In December 2025, the renewed opening of MUJI’s Chengdu Taikoo Li Global Flagship Store marked a new chapter for the brand. YIIIE Architects participated in the design of two Local Artwork installations, collaborating with MUJI to explore possibilities of localized practice and the idea of “localized moments” within Chengdu’s everyday life.

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​As a design studio rooted in Chengdu, we seek to view the familiar through an unfamiliar lens—to rediscover everyday life and reveal new worlds and new ways of living. What matters most is not the final form, but the process of observing and interpreting daily life through the temperament, rhythm, and lifestyle of Chengdu itself. Objects deeply embedded in local routines—such as bamboo chairs or woven bamboo mats—carry layers of cultural memory, tradition, and the evolving legacy of intangible craftsmanship. These fragments become the starting point for the wall surfaces and installations. Presented in the present moment, they act as subtle prompts, encouraging new perspectives shaped by shifting viewpoints. Together, these partial moments form the quiet pleasures of Chengdu life—an “extra-ordinary” everyday. Through this approach, we hope to re-see the daily life of “Chengdu,” allowing cultural symbols and underlying sensibilities to extend beyond the MUJI interior and remain connected to contemporary living.

1. Fitting Room Partition Installation

The wall installation in the changing area is constructed using 凉席 (liangxi), traditional woven bamboo mats commonly used in daily life in Chengdu. Liangxi are made from interwoven bamboo strips, combining flexibility with firmness, and are associated with summer comfort and tactile memories. Three different module sizes of bamboo blocks—40×40 mm, 90×40 mm, and 90×95 mm—are selected and arranged in differentiated zones, for a total of 8,716 units (each composed of two halves), allowing the mats to gently “rest” upon a concealed structural frame, forming the partition surface of the fitting rooms.

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On the side facing the fitting rooms, sections of the bamboo mats are lifted and combined with a chair-leg structure, creating a waiting area and display surface in front of the fitting rooms. The chair-leg structure is derived from partial elements of traditional bamboo chairs commonly found in parks, plazas, and teahouses in Chengdu. Interlocking bamboo tubes cross and support one another, forming a stable yet informal structure that allows for resting and sitting—both familiar and quietly functional.

2. Cashier Background Wall Installation

Integrated with the cashier area, this wall installation occupies a transitional zone that every customer passes through before leaving the store. Bamboo poles are heated, bent, and bundled into 195 individual units, each arranged in staggered layers with varying lengths and cantilever depths in front of the background wall. Detached from the wall surface, the installation forms an interface with depth and stratification.

The natural curvature of the bamboo softens the rigidity and linear order often associated with commercial interiors, allowing the wall to appear as if it is in a state of growth. As the background to the cashier area, the installation does not aim to become a visual focal point. Instead, through a gradual retreat of layers, it allows the space to return—just before departure—to bodily perception and a quiet sense of nature.

2025年12月，MUJI成都太古里世界旗舰店门店焕新启幕，一介建筑参与其中两个Local Artwork空间装置设计，与MUJI共同探索在地化实践的可能，关于成都生活“局部的精彩”。

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作为生长于成都的设计事务所，我们期待以⾮⽇常的⽅式看待我们习以为常的⽇常，发现⼀个新的世界和新的⽣活。重要的是如何带着成都的性格和生活方式去看待和解读，这个过程远比结果更有意思。如椅脚、凉席这些深⼊成都⼈⽇常的习惯和⽤品，包含着⽂化、传统、⾮遗的延续更迭。这些局部成为墙⾯与装置的构成起点，展示在此刻成为⼀种提示，让我们发现由视⻆变化⽽构成的局部，他们组成了成都⽣活的乐趣，成都⼈的⾮⽇常⽣活。我们希望以这样的形式，重新看到“成都”的⽇常。让大家在MUJI的空间之外，还能持续感受到的文化符号和底蕴，以及与当下生活的关联。

1.更衣隔断装置

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更衣区的墙面装置利用日常生活中常用到的凉席，它的支撑硬度与适应性的柔软创造了夏天具有亲肤感的记忆。我们选择三种不同规格的凉席竹块40mmx40mm，90mmx40mm，90mm*95mm，共8716个（每个由两瓣组成），以分区排布的方式让凉席可以轻轻“搭放”在龙骨框架上，形成更衣间区域的隔断面。面向更衣间一侧的凉席抬起与椅脚结构结合，作为更衣间前的等候区域与展示面。椅脚结构来自于公园、广场、茶坊中常用的竹椅的局部，竹筒之间交错搭接，成为一个可休息、可靠座的支撑。

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2.收银背景墙面装置

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墙面装置结合收银区域，是每位消费者离店前的必经区域。设计应用竹杆材料，竹杆加热弯折后捆扎成195组独立单元，以不同长度与悬挑深度错层排列于背景墙面之前，使其脱离墙体、形成具有厚度与层次的界面，自然弧度弱化了商业空间中常见的平直与秩序感，让墙面呈现出生长般的状态。作为收银区域的背景界面，这一装置并不试图成为视觉中心，而是以层层退让的方式，让空间在离店前重新回到身体与自然的感受。