Monolith and Monochrome: SVRN black boutique in Chicago

South Korean studio WGNB has created a minimalistic monochrome boutique SVRN in Chicago, full of shades of black and gray

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Choi Yeongjun

The architects of the WGNB studio have specially made the boutique space extremely minimalistic so that it looks more like an art gallery than a store. Against such a monochrome background, clothes laid out on shelves and hung on rails look like a work of modern art.

The movement of visitors around the hall is set by a variety of monoliths mounted on huge stones of irregular shape.

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Choi Yeongjun

The semicircular arches of the benches, which serve to showcase accessories and as seating for visitors, seem to balance on irregularly shaped stones and concrete supports.

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Choi Yeongjun

SVRN Boutique is located in the Fulton Market area in Chicago and is divided into two parts: the main hall and a utility room, which are connected by a narrow corridor. The choice of monochrome shades and laconic forms creates a meditative calm space in which only individual elements set the movement — they dictate the ways in which the visitor can move.

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Choi Yeongjun

The walls and ceiling in the back room are finished with stainless steel.

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Black rails cross the walls, separating curved and flat partitions made of concrete, steel and wood painted in black. The architects used micro-cement on the walls to contrast with metal details, contrasting a rougher texture against the background of smooth surfaces.

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Choi Yeongjun

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Choi Yeongjun

One of the walls in the back of the boutique is reserved for the demonstration of shoes, which stand on illuminated shelves of different heights

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Choi Yeongjun

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