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title: Outdoor Lifestyle Store
description: The third Trailblazer retail store continues a dialogue with nature through it's architecture, designed by Pirie Associates in New Haven, CT.
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# Outdoor Lifestyle Store

The Third Trailblazer Continues a Dialogue with Nature

## Project At a Glance

Client:

Trailblazer Retail Store

Location:

New Haven, CT

Program:

Outdoor Lifestyle Retail Store

Project Team:

General Contractor: Advanced Interior Systems, Inc. 

Photographer: Pirie Associates

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## PROJECT DETAILS

Trailblazer is an outdoor lifestyle retail store focusing on display and sales of all-around outdoor apparel, equipment and running gear.

The owner’s goals for the project:  
▪ Take the vocabulary already established in previous locations and update it to include sensitive re-use of materials.  
▪ Create a kit-of-parts strategy that allows the feel of the store to change with the seasons.  
▪ Create clearly definable program areas within the singular volume.

The design solution:  
▪ Uses reclaimed and recycled materials.  
▪ Creates separate product zones that are open to view to the entire floor but are distinct and scaled to the particular product lines.  
▪ Engages a graphic program of changeable banners and panels to reflect the seasonal and product variations.

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