W Plus Isaluni y'Imisatsi by Millton Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

IcyumaImbere y'Inyubako· 2021

W Plus Isaluni y'Imisatsi

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category

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The Design

About W Plus Isaluni y'Imisatsi

W Plus ni isaluni y'imisatsi iherereye mu muhanda w'amazu atuwemo mu karere k'iburasirazuba ka Taipei, muri Taiwan. Imbere hateganyijwe mu byiciro bitatu bikurikirana, bishingiye ku igitekerezo cy'ubusitani bw'ubushakashatsi (laboratory garden). Urukuta rw'ikirahure ruva hasi kugera hejuru rufungura isaluni ku isi y'inyuma, mu gihe urubuga rwa beto ruri ku muryango rufite ubusitani bwo mu nzu bwuzuye ibyatsi. Urukuta rwa sima rurimo utubuto twuzuye rugabanyamo ibyumba mu gihe rukomeza kureka ijisho rireba hose. Ubutaka bw'ikijerezi, ubuso bw'akazi bwa cyuma kitanyerera (stainless steel), n'ibikoresho byongeye gukoreshwa bituma iyi ntara ifite ubuso bwa metero kare 196 igira imiterere y'ubukonje. Iki kibanza kandi gikwiriye imurikagurisha, inyigisho n'ibindi bikorwa.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

W Plus Isaluni y'Imisatsi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. W Plus Isaluni y'Imisatsi biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. W Plus Isaluni y'Imisatsi yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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.