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

FierInterior· 2021

W Plus Salon de coafură

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

A' Design Award de Fier Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About W Plus Salon de coafură

Book Text: W Plus este un salon de coafură situat pe o alee rezidențială din districtul de est al orașului Taipei, Taiwan. Interiorul este organizat pe trei niveluri progresive, bazate pe un concept de grădină de laborator. Un perete cortină din sticlă, de la podea până în tavan, deschide salonul către exterior, în timp ce o platformă din beton amplasată la intrare găzduiește o grădină verde interioară. Un paravan din ciment, perforat cu găuri rotunde, separă încăperile menținând în același timp vizibilitatea deschisă. Pardoseala gri, suprafața de lucru din oțel inoxidabil și materialele reciclate conferă spațiului de 196 de metri pătrați un ton răcoros. Spațiul este, de asemenea, potrivit pentru expoziții, prelegeri și evenimente.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fier

W Plus Salon de coafură a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca W Plus Salon de coafură să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, W Plus Salon de coafură merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.

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.