Taipei Eros Salon Makawe by Stephen Kuo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

HiriwaRoto Whare· 2020

Taipei Eros Salon Makawe

by Stephen Kuo

Client: Materiality Design

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About Taipei Eros Salon Makawe

Ko nga whiu huruhuru e whai ana i te taatai taiao o te pango, te ma, me te tae hina. Ko nga tohu o te kutikuti makawe kua whakamaoritia ki te kohinga o nga hinonga whakairo. Ko te motika tapatoru te hanga i nga poraka mahi me nga tiriti mai i nga tuanui ki nga papa na roto i nga mahi o te puranga, te tapahi, me te tuitui. Ko nga maama marama e whakauruhia ana i roto i nga raina wehewehe ka whai wāhi ki te maha o nga whitiki rama, ka mahi hei rama taapiri i te wa e whakaoti ana i te ahua o te tuanui o raro. Ka whakawhānuihia e ratou me te whakaata i te whakaata nui, ka kati noa i waenga o nga rererangi me te toru-ahua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Taipei Eros Salon Makawe te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Taipei Eros Salon Makawe he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Taipei Eros Salon Makawe he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In order to make it an innovative, fashionable, and enduring place, They integrate regional characters into the design. The geometry of black, white, and grey colors transform the layers of the space while ensuring its functionality. Here the framed landscape becomes a diorama with flowing junctures of inside and outside that echoes the essence of hair design.
Dimensions & Packaging: An area of space is 198 square meters.
Tags: salon, innovative, fashionable, white, light, art
Production Technology: The triangular motif shapes the functional cubes and planes from ceiling to floors through the actions of piling, cutting, and sewing.
Design Challenge: They also extend and meander with the reflection of the large mirror surface, shuttling freely between the planes and the three-dimensionality.
Research: As a leading brand among the hair salons, they treat the physical space of the shop as the embodied identity at the fringe of the downtown Taipei.
Inspiration: The whitewashed background refers to the pure motivation of the brand. The gestures of hair-cutting are translated into the massing of the sculptural entities. Here, light defines the threshold between the tangible and the intangible realms and therefore becomes the index for circulation and division in the space.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2016 in Tapei city and finished in June 2016 in Tapei city.
Operation Flow: In contrast with the stability of the seating area, the layered and displaced vision integrates and enriches the space. The juxtaposition of the movement and stillness defines the singular dynamics of the hair salon.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Stephen Kuo, 2016.
Team Members: Stephen Kuo
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #2: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #3: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #4: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.
Image #5: Photographer Yana Zhezhela / Alek Vatagin, Taipei EROS Hair Salon, 2016.