W Plus Salon Rambut by Millton Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Ruang Interior dan Pameran Competition Category.

BesiInterior· 2021

W Plus Salon Rambut

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About W Plus Salon Rambut

W Plus adalah sebuah salon rambut yang terletak di sebuah gang permukiman di distrik timur Taipei, Taiwan. Interiornya disusun dalam tiga lapisan progresif, berdasarkan konsep taman laboratorium. Dinding kaca dari lantai hingga langit-langit membuka salon ke arah luar, sementara sebuah platform beton di area pintu masuk menampung taman hijau dalam ruangan. Sebuah sekat semen yang dipenuhi lubang-lubang bundar membagi ruangan sekaligus menjaga pandangan tetap terbuka. Lantai berwarna abu-abu, permukaan kerja dari baja tahan karat, dan material daur ulang memberikan kesan sejuk pada ruang seluas 196 meter persegi ini. Ruang ini juga cocok digunakan untuk pameran, kuliah, dan berbagai acara.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

W Plus Salon Rambut adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. W Plus Salon Rambut diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. W Plus Salon Rambut dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.
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.
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.
Team Members: Designer: Millton Yu
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Alvic Han, W Plus, 2020.