Shoe Shelve Shop, Neumünster Building, German Architecture, Images
Shoe Shelve Shop in Neumünster
Retail Architecture in Germany – design by Urban Agency, Architects
5 Jan 2017
Shoe Shelve Shop
Architects: Urban Agency
Location: Neumünster, Germany
Shoe Shelve Shop

The Shoe Shelf Store is a new flagship store for stüben fuß & schuh in Neumünster, Germany. The transparent two-story building seamlessly integrates display, façade and urban performance.

Founded in 1895, stüben fuß & schuh has a long tradition as orthopedic shoemakers and shoe retailers. Quality, service, authenticity and local anchoring are the keywords for the brand.

The building picks up these characteristics, aiming to offer more than simple shopping:
The store presents itself to the public space as an open and innovative building that combines function, design and branding. With its striking profile, the building creates a striking completion of the urban block and becomes a landmark in the public space. The façade is designed as a full-height wooden shelf that becomes a large display window both outwards and inwards. Viewed from the exterior, the store-front becomes a type case, framing the changing collection. Viewed from the inside, the collection is embedded in the public space that becomes its changing backdrop.

The interior is dominated by the in-situ concrete shell with exposed imprints of the wooden shuttering. The shell wraps around creating the characteristic profi...