Plastic Box Primaire functie: Supermarkt by Juan David Martínez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award in Zilver in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.
ZilverInterieur· 2026
Plastic Box Primaire functie: Supermarkt
Client: Minimal Studio Projects SL
A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Interieur Category
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The Design
About Plastic Box Primaire functie: Supermarkt
Boektekst: Het project is een voorbeeld van minimalistisch brutalisme. De ruimte herdefinieert de winkelervaring door gedurfde esthetiek en innovatieve functionaliteit. Ontworpen als een betonnen schil met rechte lijnen en geometrische volumes, brengt het een gevoel van kracht en duurzaamheid over. Het meest onderscheidende element is het plafond, opgebouwd uit meer dan duizend gerecyclede plastic kratten die op een modulaire, nauwgezet uitgelijnde manier zijn gerangschikt.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Zilver
Plastic Box Primaire functie: Supermarkt is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. Plastic Box Primaire functie: Supermarkt wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Plastic Box Primaire functie: Supermarkt is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Plastic Box is a minimalist brutalist project that transforms the shopping experience through a bold aesthetic and innovative functionality. Conceived as a concrete envelope with clean lines, it conveys strength and permanence. Its key element is a ceiling made of more than a thousand recycled plastic crates that filter light and integrate lighting, ventilation, and rainwater systems. Inside, steel and concrete reinforce a sober commercial language that redefines materials and their uses.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The lighting was conceived in an indirect and highly controlled manner. Light passes through and reflects off the system of 1,200 reused plastic crates in the ceiling, creating diffuse illumination that eliminates the typical glare found in supermarkets. In this way, light does not merely illuminate the space; it builds atmosphere and reinforces its scenographic character, creating a connection between the space and the shadows it generates.
- Tags
- supermarket, Plastic Box, plastic, brutalism
- Production Technology
- The project is defined by a reduced and honest material palette: concrete, steel, and reused plastic. Concrete provides brutality and neutrality; steel resolves the furniture with industrial precision; and plastic, usually hidden, becomes the architectural protagonist through the reuse of more than 1,200 crates. The ceiling was the greatest technical challenge, developed without precedents at this scale and requiring extensive prototyping, testing, and on site adjustments to assemble more than 1,200 reused elements with absolute precision.
- Design Challenge
- The main objective was to transform an everyday, functional space into an architectural experience. The client required a fully operational and efficient supermarket with clear circulation, while also seeking a space with its own identity recognizable and memorable. The program was simple: a sales area, storage, fluid circulation, and a powerful image that breaks with convention.
- Research
- The space was already operating as a supermarket, but it was in a completely neutral state, lacking architectural character, with standard solutions and a flat spatial reading. It was a generic container with no spatial value, which allowed us to intervene with complete freedom, starting from an almost blank slate.
- Inspiration
- The project is inspired by the idea of turning a space of consumption into an almost ritual, artistic experience. A brutalist and reduced language is used, where a single gesture defines the entire identity. This concept takes shape in the ceiling, made from over 1200 reused plastic crates, creating a recognizable and hypnotic atmosphere. The space becomes a box within a box, where function and symbolism coexist.
- Project Duration
- Completed in 2024 in Port d Alcúdia, Mallorca.
- Team Members
- Joan David Martínez Jofre
- Image Credits
- Fotógrafo / Leonardo Cóndor
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