Aesop Brisbane City

City: Brisbane, Australia
Stage Involved: CS, DD, T, CA
Year/ Status: 2018, Completed
Accent Material: Concrete and Tile
Client: Aesop
Project Management: Xavier
Photo Credits: Aesop

The Brisbane City space is a meditation on the saturated blue skies, bountiful sunlight, and urban texture of its setting. On approach, the store appears to be swathed in shadows. Natural light is metered through a long clerestory window on the north-east wall, illuminating two curved concrete planes that form the ceiling and back wall. Soft morning sunbeams creep in while the harsh midday rays are blocked. Patterns of light and dark meander on the vertically textured concrete walls, evoking a stroll through Brisbane’s subtropical streets. An inbuilt timber seat presents a place for contemplation. Billowing masses overhead allow for a floating sensation. Deep blue mosaic tiles glint underfoot and envelop the monolithic basin and counter as if they contained an endless body of water.