Sydney Airport Regionals, New South Wales Retail Interior, Architect, Images
Sydney Airport Regionals in New South Wales
Interior Retail Development NSW, Australia – design by LAVA
25 Aug 2016
Sydney Airport Regionals
Design: LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture)
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney Airport Regionals

image : Oliver Heinemann
The new duty free section at Sydney International Airport is inspired by the sandstone rock formations of the world famous Sydney Harbour.

images : Oliver Heinemann
LAVA?s design for the ?regional products area? is an abstract representation of Sydney Harbour with headlands, inlets, coves and beaches. Featuring living Australian bush, the cave-like shelves create an experiential showcase for regional Sydney products.
images : Alphonsus Fok
?Millions of tourists pass through this section of the airport every year and we wanted them to remember Sydney by its unique setting on the harbour. We felt (together with our concept partners Will O?Rourke) that the harbour is the most evocative representation of everything that is Sydney,? said Chris Bosse, director of LAVA.

images : Alphonsus Fok
?We didn?t believe that using stereotypes like the opera house and kangaroos would work.?

The retail layout captures the topography of the harbour inlets as seen from the air. Just as the harbour foreshore is different in every spot, so too the curved display stands are each unique, in shape, height and size. Ten st...