Miami-based firm NC-office recently completed the Inkanta Design Store located in Miami Beach at the 1111 Parking Garage designed by Herzog and De Meuron. The project is a retail interior located at the 1111 Building on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. The space is defined by two walls which contain the display cases. The walls are inflected to engage the customer from the exterior and to provide an integrated display at the storefront. The kink within the walls increases the display surface area while at the same time making every portion of the store visible to the sales-person. The sales area is defined by stainless steel panels which are perforated in order to reduce the weight of the heavy steel as well as to create a pixilated light pattern.
Inkanta Design Store, image courtesy NC-office | Photo by Michael Stavaridis
Inkanta Design Store, image courtesy NC-office | Photo by Michael Stavaridis
Inkanta Design Store, image courtesy NC-office | Photo by Michael Stavaridis
Inkanta Design Store, image courtesy NC-office | Photo by Michael Stavaridis
Inkanta Design Store, image courtesy NC-office | Photo by Michael Stavaridis
Inkanta Design Store, image courtesy NC-office | Photo by Michael Stavaridis
Inkanta Design Store - 3D diagram, drawing courtesy NC-office
Inkanta Design Store - Layout plan, drawing courtesy NC-office
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Project: Inkanta Design Store,
Location: 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
Completion: 2010
Architectural Design: NC-office | http://www.nc-office.com/
Client: Inkanta / 1111 Lincoln Road
Collaborators: Peter Nedev, Elizabeth Cardona, Cristina Canton, Nikolay Nedev
Consultants: Popov Engineers, Inc. (MEP)
Contractor: RCC Construction
Photographer: Michael Stavaridis
Materials:
Epoxy Based Terrazzo Flooring
Stainless Steel Perforated Panels
+ About NC-office
NC-office is a Miami-based partnership for architecture, urban design, landscape urbanism, and interiors. Projects include a fifty unit apartment building, a training facility for Alex Rodriguez from the New York Yankees, a prototype retail space for Inkanta Design Store in the recently completed 1111 Lincoln Road Parking Garage, as well as winning urban design proposals in Somerville, Massachusetts (Edge as Center), and Biscayne Bay in Miami.
The office is led by Nikolay Nedev, Peter Nedev, Cristina Canton, and Elizabeth Cardona. The partners have held faculty positions at the University of Miami, Florida International University and Harvard Univeristy’s Career Discovery Program. The work of NC-office has been exhibited in Miami, New York, Boston, and Stockholm. Several projects have also been published in various architectural journals and newspapers including Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana, Azure, Florida InsideOut and the Boston Globe.
Most recently NC-office received an award for ‘Excellence in Interior Design’ from the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the Cafe Bustelo project in Miami Beach. Other awards include a citation for “Innovation and Technology” from the Boston Society of Architects for the short film featuring the ‘Third Avenue Commons” residential project in Miami.
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