W Plus Salon de Coifadura by Millton Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Fèrre in Interior Competition Category.

FèrreInterior· 2021

W Plus Salon de Coifadura

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

A' Design Award de Fèrre Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About W Plus Salon de Coifadura

Tèxte del Libre : W Plus es un salon de coifadura situat dins un carrièron residencial del districte èst de Taipei, Taiwan. L'interior es organizat en tres jaces progressivas, basadas sus un concèpte de jardin de laboratòri. Un mur ridèu de veire del sòl al plafond dobrís lo salon cap a l'exterior, mentre qu'una plataforma de bòrd a l'entrada sosten un jardin verd interior. Un ecran de ciment plen de traucs redonds devesís las sallas e manten la vista dobèrta. Un sòl gris, una susfàcia de trabalh en acièr inoxidable e de materials reciclats balhan al espaci de 196 mètres carrats un ton fresc. L'espaci se prèsta tanben a d'exposicions, de conferéncias e d'eveniments.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fèrre

W Plus Salon de Coifadura a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que W Plus Salon de Coifadura siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, W Plus Salon de Coifadura merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.

Behind the Design

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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.