Undercover Lab
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4-23-?? Jingumae
Tokyo
Shibuya-ku
Japan
coordinates:
35.6694183 139.7093353
Building names(s): Undercover Lab
Architect/Designer: Klein Dytham
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Completion date: 2007
Function:
getting there:nearest station: Meiji-Jingumae (on Chiyoda Line)
Elevation – North West
Elevation – North East
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Basement Plan
1st Floor Plan
2nd Floor Plan
3rd Floor Plan
Last update: 5 July, 2010 | Suggested By LT
Undercover Lab is a studio for the fashion brand Undercover. The building is tucked away in the back streets of Harajuku. A 10m long narrow driveway leads to a 12m x 12m site at the rear.
The building houses a studio, press showroom, and office. A 20m long hanger rail was required to show the entire collection of one season. This is housed in a black tube running along the only 20m straight line on the site, which extends out over the entrance driveway. This cantilevered tube extends the buildings influence to the main street in a strong but stealthy way.
The tube was made to look as anonymous as possible, almost like a shipping container in which you have no idea of its contents. The tube also conjures up the images of telescopes etc, which gives the building a mysterious feeling. This feeling of not knowing what is going on inside the house may intimidate the passerby but also gives curiosity and excitement.