UNIQLO Flagship Shanghai 

The large six story UNIQLO Flagship Store is centrally located on the most popular shopping street in Shanghai. The design focuses to transform an existing office building into a distinctive, memorable retail presence for the UNIQLO brand.  As an artistic representation of the brand’s product, the design team chose to enhance the façade by creating a fabric appearance across more than 30,000 square feet of façade.  We designed and engineered a 10 mm (3/8”) thick Tactile Formed Aluminum façade featuring milled variable perforations and Tactile Ceramic Composite Coating resulting in the aforementioned fabric character in a high gloss bright white finish.  The façade features integrated back lighting and concealed egress areas. The ground floor features 4500 mm (14’ 9”) tall Tactile Stainless Steel Oversized Pivot Doors that extend the retail environment out into the pedestrian area. The entrance to the Metro station was integrated into the store design with a multi-faceted Tactile Stainless Steel and Glass Facade designed to entice passersby into the store. The interior features a six-story tall Tactile Glass Cladding structure with 28 surface planes housing flying mannequins and live performers encouraging guests to visit the upper floors of the store. 

Architect:

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Client:

Fast Retailing
Shanghai, China

Project Location:

Shanghai, China

Scope of work:

Design, 3D modeling, rendering, engineering, production of mockups, 2800 square meters (30,000 square feet) of exterior retail facades, 500 square meters (5,500 square feet) of interior facades, 14 oversized pivot doors and six story glass structure. 

Materials:

Tactile Formed Aluminum
Tactile Ceramic Composite Coating
Tactile Stainless Steel 

Products:

Tactile Formed Aluminum Cladding
Tactile Public Furnishings
Tactile Oversized Pivot Doors