PROJECT DETAILS
Client:
Stone Island
Date:
2022 - onwards
Location:
APAC
AEE delivers comprehensive MEP services for Stone Island’s Asia-Pacific portfolio, including greater China, South-east Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. AEE provides a full range of building services design and construction coordination delivered by our interdisciplinary teams.
Project Introduction
As the brand started a new chapter in 2020, Stone Island is quickly expanding in the APAC region. AEE supports the brand growth in the region by providing MEP engineering consultancy services for the boutiques within the Stone Island Asia Pacific portfolio (covering China, Hong Kong SAE and Macau SAR, as well as South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand).
Provided Services
Stone Island has MEP services requirements dictated by the brand’s trademark design and philosophy of innovation and experimentation. As an MEP engineering consultant, AEE provides the following design services:
- Mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning (MVAC)
- Fire services (FS)
- Plumbing and drainage (P&D)
- Electrical systems design.
All projects are delivered within short timeframes with AEE providing all coordination with landlord and hands-on construction supervision and coordination with the contractor team.
Further Information
Designer Massimo Osti founded Stone Island in 1982 and the brand quickly became known for its innovative approach to fabrication through a range of dyeing techniques and surface treatments. Some of the more notable examples include Raso Gommato, Thermosensitive fabric, Rubber Wool and Reflective fabric.
Due to its visually striking and unique designs, Stone Island has attracted cult following from its early days. It was first adopted by the Paninaro youth in Milan in the 80s. In the 90s, British football fans, following their teams to European Cup games, started bringing back some of these same labels, notably Stone Island, to wear on terraces in the UK, appropriating the Paninaro look and building their own subculture around it. Through the years, the brand became an integral part of what is known as casual culture and in the last decade it was adopted in the modern American hip hop scene, once again establishing itself as a sub-cultural phenomenon. Regardless of its cult status, at the end of the day Stone Island is about boundary-pushing technology and innovative fabrics.
