UNCOMMOM STORE
TYPOLOGYㅣRETAIL
DURATIONㅣ20240/09 - 2020/12
LOCATIONㅣYEOUIDO, SEOUL, KR
CLIENTㅣTHE HYUNDAI
STATUSㅣCOMPLETED
SIZEㅣ33M2
DIRECTINGㅣ
KYUNGSIK PARK
DESIGNㅣ
JISUN SEOK
PHOTOGRAPHㅣYONGJOON CHOI
Archi@Mosphere formed a partnership with Korea's retail conglomerate, Hyundai Department Store Group. The joint project applies the cutting-edge technological pieces in Uncommon Store Project. This project engages in a new consumer experience through the means of technology. Hyundai Department Store Group wants to be the forerunner in a future shopping environment by launching the largest department store in Yeouido, the financial hub of Seoul, South Korea. Moving away from the old convention of in-person commerce, Uncommon Store is the first unmanned store to be implemented and built with corporates. This ‘untact’ system results from collaborations between AWS (Amazon Web Service) and Hyundai Group. The store is accessed by scanning QR codes, which provides a customized experience, based on the stored data, of commerce. The system targets customers from the “MZ” generation, a Korean buzzword for those who are most familiar with the idea of the unmanned payment system at a very early age. These young consumers will drive the dominant commerce system in the next few years. They can adapt to the new payment system as the new norm in commerce and exchange.