Lami Lace is a showroom designed for the client: a lace manufacturer based in Surat, India. The compact site, of merely 200 meters squared, sits in a tight urban fabric. Using a palette of neutral low-maintenance materials, such as exposed concrete and stone cladding, the showroom quietly juxtaposes its congested setting.
Project Name: Lami Lace
Studio Name: Chevli Architects
Design Team: Vikram Chevli (design architect); Tejas Khilawala (delivery architect).
Site area: 200 sqm
Construction area: 1000 sqm
Year Built: 2018
Location: Surat, India
Consultants: Jalil Sheikh (structural engineer)
Photography Credits: The Fishy Project
Inside, the display room uses a grayscale colour scheme to emphasise the client’s colourful lace products. Steel, glass, and metal were used, with timber joinery to break the material monotony.
The site’s main constraint was its tapering geometry and its row house setting, compromising natural light and spacing.
To respond to this, Lami Lace’s large skylights and glass floors allow a trajectory of light to flood the showroom. In addition, the narrow portion of the site holds all the conference rooms, whilst the display rooms sit in the larger, more rectangular shape.
