{"id":188654,"date":"2022-02-03T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T03:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=188654"},"modified":"2022-02-28T09:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T00:20:38","slug":"kanuck-canadas-historic-winter-gear-manufacturer-opens-first-overseas-boutique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/architect\/kanuck-canadas-historic-winter-gear-manufacturer-opens-first-overseas-boutique\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanuk, Canada’s historic winter gear manufacturer, opens first overseas boutique"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kanuk Exports the Culture and Legacy of Its Iconic Brand Through Retro Futurist Design of New Store<\/h3>\r\n

\u00a0K<\/span>anuk<\/a>, a Canadian manufacturer of handcrafted winter coats since 1970, opened up its first international boutique in a historical 6-storey building on Greene Street in the heart of SoHo, far away from its original headquarters on Rachel Street in Montreal. With the addition of this New York store, designed by Montreal architecture studio Atelier Barda<\/a>, the Quebec-based brand continues to export its legacy to international markets, where this thoughtfully designed new retail outlet is key to spreading the brand\u2019s unique culture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The design consists of three distinct spaces, including a reception hall, a product showroom, and a fitting room area. In approaching the project in its entirety, Atelier Barda endeavored to capture the unconventional and visionary character of the brand through sensory experiences that are highlighted by subtle nods to utopian and idealistic references of Kanuk\u2019s history, including emblematic design elements from 1960s and 1970s Montreal.<\/p>\r\n

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Our proposal focused on a reinterpretation of Kanuk\u2019s history and current evolution, providing glimpses of, and connections to, its proud legacy,\u201d explain the architects. \u201cThe company is fiercely proud of its Canadian-Quebecois-Montreal roots, and this new store plays an important role in exporting the essence of the brand\u2019s unique culture.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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A gallery-like setting<\/h4>\r\n

Upon entering the store, the wide-open hall, with its 14-foot ceiling, immediately diverts attention from the conventions of a classic retail space. Blurring the boundaries between retail and gallery, the hall\u2019s minimalist design features immediately shift the focus to ambiance. A monolithic desk stands as one of the only furnishings in the room, incarnating a sort of ritualistic \u2018altar\u2019, built out of a semi-translucent resin. \u201cThe altar accommodates a long-standing ritual of the brand, where full-length coats are laid out and folded in front of the client in accordance with the Kanuk ethos,\u201d explain the architects. Blending historic references with elements embracing the store\u2019s New York setting, Atelier Barda designed the space with a gallery-like ambiance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Experiential transitions<\/h4>\r\n

Moving from the reception hall to the product showroom, the latter space is accessed through a 7-foot-high portal, providing a sense of compression in contrast to the 14-foot ceilings of the spaces on either side of it. Through the incorporation of basic geometrical shapes, Atelier Barda was able to infuse interpretations of both the past and the future. \u201cThe idea was to infuse very subtle archaic architectural elements into a contemporary setting, rendering a retro-futuristic ambiance to the space,\u201d note the architects. \u201cIt is through that lens that we designed the transition from the reception hall to the product showroom to be both a physical and sensorial moment.\u201d When transitioning through the portal, sounds resonating from the reception hall suddenly fade as you enter a much quieter, more brightly and uniformly illuminated space, inspired by the Light and Space art movement of the 60s. Lighting was key to bringing the distinct atmospheres of the various spaces to life, and Atelier Barda achieved that objective in collaboration with Derek Porter Studio and James Clotfelter Lighting Design. Hidden cove lighting shines upward and reflects off the vaulted white ceiling of the showroom, returning abundant diffuse light throughout the seemingly infinite, shadowless space. This brightness and infiniteness invoke a sense of winter white-outs and weightlessness which blurs the physical limits of the space, redirecting the eye to the ground-level and its seemingly floating products and fine details.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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At the rear of the showroom, another 7-foot-high transitional portal connects to the store\u2019s fitting rooms, with a waiting area on the showroom side denoted by its curvature. A blue curtain separates the vast showroom from the more ambiguous ambiance that lies behind it, and resonates as a subtle nod to theater and a state of suspension in anticipation of the curtain rising. Beyond the curtain, a curved corridor underlies elements of the original building design, which Atelier Barda complemented with contemporary infusions to create a very theatrical and dramatic space with no clearly defined end in sight. Directional lighting adds contrasts to the walls of the corridor, while blue curtains conceal the placement of the fitting rooms. \u201cOur intent was to create an atmospheric and experiential space for visitors in an attempt to move away from the traditional retail environment,\u201d conclude the architects. \u201cWe also prioritized a focus on Kanuk\u2019s uniqueness, while remaining true to the essence of the brand\u2019s vision and culture.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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About Atelier Barda<\/h4>\r\n

Founded in 2013, Atelier Barda is an architectural firm whose methodology is based on the concept that every client and every new project dictates a unique approach. Each proposal is met with a detailed response to the core needs and context of the project, while thinking outside of the box in order to enhance, redefine, and improve the desired outcome. Atelier Barda embraces the common demand for articulation of constructive thinking. The firm applies a sensitive approach to addressing the multiple details of a space, ultimately ensuring that the finished product reflects the sum of all of its parts.<\/p><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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