umbral / retail expansion

02 / 08 · section

One floor, one roof, one shop window

A single storey: 4.50 m high in the market and 3.70 m in the pharmacy. Each store gives the street a glass front under a 1.60 m metal canopy, and keeps loading and receiving at the back, through its own service door.

03 / 08 · arrival

From the sidewalk

At eye level on the tree-lined sidewalk: the market window shows the coffee bar and the fresh-produce tables; beyond the planted passage, the lower pharmacy, its display tables against the glass.

04 / 08 · neighbourhood grocery

Five gondolas, clear aisles

Five 10 m gondolas on a 3.20 m pitch leave 2.20 m aisles. Three checkouts at the front, by the entrance; light falls in rows over each aisle and the terrazzo floor returns the brightness of the shop window.

furniture1.65 m double-sided gondolas · Three checkout counters with belt

lightSuspended linear lights over the aisles, 4000 K

05 / 08 · fresh market

The market up front

Three stepped tables of fruit and vegetables face the dairy fridges; by the window, a coffee bar with five stools looking at the street, and a bakery counter next to the checkout.

furnitureTimber stools on steel bases · Bakery case and oak back bar

lightTrack spots over the produce, 3000 K; cone pendants over the bar

06 / 08 · neighbourhood pharmacy · 168 m²

Personal care and counter

Three low personal-care gondolas keep the 10 m dispensing counter in view at the back; controlled medicines stay behind, in the restricted zone. Two display tables greet visitors at the window.

furnitureOak display tables · Three-station dispensing counter

lightLow-glare recessed lights, 4000 K, high colour rendering

07 / 08 · waiting and private consultation · 84 m²

Waiting calmly

The 36 m² waiting area looks onto the street; behind a wall, the 48 m² private, non-clinical consultation room with its table and two chairs. The pharmacy becomes a place for advice, not just sales.

furnitureUpholstered visitor chairs · Oak consultation table

lightIndirect floor lamp, 3000 K

08 / 08 · whole

Two sizes, one rule

Both prototypes share one rule: an open sales floor at the front; at the back, the back of house (dry stock, cold room, receiving, staff) with its service door; a shop window on the sidewalk. Size, 672 and 360 m², and height change; the way the store is ordered stays the same.