Hong Kong Supermarket

Hong Kong Supermarket’s new location is at South 38th and Yakima, in the Lincoln District of Tacoma, WA. We were asked by the owners to design, obtain permits and manage this project through construction, after their existing building, the Lincoln Bowl, collapsed in January 2012. Originally designed as a simple retail box, the owners asked us to give them something unique at the entries on two sides of the structure. Inspired by the language of the famous structure in the Chinese Olympics called the Birds’ Nest, and in general by the Asian cultures that live and shop in this neighborhood, the design of the store has become a visual tribute to the vivacity and culture of this community.