The order of the zones

We ordered the zones the way a home is furnished. Customers come up at the south-west core into the launch area, then see four complete living rooms before the largest zone on the floor, about 1,245 m² of sofas and armchairs, so the piece they have just seen in a room is the next thing they can sit on. Living storage follows the sofas, workspaces follow, kitchens lead into dining, and bedrooms lead into wardrobes.

Zoning

Every customer passes every department in that order. Where the choice takes longest, we added room off the main aisle: a secondary loop inside the kitchens and another inside the bedrooms, so people comparing cabinets or trying beds step aside while the rest keep moving. One shortcut between bedrooms and workspaces lets people with a clear errand skip part of the route.

Circulation

Columns stand about 16 m apart and the cores sit at the edges of the floor, so every partition is lightweight infill. Departments can be rearranged within this frame as ranges change, which is why the master plan is kept up to date rather than drawn once.

Start and end; the kitchen loop