ZENustas Juuksesalong by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe

ZENustas Juuksesalong by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Rauaauhind A' Design Award in Siseruumide ja näitusedisain Competition Category.

RaudInterjöör· 2022

ZENustas Juuksesalong

by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe

Client: Hi-Dea

Rauaauhind A' Design Award Winner in Interjöör Category

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The Design

About ZENustas Juuksesalong

ZENustas on juuksesalong, mis asub Yaizus, Fuji mäe lähedal Jaapanis. 80-ruutmeetrine siseruum koosneb peamiselt kahest materjalist: tumeda puiduviimistlusega MDF-ist ja valgest pestavast tapeedist, mida eraldab horisontaaljoon laua kõrgusel. Polükarbonaadist valgustatud taustseinal on taimed ning see pakub kaasaegset tõlgendust traditsioonilistest Jaapani riisipaberist fassaadidest. Taustsein parandab ka peeglite ees istuvate klientideni jõudvat valgust. Vabalt seisvad madalad seinad suunatud peeglitega suurendavad tööjaamade arvu ja juhivad klientide liikumist.

The Recognition

About the Rauaauhind A' Design Award

ZENustas Juuksesalong on Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võitja, prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse headele disainidele, mis vastavad professionaalsetele ja tööstuslikele nõuetele, mida oodatakse hästi disainitud töödelt. Raudvõitjad näitavad oma loojate suurt oskust, kõrget spetsialiseerumist, asjatundlikku mõistmist ja loomingulist võimekust. ZENustas Juuksesalong peaks olema kõrgelt hinnatud, imetletud ja armastatud looming, mis on praktiline ja uuenduslik. See Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain ühendab tööstuse parimaid tavasid ning tal on pädevad tehnilised omadused, mis on seotud oskusteabe ja andega. ZENustas Juuksesalong on austatud oma põhjalikkuse eest ning on loodud pakkuma elukvaliteedi parandusi, mis aitavad teha maailma paremaks paigaks.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Yaizu is a town located near Mount Fuji in Japan. Here, the Natural space bursts into the Urban one defining highly suggestive scenarios.
Similarly, in the Beauty Salon, Nature is brought into the space adding an iconic touch to the interiors. The backlit feature wall in polycarbonate is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese rice paper facades. This wall, hosting dimensional plants, is also a tribute to the traditional Japanese painting, setting a bold contrast between figure and background.
Dimensions & Packaging: The 80 square meters space is mainly composed of two materials: MDF with a Dark wood finish and White washable wallpaper. By defining a horizontal datum line at the height of the tables, the two materials separate the lower from the upper part of the space providing a simple and yet contemporary look to the space. LED lighting used in the store increases efficiency while reducing the costs and the dimmable lights support the energy saving by interacting with the daylight.
Tags: japanese interiors, japalian, zen-ustas, hi-dea interiors, italian japanese design, japan hair salon
Production Technology: The Hair Salon reflects a simple shape language where only a few materials compose the space, reaching the essential.
The construction processes have been reduced by using standardized furniture and repeated simple bespoke elements in natural materials, while the whole renovation has been completed in 7 days.
The wall with backlit panels in polycarbonate is the standing out feature element, the more expressive and articulated-looking component of the space. This wall aims to improve the light exposure to the customers seating in front of the mirror, defining intense and diffuse lighting.
Design Challenge: A challenging point of the design has been understanding the relevant architectural elements of the Japanese tradition and translate them into a space with a contemporary look and feel and destination. The use of the oriented short walls, coming from the Western tradition produces an almost circular customer flow, enriching the straightness of accesses and paths so typical of the Japanese tradition.
The rounded shape language, loaned by the Italian architectural tradition completes the straight-looking pure geometry typical of this area, while providing surprising touchpoints.
Research: Taking inspiration from the natural surroundings, the Beauty Salon aims to reflect on the idea of Threshold in Japanese traditional architecture: the space between outside and inside. In this space, the Threshold is represented by the feature wall with nature and backlit panels. Located to be visible from the outside, the feature wall invites the customers to access the space to explore the new functions.
Inspiration: ZENustas is a word composed by merging the Japanese word Zen, meaning All, with the Latin word Venustas, the word for Beauty. The space aims to celebrate various forms of beauty, from natural one, proper of the Zen culture, to human-made beauty. The inclusive space is composed of Eastern and Western Architectural languages that synergistically shape the Interiors shaping a vibrant but still relaxing space.
Project Duration: ZENustas Hair Salon is located in Yaizu, in proximity of the Mount Fuji in Japan. The project lasted 3 months while the construction phase lasted 7 days only.
Operation Flow: ZENustas Hair Salon's design reflects a holistic approach.
The wooden floor texture orientation creates a more intuitive customer journey that, from the entrance, naturally leads the customer towards the hairdressing stations. The wooden floor texture settles with the direction of the freestanding vertical short walls, providing consistency to the space. These oriented walls serve different purposes: increasing the number of available stations by optimizing the use of the space and, through the oriented mirrors, providing customers with the possibility of looking at the surrounding without leaving their chairs.
Team Members: Lead Architect: Lorena Antea Caruana
Lead Local Architect: Naoki Watanabe
Image Credits: Image #No.1: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)
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Image #No.4: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)