Pondering again on visiting Barcelona it are the gorgeous buildings and enormous avenues that instantly come to thoughts. Once I just lately received a sneak peek of the brand new Aesop retailer at Avenue Diagonal in Barcelona I discovered in regards to the Barbany household of grasp stonemasons, which have labored on the town’s edifices and monuments for greater than 130 years utilizing Montjuïc stone from the eponymous mountain simply exterior of Barcelona. One of these stone has a beautiful colouring and is thought for its power.
Aesop requested Barcelona based mostly Mesura to design their second Barcelona retailer, a social timeless and native house. They delved into the the historical past of Barcelona’s public fountains and concluded stone was the most suitable choice. Committing themselves to make use of solely native stones for his or her high quality and to make the undertaking sustainable and purposeful for the long run they began looking precious, reusable supplies.
Inventive anastylosis
Of their search they found an previous quarry the place remnants of demolished buildings in Barcelona, constructed with Montjuïc stone, had been saved and it turned out to be an ideal match for the undertaking. Barbany artesans had been storing remnants of the rock from demolished nineteenth century buildings in a defunct quarry for years.
Mesura carried out pseudo archeology, discovering, beneath wild vegetation, items from Gothic quarter buildings, historical fountains, arcades and plinths. Seventy-eight of those shards, fastidiously catalogued and assembled, now make up the set up inside Aesop Diagonal. See a video right here
Learn extra in regards to the course of of making this lovely new Aesop location on the Mesura web site
Discover the Aesop stor right here: Aesop Diagonal
And please take a look additionally at these Aesop shops I lined on vosgesparis earlier than:
Aesop opened their first location at Amsterdam
A minimal Aesop retailer | Covent Backyard London
A brand new AESOP Retailer in San Francisco | Tacklebox structure agency
Photographs Maxime Delvaux, used with permission of Mesura
