Iron Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021

W Plus Hair Salon

by Millton Yu

A' Design Award 2021 Iron Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Awarded April 15, 2021
CLIENT: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD
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About W Plus Hair Salon

W Plus is a hair salon located in a residential alley in the east district of Taipei, Taiwan. The interior is arranged in three progressive layers, based on a laboratory garden concept. A floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall opens the salon to the outside, while a concrete platform at the entrance holds an indoor green garden. A cement screen filled with round holes divides the rooms and keeps the view open. Grey flooring, a stainless steel work surface and recycled materials give the 196 square meter space a cool tone. The space also suits exhibitions, lectures and events.

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Unique Properties: W Plus Salon is hidden in a residential alley in the east district of Taipei. With Lab Garden as their design concept, three progressive layers of areas are planned to express spatial appeals, furnishing a sophisticated indoor experience of lavishness.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is 196 square meter.
Tags: Hair Salon, Commercial, Interior Design, Space, W Plus
Production Technology: A floor-to-ceiling glass curtain is used for the exterior walls of the salon. The interactions between indoor and outdoor sceneries create a broad, boundless view. When people walk into the entrance, they are greeted with an indoor green garden on a concrete platform. The concrete platform hides the cultivating sight with a sense of natural penetration. There is also a cement wall screen serving as a room divider, and that wall is filled with round holes, creating a penetrating and enticing view through the holes.
Design Challenge: The experimental spatial concept conveys the philosophy of the client, W Plus Salon, which is to make the space continuously improve, and to prompt the borders of different fields to vanish and then stimulate the new possibility.
Project Duration: The project finished in June 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: There is no obvious boundary in the space; however, each area is individual but connective harmoniously at the same time, presenting a conceptual experimental space. The space is not only for hair salon, but for exhibition, presentation, party, lecture, or anything that can take place in it.
Research: Everything in the entire space spreads a slightly cool color, with the flooring and the concrete platform having a consistent grey and rough texture, the reception counter and stainless steel work-surface with a cold grey tone, echoing the cold white lighting and the geometric mirror on the wall. The floating plant area scattered at the outdoor balcony is paved with abandoned cement pipes, sand, and gravel, while indoor materials are mostly made of recycled and renewed products.
Inspiration: Haircut is a homonym of subtraction in Mandarin, and this brings out the design concept for this project- subtracting what is unnecessary to give a new look with a beautiful addition relationship. The W Plus Salon space emphasizes the evolution from subtraction to addition, fully elucidating its new brands spirit after its nine years in brewing.
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Alvic Han, W Plus, 2020.