food, furniture and everyday items. Currently it operates eight stores in Japan, along with two in South Korea and one in China. Jo Nagasaka's office Schemata Architects designed the D&Department Jeju by Arario to adjoin the Arario Museum in the downtown area of Tap-dong.
It comprises retail spaces, a gallery, a hotel and dining spaces
The museum of contemporary art is housed in the former Tap-dong Cinema and is part of a project aimed at revitalising the former port district.
The three-storey D&Department building nestles alongside the distinctive red-painted museum and incorporates a restaurant on the ground floor that is intended to entice visitors from the main street.
It has artists studios on its ground floor
Also included on the ground floor is the D News workshop for visiting artists. Accommodation including bedrooms and a lounge...