Mook Salón by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Espacios Interiores y Exposiciones Competition Category.
PlataInterior· 2021
Mook Salón
by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects
Client: Mook
A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Interior Category
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The Design
About Mook Salón
El interior de este salón está compuesto por madera de roble con diversas expresiones. Los desniveles del roble absorben la luz del exterior, dándole profundidad y permitiéndole penetrar profundamente en la estancia. El interior también se extiende hacia el exterior, dando la impresión de una cueva, con el interior y el exterior diseñados como uno solo. La fachada de cristal refleja la actividad dsalón en la ciudad, haciendo que el movimiento de personas forme parte del diseño.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Plata
Mook Salón ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Mook Salón sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Mook Salón es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- It is a hair salon on the ground floor of a building in Nakazakicho,
Nakazakicho is a town consisted of terraced house and low-rise apartment, and those narrow curved alleyways are functioning as the connection of the people and local community, The building of the hair salon as well is facing those gently-curved alleyway, and we consisted the space design as making a cave towards the front street, as the facade would seem to be blend in with the street, and the scenery of the diverse town. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Renovation/85㎡/
- Tags
- salon, oak, japan, osaka
- Production Technology
- For the renovation of the building, we started by creating cavities from the street to the back of the building to allow light to pass through.
These cavities are covered with oak panels to soften and control the light a little, and to direct it from the street to the back of the building. - Design Challenge
- The uneven oak was difficult to work with. The varying thicknesses, lengths and smoothness of the wood made it time consuming to construct. However, the hard work was worth it and the joy of completion was fantastic.
- Research
- Introduction of light in the city centre: the creation of a light cave from the street to the back of the building, bringing light into the ground floor rooms of the normally dark city centre.
Embracing diversity: By arranging the uneven pre-sawn oak, we have succeeded in expressing the natural beauty of unevenness. - Inspiration
- The space is consisted of the untimbered oak panels which each has uneven face, The uneven look of the oak is a testament to the diversity of people who visit and operate the shop.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2014 in Osaka and finished in August 2015
- Operation Flow
- Operation by salon owner and staff. 5 mirrors.
- Patents
- 2015 okuwada architects office
- Image Credits
- Photography is by Keishiro Yamada.
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