丨日本东京丨Jo Nagasaka,Schemata Architects

Brick is the main material used for the design of

Aesop Ginza,

the second boutique of

Aesop

. Located on a street called Brick Street (Renga Do-ri) in Ginza, the exterior walls of the 35-year-old building are covered with brick. A narrow frontage like this building tends to be less eye-catching, but the brickwork of the exterior walls has been continued into the interior space, creating a distinct atmosphere of an iconic store. Brick is usually applied to a plane, such as a wall or a floor, but here we used it continuously from  vertical to horizontal surfaces.

Data

Title: Aesop Ginza

Architect: Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects

Project team: Naoki Takatsuka

Location: Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Usage: Shop

Construction: Zest

Collaboration: Kondo Densetsu (equipment)

Total floor area: 38.04m²

Completion: September 2011

Photo: Alessio Guarino, Takumi Ota