Headfoneshop Toronto, Ontario Commercial Project, Canadian Retail Architecture, Interior Photos
Headfoneshop in Toronto
Commercial Interior Development Ontario, Canada ? design by Batay-Csorba Architects
1 Mar, 2018
Headfoneshop
Design: Batay-Csorba Architects
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Headfoneshop

Headfoneshop is a 300 sq ft retail fit out for high-end headphones, earphones, amps and audio accessories. Located on the main floor of a 42-story mixed use tower with direct subway access to Toronto?s Yonge and Sheppard station.

The owner, a passionate audio expert, challenges the typical retail store experience of focusing solely on the product and efficiency of the transaction for maximizing turnover. Instead, the design objective was to celebrate the ritual of listening to music and the process of testing.
The intimate, dark and tactile atmosphere and sense of domestic scale give customers a quiet and lounge?like atmosphere to relax while listening to music. It?s not uncommon for customers to spend several hours pairing systems and listening to music. Dark smoked oak millwork and herringbone flooring, sensuous velvet upholstery, soft amber lighting and patinaed brass fittings create a dark and subdued palette that curate a quiet, moody ambience.

In contrast, 255 powder-coated folded metal panels, secured with 765 patinaed brass screws wrap the ceiling and walls producing a spatially dynamic and immersive space that mimics the intense and enveloping audio exp...