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Fabio Ferrillo - OFF Arch

Fabio Ferrillo - OFF Arch

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An Italian touch in the heart of Vietnam: Fashion’s architect Fabio Ferrillo, founder of Milan-based studio OFF Arch, designs concept store Runway in Hanoi
An Italian touch in the heart of Vietnam: Fashion’s architect Fabio Ferrillo, founder of Milan-based studio OFF Arch,
designs concept store Runway in Hanoi
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An Italian touch in the heart of Vietnam: architect Fabio Ferrillo designs Runway concept store in Hanoi

Fabio Ferrillo designs Vietnamese concept store Runway

between pure lines and tributes to the Italian masters of the ‘50s

Fabio Ferrillo – founder of Milan-based architecture studio OFF Arch – takes on a new challenge and lands in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the realization of Runway concept store. The driving idea was to create a space where the colors and shapes of the luxuriant Vietnamese vegetation could combine with the essential lines of the masters of ‘50s Italian design: Franco Albini, Osvaldo Borsani, Carlo Scarpa.

The Central Building, venue hosting the store, represents an important center and is well frequented by diplomats and demanding clients seeking the most exclusive fashion pieces. A sumptuous canopy, reminiscent of the hotel entrances of Côte d’Azur, invites customers to enter a unique, contemporary store full of light – just as the commercial spaces of the international capitals.

The Venetian terrazzo floor is enclosed in vertical partitions where to admire extraordinary patterns recalling details of the most esteemed Italian stones, like Navona travertine or ceppo di Gré. Inside, large glass displays composed of mirrored surfaces of polished steel and lacquers in pastel shades enhance the fashion collections, making the garments visible and appealing. The areas are marked by irregular fields of soft, natural fiber carpets in contrast with the precious French herringbone parquet in natural oak.

The climax is represented by the monumental staircase of beige Hauteville stone from Southern France: huge stone slab as steps expand the sales floor area, accompanying clients onto the second floor of the store on a journey through a unique luxury shopping experience.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Hanoi, VN
Firm Role: Fabio Ferrillo develops his unique style in the most relevant interior design offices at first in Milan and then in Paris, specialized in the design of luxury interiors and commercial spaces for prestigious Italian brands

 
The driving idea was to create a space where the colors and shapes of the luxuriant Vietnamese vegetation could combine with the essential lines of the masters of ‘50s Italian design
The driving idea was to create a space where the colors and shapes of the luxuriant Vietnamese vegetation could combine with the essential lines of the masters of ‘50s Italian design
The climax is represented by the monumental staircase of beige Hauteville stone from Southern France: huge stone slab as steps expand the sales floor area, accompanying clients onto the second floor of the store on a journey through a unique luxury shopping experience.
The climax is represented by the monumental staircase of beige Hauteville stone from Southern France: huge stone slab as steps expand the sales floor area, accompanying clients onto the second floor of the store on a journey through a unique luxury shopping experience.
The Venetian terrazzo floor is enclosed in vertical partitions where to admire extraordinary patterns recalling details of the most esteemed Italian stones, like Navona travertine or ceppo di Gré
The Venetian terrazzo floor is enclosed in vertical partitions where to admire extraordinary patterns recalling details of the most esteemed Italian stones, like Navona travertine or ceppo di Gré
Inside, large glass displays composed of mirrored surfaces of polished steel and lacquers in pastel shades enhance the fashion collections, making the garments visible and appealing
Inside, large glass displays composed of mirrored surfaces of polished steel and lacquers in pastel shades enhance the fashion collections, making the garments visible and appealing