Mook ሳሎን by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects

Mook ሳሎን by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ውሽጣዊ ቦታን ምርኢትን Competition Category.

ብሩርውሽጣዊ· 2021

Mook ሳሎን

by Okuwada Takeshi - Okuwada Architects

Client: Mook

ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ውሽጣዊ Category

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The Design

About Mook ሳሎን

ናይዚ ሳሎን ውሽጣዊ ቅርጺ ብዝተፈላለዩ መግለጺታት ዘለዎ ናይ ኦክ ዕንጨይቲ እዩ ዝቖመ። እቲ ምብሃል ናይቲ ኦክ ካብ ደገ ዝመጽእ ብርሃን ይውሕዞ፣ ዕምቆት ሂቡ ናብ ውሽጢ ናይቲ ክፍሊ ብዓሚቑ ክኣቱ የኽእሎ። እቲ ውሽጣዊ ቅርጺ እውን ናብ ደገ ይስፋሕ፣ ናይ በረኻ ስምዒት ይህብ፣ ውሽጢን ደገን ከም ሓደ ተዲዒኑ። እቲ ናይ መስትያት ገጽታ ንጥፈት ናይቲ ሳሎን ኣብቲ ከተማ የንጸባርቕ፣ ምንቅስቓስ ሰባት ክፋል ናይቲ ዲዛይን ይገብሮ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award

Mook ሳሎን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። Mook ሳሎን ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። Mook ሳሎን ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።

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.