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W Plus Kapsalon by Millton Yu

W Plus Kapsalon by Millton Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in IJzer in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.


IJzerInterieur· 2021

W Plus Kapsalon

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About W Plus Kapsalon

W Plus is een kapsalon gelegen in een woonstraat in het oostelijke district van Taipei, Taiwan. Het interieur is opgebouwd in drie opeenvolgende lagen, gebaseerd op een laboratoriumtuinconcept. Een glazen gordijngevel van vloer tot plafond opent de salon naar buiten, terwijl een betonnen platform bij de entree een groene binnentuin herbergt. Een cementen scherm gevuld met ronde openingen verdeelt de ruimtes en houdt het zicht open. Grijze vloeren, een roestvrijstalen werkoppervlak en gerecyclede materialen geven de 196 vierkante meter grote ruimte een koele uitstraling. De ruimte is ook geschikt voor tentoonstellingen, lezingen en evenementen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

W Plus Kapsalon is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. W Plus Kapsalon wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. W Plus Kapsalon wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

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.

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