Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Arclinea + Andreu World Showrooms
Italian kitchen manufacturer Arclinea and Spanish furniture company Andreu World share more than a showroom in Old Town Toronto. They share a contemporary design language, their spaces flowing naturally into one another while each retains its own distinctiveness. This kinship led Guido Costantino Projects to subtract rather than add, peeling away accumulated interventions until existing yellow brick revealed itself as the unifying element. Walls were avoided; gradual shifts in elevation quietly delineate each zone. In the Andreu World space, firebrick rises from the floor into display plinths amid large swaths of unadorned honeyed brick. In Arclinea, plinths become benches, a curtain sleeve and a tea station, the last grounded in resurfaced original concrete. Hot-rolled steel folds into niches holding catalogues, curtains and teacups throughout.
Team: Guido Costantino and Domenica Rodà with Alex Yao, Dana Dai and Kai Zhu
