W Plus Frizerski salon by Millton Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Železna nagrada A' Design Award in Oblikovanje notranjega prostora in razstav Competition Category.

ŽeleznaInterier· 2021

W Plus Frizerski salon

by Millton Yu

Client: M. INTERIOR DESIGN Co., LTD

Železna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Interier Category

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The Design

About W Plus Frizerski salon

W Plus je frizerski salon, ki se nahaja v stanovanjski ulici v vzhodnem okrožju Tajpeja na Tajvanu. Notranjost je zasnovana v treh postopnih plasteh, izhajajoč iz koncepta laboratorijskega vrta. Steklena zavesa, ki sega od tal do stropa, odpira salon navzven, medtem ko betonska ploščad ob vhodu nosi notranji zeleni vrt. Cementni zaslon, prepreden z okroglimi odprtinami, deli prostore med seboj, hkrati pa ohranja odprt pogled. Siva talna obloga, delovna površina iz nerjavečega jekla in reciklirani materiali dajejo 196 kvadratnih metrov velikemu prostoru hladen ton. Prostor je primeren tudi za razstave, predavanja in druge dogodke.

The Recognition

About the Železna nagrada A' Design Award

W Plus Frizerski salon je prejemnik Železne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje dobrim oblikovanjem, ki izpolnjujejo profesionalne in industrijske zahteve, pričakovane od dobro zasnovanih stvaritev. Prejemniki Železne nagrade kažejo veliko spretnost, visoko specializacijo, strokovno razumevanje in ustvarjalne zmožnosti svojih ustvarjalcev. Od W Plus Frizerski salon se pričakuje, da bo visoko cenjena, občudovana in ljubljena stvaritev, ki je praktična in inovativna. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Železno nagrado A' Design Award, vključuje najboljše prakse panoge in ima kompetentne tehnične lastnosti, povezane s strokovnim znanjem in talentom. Zaradi svoje temeljitosti si W Plus Frizerski salon zasluži spoštovanje in je zasnovan tako, da zagotavlja izboljšave kakovosti življenja, ki pomagajo narediti svet boljši kraj.

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.