1View into site from Daubeney Road
2View into site from Redwald Road
3View out of site towards Redwald Road
4Existing allotments on site
5Existing allotments on site
6Existing allotments on site
7Daubeney School entrance on Daubeney Road
8Oblique view of Daubeney road site entrance
9View into site from Redwald Road
10Existing allotments on site
11View out of site towards Daubeney Road
Aesop Westfield is imagined as a walled garden, providing a place of refuge and calm away from the busy mall environment. It takes inspiration from the ‘crinkle-crankle wall’ of the English countryside, which uses an undulating wave form to give rigidity to a single skin masonry wall, as a means of economising on bricks.
The wall is constructed from a combination of standard straight and curved terracotta-coloured concrete blocks. It meanders around the perimeter of the space, creating a sense of motion that contrasts its sheer material mass. Against this frozen movement, delicate polished aluminium shelves provide display space for the iconic Aesop product range.