Monochrome, lights and colors in renovated Pineda Covalin Store, San Jose del Cabo

Pineda Covalin is a very successful Mexican Design company. Their focus is in adaptation of traditional Mexican patterns into fabrics to create scarves, pashminas, ties, purses, wallets and more.

Their store in San Jose del Cabo called for a renovation, as they wanted to balance between function and visual impact. Once the functional part was improved, architects at fabriKG could give attention to details that made the space not only a store enclosure.

The project concept is set up as a very minimalistic and monochromatic space to ensure to give as much exposure as possible to the products of Pineda Covalin. Monochromatic concept gets place with the black façade contrasting to the white internal walls. As a distinctive and warm touch to the store a wood countertop/vitrina as the central furniture piece is added, which distributes the circulation around the 30 m2 store.

The walls work as shelves all around the space. In order to protect products and fabric from the warm desertic sun of Los Cabos, artists thickened the external walls and thus created a gentle protective shadow. Light has a significant impact to the store at night, when the black façade, white interiors and colorful products work as a big and attractive urban lamp. The store is attracting attention to pedestrians who enjoy afternoon walks in San Jose’s colorful and artful city center, not only with its attractive products, designs and colors, but also with impactful design and architecture of the store itself.

Architects: fabriKG

Location: San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, México
Project Team: Gonzalo Elizarraras, Benjamin Scharf, Tom Janssens, Gerardo Patiño
Area: 35m2
Owner: Leticia Klein
Engineer: Alvaro Baez
General Contractors: South Baja
Project Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Fernando Garcia Fregoso
Contact: www.fabrikg.com email: info@fabrikg.com