Fashionable São Paulo Furniture Store Shows its Goods in Colorful Stacked Shipping Containers

What could be considered the coolest furniture store we’ve ever seen, this design haven by <a href="http://www.marciokogan.com.br/"> Studio mk27</a> has been built on electric-colored shipping containers plunked down in the middle of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=sao+paulo">São Paulo's</a> trendiest neighborhood. Stacked two stories high and painted fluorescent colors, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/architecture/m2e-power/">shipping containers</a> were the perfect solution for the client's need to place a low-cost temporary building on their leased property. The containers have been wrapped in a simple two-story hanger whose polycarbonate doors open to create a free-flowing store, or close to create more a intimate space.

Decameron Design's</a> shop is located on the last empty lot on 'furniture row alley' in the city's popular Alameda Gabriel Monteiro da Silva neighborhood.

The vividly painted reclaimed containers fit the bill nicely.

Six containers in total <a href="http://inhabitat.com/shipping-container-eco-loft-rises-meters-away-from-unspoiled-uruguayan-beaches/">stacked two-high</a> are used as a gallery to display the furniture, providing an excellent intimate space for customers to approach the wares.

The ends are capped in glass, which can be secured by the containers' hinged doors.

The bright colors emphasize the modular appeal of the design.

The central hanger is set up as a casual space whose large double<a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roofed-light-house-stadium-is-a-beacon-of-light/"> translucent</a> doors make for an inviting public entrance.

The larger room allow furniture to be set in the context of a living space.

The main showroom is gently lit by light via the translucent doors.

In back is a secluded courtyard complete with trees and some of the modernist furniture offerings.

The courtyard provides a more intimate space for visitors to mull their potential purchase.

For those who want to seal the deal, a sales office sits at the back of the lot.

The transition from open and vocal design, to an intimate refined space with minimal materials is a nifty design trick done through wide doors.

A beautiful and eco-friendly way to brand a store.