For us, the key to the Aesop brand is about being intimate and local wherever it goes – to create a neighborhood store that felt like it belonged in New Zealand.
We worked with native timber boarding and weathered galvanised steel, familiar materials you would find in a kiwi bach, or an old New Zealand colonial washroom. Our process was one of pairing back and assembling these materials to echo the utilitarian past life of the building, and its new life as an Aesop store celebrating water and washing, and a nostalgia for the robust, uncomplicated kiwi lifestyle.
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Patterson Associates Limited is one of New Zealand’s leading architecture practices, founded in 1988 by NZIA Gold Medallist architect Andrew Patterson. In 2004 Davor Popadich and Andrew Mitchell joined the firm as directors, helping shape Patterson Associates into a multi award-winning studio with an international reputation.
Our practice is recognised for our wide range of innovative work in architecture, urban design, and sustainable design. Our expertise is broad, and includes master planning, urban infrastructure design, commercial, mixed-use, civic, multi residential, and single residential homes.
We believe in creating architecture that explores the relationship between people and landscape in order to create a sense of personal belonging. Our approach to each building is a unique collaboration between our clients, their site, and us.
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