Mook Salon by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ajan in Enteryè Competition Category.
AjanEnteryè· 2021
Mook Salon
by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects
Client: Mook
A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Enteryè Category
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The Design
About Mook Salon
Enteryè a nan salon sa a se te konpoze de bwa pye bwadchenn ak ekspresyon divès kalite. Inegalite nan pye bwadchenn lan absòbe limyè ki soti deyò a, bay li pwofondè ak pèmèt li antre byen fon nan chanm nan. Enteryè a tou pwolonje deyò, bay enpresyon a nan yon gwòt, ak enteryè a ak eksteryè ki fèt kòm yon sèl. Fasad an vè reflete aktivite a nan salon an nan vil la, fè mouvman an nan moun ki fè pati konsepsyon an.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Ajan
Mook Salon se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Mook Salon pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Mook Salon se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.
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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