Sector
Food
Client
EDEKA Nauen
Less, but better
The sustainable supermarket of the future
On 2,500 m² in Nauen, we developed a new supermarket experience together with Schweitzer, with one ambition: the Sustainable Supermarket of the Future. The canvas was a wooden-structured architectural building; our interior philosophy was "less but better" embracing the natural beauty of materials without unnecessary decoration, and pursuing sustainability through reduction rather than addition. The result is a flexible market floor that adapts to seasonality, assortment changes and long-term layout shifts, supported by modular cooling and fresh areas and energy-efficient Waterloop technology for cooling and heating.
Every material, measured
Material selection followed our Be-Leaf model, which scores each material on transport, footprint, circularity and lifespan. We experimented with circular materials including panels made from coffee waste and used second-hand elements where possible, such as the lighting in the seating area at Dorfmanns Treffpunkt. Nothing in the store is decorative for its own sake; every choice is traceable to the lowest possible footprint.
The German Design Awards
An outstanding fusion of sustainability and reduction — combining aesthetic clarity with strategic depth, making sustainability tangible.
Making sustainability visible
In collaboration with Actual Amsterdam we introduced large, circular 3D-printed navigation elements, fully recyclable into new printed elements at end of life. Through the partnership between EDEKA and WWF, "tags" throughout the store explain how sustainability decisions shaped the design, under the leitmotiv "Zukunft ist…" ("The future is…"). The store doesn't just perform sustainably, it teaches customers why.
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