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

BesiDalaman· 2021

W Plus Salon Rambut

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Dalaman Category

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The Design

About W Plus Salon Rambut

W Plus ialah sebuah salon rambut yang terletak di sebuah lorong kediaman di daerah timur Taipei, Taiwan. Ruang dalamannya disusun dalam tiga lapisan progresif, berdasarkan konsep taman makmal. Dinding tirai kaca dari lantai ke siling membuka salon ini kepada persekitaran luar, manakala platform konkrit di pintu masuk menempatkan sebuah taman hijau dalaman. Skrin simen yang dipenuhi lubang bulat memisahkan ruang-ruang sambil mengekalkan pandangan yang terbuka. Lantai kelabu, permukaan kerja keluli tahan karat serta bahan kitar semula memberikan nada sejuk kepada ruang seluas 196 meter persegi ini. Ruang ini turut sesuai untuk pameran, ceramah dan pelbagai acara.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

W Plus Salon Rambut ialah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengiktirafan yang berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk yang baik yang memenuhi keperluan profesional dan industri yang dijangka daripada ciptaan yang direka dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan kemahiran yang besar, kepakaran yang tinggi, kefahaman pakar dan keupayaan kreatif penciptanya. W Plus Salon Rambut diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi yang praktikal dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini menyepadukan amalan terbaik industri dan mempunyai ciri teknikal yang kompeten yang dikaitkan dengan kepakaran dan bakat. W Plus Salon Rambut dihormati kerana ketelitiannya dan direka untuk memberikan peningkatan kualiti 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.