Oris

Project Facts

  • Category: Retail Interiors
  • Location: Panchkula
  • Area: 1000 sq ft
  • Photography: Vaibhav Passi

Project Overview

In a neighbourhood that rarely sits still, Oris finds its focus, chooses intention over intensity. Located in a 1000 sq ft linear unit inside a bustling shopping complex in Panchkula, the design aligns around clarity and coherence, giving visitors a sense of ease the moment they step in. With a legacy stretching back to 1963, the brand carries decades of trust and familiarity. The third generation now leads the business into a new era, seeking a space that speaks to contemporary sensibilities while honouring its lineage. This shift is not framed as reinvention, but as a reframing of identity. “The new store needed to feel nimble and self-assured, like a heritage brand ready for its next conversation,” shares Palak Singla. That intergenerational movement becomes the emotional undercurrent of the design narrative and shapes the aesthetic tone of the space.

The design concept stems from a simple yet evocative thought: eyewear alters how we see, and that phenomenon can be translated into architectural form. The architects explored how light bends, how oblique angles create moments of attention, and how grids help organise visual information. Oris grows out of these ideas. Angular forms guide circulation, subtly redirecting the body as though the space itself were adjusting the user's focus. Tilting surfaces and shifting planes introduce a sense of dynamism, allowing the boutique to feel young, sharp, and engaged without relying on overt theatrics.

Material choices were conceived as carriers of emotion and temperature. Wood, with its tactile warmth, settles the visitor into a sense of familiarity, grounding the store at entry. In contrast, the presence of steel, mirror, and concrete brings a cooler undertone to the space. The bespoke furniture is not introduced as standalone pieces. Each counter, light fin, display module, and partition is a continuation of the angled vocabulary that shapes the design.

Oris reveals itself as an exploration of how vision can shape space and how space, in turn, can influence the act of seeing. It demonstrates how design, when grounded in intention, has the capacity to recalibrate even the most compact footprint into an environment that feels layered, lucid, and attuned to human behaviour.

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