"A wine shelf that creates gentle spatial boundaries and brings people together."

     The project is located in HOME/WORK VILLAGE, a former junior high school building that has been renovated into a commercial facility. Within this context, we designed a wine shop as one of the tenant spaces. Because the space once served as a place of learning, the aim was not simply to create a wine shop, but also to provide a setting where visitors could learn about wine.

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     To achieve this, we used wine shelves to divide the former classroom into two areas: one as the shop space, and the other as a space for tastings and a wine school.

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     The shelves are placed diagonally at the center of the classroom, with a framework of 30×30 mm square steel pipes, forming a grid at 600 mm intervals that integrates both the shelving and a high counter. This maximizes the central shelving while gently partitioning the space into two areas, and the diagonal axis generates a dynamic spatial experience. By incorporating the high counter, the subdivided spaces are simultaneously connected.

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     The walls of the school area are finished with blackboard paint, allowing visitors to write in chalk and use magnets. While the main wine shelf is a fixed piece of furniture, we also introduced movable tables and benches in the same design language, creating a flexible plan that can accommodate a variety of events. In this way, a wine shop has been realized where people can connect with one another through wine.