Shoe Shop In Valletta / Chris Briffa Architects

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Karrantza Harana, Spain
  • Architects: Chris Briffa Architects: Chris Briffa, Bernard Vella, Marcia Calleja
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  21
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2007

Text description provided by the architects. The site for a new shoe shop in Valletta, presented a very limited volume – one 3x7m room with an underlying basement – which provided the most significant challenge. From the early sketches, we adopted a vertical approach rather than a horizontal one, and the volume was fragmented into one giant staircase which would combine display, seating, storage and all services into one.

Shoe Shop In Valletta / Chris Briffa Architects - Sink, Bathroom

We imagined clients walking up, down and around the stairs, choosing their favourite shoes and actually sitting next to them to try them on, rather than looking at the merchandise through a glass. The experience of being surrounded by the products, together with the constantly changing vistas while exploring the shop enhances both the shopper and the shopped in a surreal, stepped space reminiscent of Japanese shoe-box architecture adorned by traditional Maltese textures; wrought iron railings, the Maltese eight-pointed cross, traditional lace.

Shoe Shop In Valletta / Chris Briffa Architects - Stairs, Handrail

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Address:Bernard Vella, Marcia Calleja

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Cite: "Shoe Shop In Valletta / Chris Briffa Architects" 22 Feb 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/112075/shoe-shop-in-valletta-chris-briffa-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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