Marble covered with plaster and metal treated with acid are among the repurposed materials used by Japanese architect Shogo Onodera to minimise waste while fitting out the flagship store of fashion brand IZA Tokyo.
The boutique takes over an existing retail space in the city’s Shibuya district, where the previous tenant had left the interior largely intact with much of the display furniture and internal surfaces still in functional condition.
Onodera‘s studio used the IZA Tokyo store as a test bed for his “unmaking” philosophy, which focuses on reducing waste through reuse.
The IZA Tokyo boutique is set in
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