Aesop Pacific Fair Store
City: Gold Coast, Australia
Stage Involved: Concept to construction
Year/ Status: 2016, Completed
Accent Material: Polished Concrete/ Undressed Meranti Plywood, Copper Boat Nails/ Perth Natural Lime Paint, Emulsion Paint, Flat, low sheen/ Tinted mild steel.
Client: Aesop
Project Management: Tim Mather
Photo Credits: Aesop
Award: Asia Pacific Best Retail Interior Australia Award Winner 2017, INSIDE Award Retail 2017
The design employs local craft materials and techniques to effect a vibrant and relaxed atmosphere, and takes cues from the local coastline. The interior is largely defined by a type plywood often used for building boats. Plywood sheeting forms a sinuous and continuous wall that gently envelops the space; its surface is unfinished, revealing a raw grain and pattern. The sheets are joined by small copper nails, also historically used to craft boats, as well as buildings throughout Queensland’s coastal areas. An open façade allows sunlight to bathe the space.
