Vitrin is a store, designed by Dóra Fónagy that would not only sell furniture and accessories, but also serve as an exhibition space and workshop for design professionals. The store is situated on the ground floor of a 4-story house on Budapest’s Bartók Béla Boulevard, one of the premiere areas for art and design in the Hungarian capital. The large floor-to-ceiling height allowed the designer to create a 2-story loft space inside, lending itself to several functions at once.
Vitrin store
Designed by Dóra Fónagy in Budapest, the Vitrin store is a 2-story loft that also serve as an exhibition space and workshop for design professionals.
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- 15 September 2017
- Budapest
The ground floor serves as the main area for the concept store and as a community space, while the upper floor serves as the workspace of Dóra’s design team. It also features a three-dimensional object in form of a tempered glass cube serving as a vantage point and the main office of the architect. The material selection was also influenced by architectural standards, as the space is defined by the interplay of MDF and glass surfaces, with several spatial objects designed as points of reference, like the aforementioned glass cube and the red spiral staircase leading up to it.
The right wing of the store features a modular “bleacher” platform, which holds the majority of dining and office chairs, while the opposite wing features a “podium”, where larger lounge chairs and office seating options are presented. A graphically segmented mirror wall lends some extra depth to the space, which is finished off by a freestanding glass sheet separating the two wings.
Vitrin store, Budapest
Program: shop
Architect: Dóra Fónagy
Completion: 2017