The pavilions contain retail space on the lower floors with accommodation above. Internally, KDa didn’t want a slick “department store” feel, and so selected materials such as aged timber flooring to create a relaxed space – part university library, part warehouse. The three pavilions are linked by an organizational spine – called the “magazine street” – which passes through interior and exterior, linking the three buildings together. To reinforce its presence, the magazine street’s shelving, flooring and slatted ceiling are all timber, even where it runs outside under the bridge. Elsewhere, a stone floor creates continuity between interior and exterior while an open ceiling gives a warehouse feel (big lighting lanterns hang down to subtly mask the buildings’ innards) and signage designed by graphic maestro Kenya Hara was printed on perforated metal to create more openness and visibility.