Miko Heritage Boutique
Nanyuki, Kenya · 2026
A boutique concept for a heritage goods retailer in Nanyuki, designed to give the space the character of a curated collection rather than a conventional shop. Raw lime-rendered walls and ceilings, reclaimed timber structural columns and a dense ceiling installation of suspended dried straw root the interior in the material traditions of the region. Against this backdrop, steel shelving systems, glass display cases and a polished concrete floor introduce museum-quality precision — the tension between the two registers giving the space its distinct quality.
The Brief
Create a retail environment for a private client retailing heritage crafts, textiles, ceramics and artefacts from the region, where the space itself communicates the provenance and cultural weight of what is being sold.
Our Approach
The suspended straw ceiling installation is the dominant spatial gesture — immersive, immediate and unmistakably local. A sculptural ceramic lattice frame around the central floor mirror anchors the fitting area and doubles as the interior's primary art object. Throughout, the material logic keeps one surface raw for every surface that is refined: unfinished plaster beside glass cases, reclaimed timber beside steel, organic rug arrangements on polished concrete.
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