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Fragrance Gallery Retail Store by Yuan JIANG,Chen SONG

Fragrance Gallery Retail Store

Silver A' Design Award Winner 2022

Scanning from the viewer's position looking upward at a dramatically angled building façade, this architectural composition presents a retail storefront entirely clad in illuminated glass vessels arranged in a vast undulating grid pattern. The format is roughly square, capturing the towering façade from ground level with pale blue sky visible at the upper corners. Beginning at the bottom center, a rectangular entrance portal features tall glass doors with warm interior lighting revealing display cases within, the doorframe appearing dark against the surrounding brilliance. Flanking this entrance and extending upward across the entire visible façade surface, thousands of small glass bottles are arranged in precise diagonal rows, each vessel glowing with internal illumination. The chromatic arrangement creates flowing bands of color: warm amber and golden tones like honey in sunlight occupy the lower left and right corners, transitioning through peachy coral resembling sunset clouds, then through crisp whites like morning frost, with accents of soft rose like cherry blossoms and touches of green reminiscent of spring leaves scattered throughout. The texture suggests countless smooth glass surfaces catching and refracting light, cool and substantial to touch yet appearing weightless in their luminous aggregation. Bright red structural elements frame the composition's edges, their surfaces warm and assertive against the softer bottle glow. At the upper portion, a mirrored ceiling canopy reflects the bottle installation below, its surface undulating in organic curves like liquid mercury, creating visual infinity and atmospheric mystery. The overall illumination feels warm and inviting, as though standing before a massive lantern, with the coolness of clear glass balanced by amber warmth throughout. The environmental impression suggests evening or dusk when artificial lighting achieves maximum visual impact against the dimming natural light.

Today, people have higher expectation than ever on in-store experience. Considering the surrounding area, Beijingfun, a historic and vibrant place, Soda imagines the Vivinevo's first store with the perspective of art gallery, integrates brand experience into retail space, develops an innovative solution to meet and exceed customers' expectations. In the atmosphere created by media imagery and interactive activities, Soda offers customers a multi-dimensional experience. The fragrance retail space is ultimately presented as an art gallery, breaking the traditions of the sales environment.