

Future of Retail
Exploring how retail spaces evolve through technology, sustainability, and new spatial design approaches.
Retail design is undergoing fundamental transformation as designers respond to changing consumer behaviors, environmental concerns, and digital integration. This topic examines how physical retail spaces are being reimagined through sustainable practices, modular systems, and technological innovation.
The community explores omnichannel experiences, adaptive reuse of retail infrastructure, AI-integrated design, and speculative visions of future shopping environments. Projects range from dematerialized economies and digital interfaces to greenhouse-inspired grids and modular systems that challenge conventional mall structures.
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View all 24 journalsRetail in 2077: Architecture as Interface for a Dematerialized Economy
Junqiao Li imagines a modular grid of VR portals and advertising surfaces where commerce dissolves into spatial experience.
New Nature Store by Salon Alper Derinboğaz: Redefining Retail Through Sustainable Innovation and AI-Driven Design
Innovative retail space blending AI-generated furniture, recycled materials, and sustainable design to redefine nature-inspired shopping in Istanbul.
The Greenhouse: A Shogi-Inspired Grid That Grows Retail from Digital Roots
An additive modular precinct on a dead mall site gives online entrepreneurs a physical foothold, scaling up to 588 store units.
Upcycling Retail: A Modular Mall That Rewires the Relationship Between Shopping and Space
A runner-up entry proposes 600 variable retail spaces inside a prefabricated steel grid that fuses augmented reality with public life.
