2025 Finalist

Category - Conceptual Projects -> Interior Design

Jaya khiani & Brijesh Khiani

Kritarc Designing Environment

Kritarc Designing Environment

Inspired by water’s purity and fluidity, the Jaquar store blends luxury with calm functionality. Curved forms, soft lighting, and natural materials create a timeless, immersive environment where products take center stage. Visitors experience the brand through intuitive spatial flow, tactile engagement, and a harmonious balance of elegance and warmth.

Project Name: Jaquar Flagship Store

Location: Guwahati

Year: 2025

Area: 3000 sq. ft.

The concept for the Jaquar store draws its inspiration from water — pure, fluid, and essential — reflecting the brand’s core identity. The design seeks to balance luxury with calm functionality, ensuring that every visitor experiences the brand in a way that feels intimate, refined, and approachable. The space is envisioned not just as a showroom, but as an immersive environment where design, experience, and storytelling converge.

Timelessness guides the architectural and interior language. Smooth transitions, soft lighting, and a considered material palette create an atmosphere that is elegant without being imposing. Natural textures and subtle reflective surfaces evoke the qualities of water, while warm accent lighting highlights product features without overshadowing them. This approach allows the fixtures and fittings themselves to take center stage, while the overall environment feels serene and inviting.

Spatial planning prioritizes the visitor journey. Pathways guide users through distinct zones that emphasize product categories, experiences, and demonstrations. Each corner is carefully framed to create moments of discovery, encouraging engagement and interaction. The layout is intuitive, balancing open spaces for movement with intimate areas where visitors can pause, explore, and connect with the products.

Materiality is central to the concept, with surfaces, finishes, and textures chosen to resonate with the fluidity and clarity of water. Marble, timber, and subtly reflective metals are employed to create contrast and depth while maintaining cohesion. Curved forms and linear elements interact seamlessly, mirroring the organic and controlled qualities of flowing water, reinforcing the store’s narrative of balance and harmony.

Ultimately, the Jaquar store is more than a display of products — it is an experiential environment. Visitors are not merely observing; they are immersed in a story of thoughtful design, functionality, and understated luxury. The space communicates the essence of the brand: that elegance and sophistication can coexist with warmth and accessibility. Every design choice, from lighting and materials to circulation and spatial hierarchy, has been meticulously crafted to ensure that the store feels inviting, immersive, and timeless — a true reflection of Jaquar’s identity and philosophy.