Can I also see the garment-making workshop if I visit the store?
Having heard that the workshop is located inside the store building, some wonder if customers can actually see that scene in person.
Yes, the 1st floor pattern room has large windows, so anyone can watch garments being made from outside.
A situation where you open the store door and step inside, only to see hands drafting paper patterns in the next room. At LOW CLASSIC's office building, this is not a special event, but the fundamental design. By opening the 1st floor pattern room with large windows, even passersby can directly see the work in progress[1].
This open structure extends throughout the entire building. The basement houses a canteen and a garden; the 1st and 2nd floors connect to a store, workshop, and terrace; and the 3rd floor is an activity space named 'Future Project'[2]. The basement canteen and garden connect to the 1st floor terrace via a spiral steel staircase, and at cafe Wild Duck, employees and neighborhood residents sit side by side, sharing conversations[3].
It began simply. When the doors were opened wide for a sample sale, neighborhood residents would drop by out of curiosity[4], and Lee Myeong-sin wanted to make this building a space for communication, not just a place that sells clothes[5]. hmmm, thanks to placing the space for selling and the space for making side by side on one floor, customers get to see the earlier stages of a garment right next to the finished piece.
It has not yet been confirmed whether there are set days of the week or times when the work in the pattern room can be viewed.