The design of the Aesop store in the Mile End portrays in simple ways, the underlying theme of movement found through the heritage of the neighborhood. From the 1880?s to the 1980?s, different waves of immigrants settle in this neighbourhood as described by the documentary of Montreal filmmaker Albert Kish ?Our Street was paved with gold?. 

© Adrien Williams

Architects: NatureHumaine

Location: 23 Rue Saint Viateur O, Montréal, QC H2T, Canada

Area: 50.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Adrien Williams

General Contractor : Avantage Plus

© Adrien Williams

The design of the Aesop store in the Mile End portrays in simple ways, the underlying theme of movement found through the heritage of the neighborhood. From the 1880?s to the 1980?s, different waves of immigrants settle in this neighbourhood as described by the documentary of Montreal filmmaker Albert Kish ?Our Street was paved with gold?. 
© Adrien Williams

Floor Plan

© Adrien Williams

The design of this Aesop store presents itself as a common, but deconstructed, structure. The store appears to be stripped to the bare bones, showing its structural ?guts?. As visitors glimpse into the storefront, they are confronted at first with a familiar raw palette of materials ? plaster, plywood, limestone,...