COS unveils “most sustainable store concept from to date”

COS architectural artistic lead Marcus Cole explains how extra sustainable design rules have been utilized in its not too long ago opened idea shops, on this unique video produced by Dezeen for the model.

The model not too long ago opened two shops, positioned in Stockholm and Mexico Metropolis, which based on COS exemplify its dedication to sustainable constructing and round design. Cole talked to Dezeen concerning the model’s strategy when creating the brand new retail areas.

“This flagship retailer in Stockholm is the primary in Europe to undertake essentially the most sustainable retailer idea from COS to this point,” he stated.

At 566 metres sq. and unfold over two flooring, the shop, positioned on Biblioteksgatan, can also be the model’s largest idea retailer.

When creating the house, COS wished to handle their present waste flows, discovering methods through which byproducts that will historically be categorised as waste could possibly be reused and repurposed.

“The design focuses on circularity in each our materials choice and our design technique,” defined Cole.

“The ground all through our gross sales space is a terrazzo tile that has been created from 90 per cent quarry waste from our personal suppliers’ manufacturing line. Nearly all of the rugs are a collaboration utilizing waste yarn from our suppliers’ chain, every bespoke in their very own method.”

“We prioritised supplies that may be simply repaired, and are designed for disassembly by avoiding mixing supplies which might be laborious to decouple later down the road,” Cole added.

The model additionally took the identical strategy when creating the furnishings and fixtures used within the retailer, selecting to prioritise extra sustainable and recycled supplies.

“Our vitrines and wardrobes are created from a mix of recycled acrylic and bamboo,” stated Cole.

“Bamboo is a extra renewable alternative than conventional hardwoods, due to the velocity at which it grows, its carbon storage capability, and likewise its sturdiness,” he continued.

“If we glance to our becoming rooms and a number of the softer fixtures in our shops, the panels are created from 60 per cent recycled plastic bottles which have been spun into felt, [and] the ground consists of a PVC free linoleum, which is created from a mix of recycled and pure supplies.”

Different adjustments embody 30 per cent recycled aluminium rails, 100 per cent recycled mannequins and the elimination of all concrete fittings.

The model additionally discovered it vital to utilize the prevailing constructing the place doable to cut back pointless CO2 emissions and to offer new life to unused supplies.

“This idea retailer is definitely a rebuild of an present retailer,” Cole defined. “We have been capable of reallocate and reuse 50 per cent of our inside elsewhere in our portfolio, ensuring we now have as a lot emphasis on what we’re taking out of the shop as what we’re placing in it as properly.”

Following on from the Stockholm retailer, the model additionally unveiled one other sustainable idea retailer in Mexico Metropolis. The shop is positioned within the Polanco neighbourhood, and the inside references Mexico’s artisan craft traditions.

Along with working as a vogue retailer, the store additionally displays artworks by native creators, comparable to Caralarga, a female-led enterprise which focuses on sustainability and feminine empowerment.

“We have now very formidable plans to deliver this sustainable strategy and all of our learnings from it to extra shops sooner or later,” Cole stated.

“The shops which have adopted our new idea now have a median of 68 per cent recycled supplies. And it is a share that we’re each actually pleased with due to how far we have come, but additionally challenged by due to the place we wish to get to,” he continued.

“Whether or not it is a flagship retailer or a smaller activation, we labored laborious to embed agility into the core of our interiors in order that we’re not wasteful sooner or later.”

COS is a London-based vogue model. The model has 252 shops, spanning 47 bodily markets.

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