WAF World Architecture Festival Awards 2016

HEIKE is a test of the fashion designer –Laohei .We try to explore possibilities of a independent designer store. In Hangzhou,HEIKE is more than a fashion store.It creates a space for art,music and exhibition.We try to explore a form of space that is independent and free.

AN’s glum interior design for fashion brand Heike hidden in the shadows.Hidden in a furniture store, Heike fashion concept store locates on the second floor.Staircase in the middle of the store leads to a huge black wedge block at the top of it, which is also a collection of various functional spaces: fitting room, storage room, exhibition area, staircases, handrails. This wedge is made from marble powder, which covers fifty percent of the store area. It retained iron texture and welding traces on the channel and props. Hand grinding stainless steel handrails and geometrical elevation accessories sector, unique design of aluminum chandeliers and distinct parabolic racks and triangle racks, all of these elements demonstrate the industrial quality via workmanship and its futuristic melancholy atmosphere.