Messa House
by Up2date Architects

Up2date Architects has designed the interiors of Messa House in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Design studio Up2date has revealed the minimalist Messa House store in Almaty, which reimagines the form of a Kazakh yurt.

Commissioned for womenswear brand Messa, the 350-square-metre store was designed with breakout areas and an on-site cafe to encourage “a quieter alternative to typical fast-paced retail environments,” said Up2date.

A truncated domed partition – which evokes the rounded architecture of a yurt – was added to separate the main shop floor from the surrounding cafe, lounge and fitting rooms.