Located in Milan – Italy, La Rinascente is remodeling store was designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. This building was built on 1,900 sqm site area, by presented a fantastic opportunity to create a new shopping and restaurant facility at the flagship store of one of Italy’s foremost fashion retailers and in a most amazing location with views just waiting to be experienced.

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands remodelled La Rinascente’s top floor, creating an open space which houses a grocery market, stand-alone food concessions and a restaurant, guiding users around the space with a trapezium floor plan and maximizing views to the Duomo. The standout feature is a three dimensional back-lit ceiling – a bespoke solution inspired by honeycomb which adds sunshine throughout the day and drama at dusk. The ceiling is made up of a frame of aluminum extrusions, the concealed fluorescent light fittings shining on to the soffit and bouncing back down through the translucent panels to create a diffuse light. The effect of undulation and depth is achieved through the use of four types of triangular panel with four visible facets, so that the shoppers experience a different effect each time they view the ceiling. All the triangular elements point towards the front of the store ensuring an appropriate dynamism.

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