Mook Salão by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects

Mook Salão by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

PrataInterior· 2021

Mook Salão

by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects

Client: Mook

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Mook Salão

O interior deste salão é composto por madeira de carvalho com diversas expressões. Os desníveis do carvalho absorvem a luz do exterior, conferindo-lhe profundidade e permitindo-lhe penetrar profundamente na divisão. O interior também se estende para fora, dando a impressão de uma caverna, com o interior e o exterior concebidos como um só. A fachada de vidro reflete a atividade do salão na cidade, tornando a movimentação das pessoas parte do projeto.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Mook Salão conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Mook Salão seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Mook Salão é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is a hair salon on the ground floor of a building in Nakazakicho,
Nakazakicho is a town consisted of terraced house and low-rise apartment, and those narrow curved alleyways are functioning as the connection of the people and local community, The building of the hair salon as well is facing those gently-curved alleyway, and we consisted the space design as making a cave towards the front street, as the facade would seem to be blend in with the street, and the scenery of the diverse town.
Dimensions & Packaging: Renovation/85㎡/
Tags: salon, oak, japan, osaka
Production Technology: For the renovation of the building, we started by creating cavities from the street to the back of the building to allow light to pass through.
These cavities are covered with oak panels to soften and control the light a little, and to direct it from the street to the back of the building.
Design Challenge: The uneven oak was difficult to work with. The varying thicknesses, lengths and smoothness of the wood made it time consuming to construct. However, the hard work was worth it and the joy of completion was fantastic.
Research: Introduction of light in the city centre: the creation of a light cave from the street to the back of the building, bringing light into the ground floor rooms of the normally dark city centre.
Embracing diversity: By arranging the uneven pre-sawn oak, we have succeeded in expressing the natural beauty of unevenness.
Inspiration: The space is consisted of the untimbered oak panels which each has uneven face, The uneven look of the oak is a testament to the diversity of people who visit and operate the shop.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2014 in Osaka and finished in August 2015
Operation Flow: Operation by salon owner and staff. 5 mirrors.
Patents: 2015 okuwada architects office
Image Credits: Photography is by Keishiro Yamada.