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Aesop Ginza by Schemata Architecture Office
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office has completed another Tokyo store for skincare brand Aesop, this time in an old shoe shop.
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Aesop Ginza has a red brick interior, which references the brick-tiled facade that was previously painted over by the upstairs tenants.
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Brick courses infill the spaces between wooden shelves where products are displayed, while brick units with wooden surfaces house sinks.
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You can see more Aesop stores here, including the other Tokyo store by Jo Nagasaka made from materials of a demolished house and a kiosk in New York made of 1000 newspapers.
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Other projects by Schemata Architecture Office include an office with a slide and a house in a three metre cube - see all the projects here.
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Photography is by Alessio Guarino.
Here's a few sentences from Jo Nagasaka:
We renovated the 35 year shoe shop "Milano Shoes" into new Aesop Shop in Ginza.
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The owner of MIlano Shoes put the brick tiles on the facade of the shop to create a "high-quality mood.".
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But when other tenats of upstair moved into the space they hate the bricks and painted them. Then we designed brick interior in honor of "Milano Shoes".
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Address: Ginza, Chuoku, Tokyo
Usage: Shop
Structure: Steel construction
Completion: 09/2011
Floor space: 38.04m2
Construction: Zest