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SABA Convenience Store

SABA Convenience Store is a place of action. It is an experience-oriented venue that simulates Korean city life on a London highstreet. SABA moves away from the typical expectations of a convenience store shopfront and instead locates a long steel dining table and various kitchen equipment for customers to use, such as ramen machines, microwaves and sinks, to its front display. SABA’s appearance from the street comprises carefully displayed instant products alongside our daily activities, encouraging acts of self-cooking and dining by all customers including children. It welcomes passer-by with curiosity. It ‘displays’ through the Korean way of city living and as a convenience store, plays between a shop, kitchen and a restaurant.

LOCATION
Kensington High Street, London, UK

STATUS
Completed

SCOPE
RIBA Stage 0-6

PHOTOGRAPHY
Max Creasy

DESIGN TEAM
Architect / Of Architecture
Identity / Sam Kim
Structural Eng. / Geared Partnership
Cost Consultant / KM Dimensions


ZINE - For Your Convenience
Editor / Emily Priest
Graphic Design / Sam Kim
Convenience in culture / Dasom Sung
From Cantonese to Italian, Iranian and Korea / Jongwon Na
Noodles are really in right now / Emily Priest
Recipes by chefs / Jooyoung Won & Sunjin Cho
Illustrations / Jay Yang

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