ZENustas 헤어살롱 by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 철상 in 인테리어 공간 및 전시 디자인 Competition Category.
철인테리어· 2022
ZENustas 헤어살롱
by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe
Client: Hi-Dea
A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 인테리어 Category
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The Design
About ZENustas 헤어살롱
ZENustas는 일본 후지산 인근 야이즈에 위치한 헤어살롱이다. 80제곱미터 규모의 실내는 주로 두 가지 마감재, 즉 짙은 목재 마감의 MDF와 물청소가 가능한 화이트 벽지로 구성되며, 테이블 높이의 수평선으로 구분된다. 폴리카보네이트로 제작된 백라이트 피처 월은 식물을 품고 있으며, 전통적인 일본 화지(和紙) 파사드를 현대적으로 재해석한다. 이 피처 월은 거울 앞에 앉은 고객에게 도달하는 빛의 질 또한 향상시킨다. 방향을 달리한 거울이 설치된 독립형 가벽은 시술 스테이션 수를 늘리는 동시에 고객의 동선을 자연스럽게 유도한다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 철상
ZENustas 헤어살롱, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. ZENustas 헤어살롱, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. ZENustas 헤어살롱, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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)
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