Ifeza Imbere y'Inyubako · 2026
Plastic Box Primary Function: Isupermarike
- Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza 2026 in Imbere y'Inyubako
- CLIENT: Minimal Studio Projects SL
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 15,187
- Verification code 27EF453BA3 · Verify this award
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About Plastic Box Primary Function: Isupermarike
Book Text: Uyu mushinga ni urugero rw'ubwubatsi bw'icyitegererezo gisanzwe kandi gikomeye (minimalist brutalism). Iki kibanza gisubiramo uburambe bwo guhaha binyuze mu buryo bukurura amaso kandi bushya mu mikorere. Cyatekerejweho nk'igikonoshwa cya beto gifite imirongo igororotse n'ingano za geometiriki, gitanga icyiyumvo cy'imbaraga no kuramba. Igice cyihariye cyane ni igisenge, cyubatswe mu maboksi ya pulasitiki yongeye gukoreshwa arenga igihumbi, ashyizwe ku buryo bwa moduli, akurikiranye neza cyane.
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza
Plastic Box Primary Function: Isupermarike ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Plastic Box Primary Function: Isupermarike biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Plastic Box Primary Function: Isupermarike ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.
Press Kit
- 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.
- Image Credits
- Fotógrafo / Leonardo Cóndor
