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Aesop Yorkville

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Sales counter and private consultation area - John Alunan
Main retail washbasin and product display - John Alunan
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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
7.98
8.02
8.28
6.02
7.57
Tola Ojuolape
Tola Ojuolape Senior Project Designer at Selina
6
6
7
5
6
Daniel Wigham
Daniel Wigham Strategy & Sustainability Lead at StudioXAG
7
6
7
5
6.25
Bill Bouchey
Bill Bouchey Principal - Director of Design Interiors at HOK
The glass block as a DNA component...
6
5
6
5
5.5
Tiffany Yao
Tiffany Yao Regional Workplace Manager at Newmark
Totally next Instagram worthy resta...
6
7
7
5
6.25
Anika Hülser
Anika Hülser Head of Interior Architecture at HPP Architekten GmbH
Colorful and fun place...
6
5
7
5
5.75
Kate Shepherd
Kate Shepherd Cofounder & Strategic Director at The Future Collective
7
6
7
5
6.25
Martin Mostböck
Martin Mostböck Founder and creative director at AID at Martin Mostböck. AID - ArchitectureInteriorsDesign
5
6
5
5
5.25
Penny Craswell
Penny Craswell Writer at The Design Writer
7
5
6
5
5.75
Aezad Muzaffar Alam
Aezad Muzaffar Alam Co-Founder and Design Director at REFORM Studio
6
5
6
5
5.5
Joe Cheng
Joe Cheng Chairman at CCD Cheng Chung Design
4
6
6
5
5.25
Christina Wissing Oppermann
Christina Wissing Oppermann Commercial Director at Brandt Collective
Has an awesome 80 disco vibe in col...
7
6
7
5
6.25
Zhang Jiliang
Zhang Jiliang Vice President at Greentown China Holdings
6
5
6
5
5.5
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Single-Brand Store of the Year
7.98
8.02
8.28
6.42
7.68
Tola Ojuolape
Tola Ojuolape Senior Project Designer at Selina
6
6
7
5
6
Daniel Wigham
Daniel Wigham Strategy & Sustainability Lead at StudioXAG
7
6
7
5
6.25
Bill Bouchey
Bill Bouchey Principal - Director of Design Interiors at HOK
The glass block as a DNA component...
6
5
6
5
5.5
Tiffany Yao
Tiffany Yao Regional Workplace Manager at Newmark
Totally next Instagram worthy resta...
6
7
7
5
6.25
Anika Hülser
Anika Hülser Head of Interior Architecture at HPP Architekten GmbH
Colorful and fun place...
6
5
7
5
5.75
Kate Shepherd
Kate Shepherd Cofounder & Strategic Director at The Future Collective
7
6
7
5
6.25
Martin Mostböck
Martin Mostböck Founder and creative director at AID at Martin Mostböck. AID - ArchitectureInteriorsDesign
5
6
5
5
5.25
Penny Craswell
Penny Craswell Writer at The Design Writer
7
5
6
5
5.75
Aezad Muzaffar Alam
Aezad Muzaffar Alam Co-Founder and Design Director at REFORM Studio
6
5
6
5
5.5
Joe Cheng
Joe Cheng Chairman at CCD Cheng Chung Design
4
6
6
5
5.25
Christina Wissing Oppermann
Christina Wissing Oppermann Commercial Director at Brandt Collective
Has an awesome 80 disco vibe in col...
7
6
7
5
6.25
Zhang Jiliang
Zhang Jiliang Vice President at Greentown China Holdings
6
5
6
5
5.5
Designer
Client
Aesop
Floor area
96 ㎡
Completion
2022
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The 1960s brought about the erasure of entire neighbourhoods in Toronto, replaced with expansive new developments. Yorkville, however, stood in sharp contrast. By preserving and adapting many of its original Victorian houses, and therefore maintaining a more human scale, the area fostered a bustling street life, making it a unique destination within the downtown core.

Aesop Yorkville pays homage to the neighbourhood’s history and architectural character to lend the space an inviting, domestic atmosphere. Organizationally, cues are taken from nearby gathering places. Surrounding a large, open area, the perimeter is lined with vertical divisions which not only emphasize the verticality of the space, but delineate the program into smaller enclaves. Between these partitions, traditional wooden spindles – characteristic of the Victorian porches and staircases of the nearby houses – are rethought as unconventional wainscoting. Though familiar up close, their tight spacing resolves them into something new, a sculpted surface to manipulate light and shadow. Further recalling the warmth of a Victorian interior, the paneling is coated with a deep burgundy paint.

Carved out within the wall segments, three revolving cylinders theatrically reveal Aesop’s expanded fragrance line, as well as an infusion chamber, the company’s first in Canada.

Sitting in the middle of the space, the shared wash basin reinterprets the particular geometries of Victorian pedestal sinks, with their articulated corners, rounded edges, and heavy top volume perched on a recessed base. A second sink is quietly nestled in the opposite corner, offering a more private customer experience.