Aesop International Market Place

City: Honolulu, USA
Address: Tenancy 116, Kalakaua Avenue, International Market Place, Honolulu, Hawaii
Stage Involved: CS, DD, T, CD, CA
Completion: 2016
Total Area : 49.3 sq.m
Accent Material: Reclaimed Wood
Project management: Komal Kehar, Aesop
Local Architect: Wayne Goo, Benjamin Woo Architects

“The design is characterised by relaxed materiality and a fluid dialogue between exterior and interior. Situated in a lively, semi-open retail hub in Honolulu’s Waikiki, its design is an essay in the vernacular of tropical modernism.
The space is split into three distinct zones—an outdoor foyer; a hybrid retail floor, at once indoors and out; and a semi-enclosed back-of-house; each separated by articulated screens of wood-framed glass. Transparent and flexible, they can be adjusted to open or enclose the space dependent on the rhythms of the retail centre.
Douglas Fir timber reclaimed from a 1950s structure on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor defines much of the space, utilised in the ceiling, screens, and counter carpentry.”