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Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc by Nivek Remas

Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc by Nivek Remas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Sắt in Thiết kế Không gian Nội thất và Triển lãm Competition Category.


SắtNội thất· 2021

Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc

by Nivek Remas

A' Design Award Sắt Winner in Nội thất Category

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The Design

About Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc

Dundas Square Barbers là một không gian nội thất tiệm cắt tóc nằm tại Quảng trường Dundas ở Toronto, Canada. Thiết kế tái hiện những chi tiết cổ điển của tiệm cắt tóc truyền thống trong một không gian nhỏ gọn 850 feet vuông. Vì mặt bằng không cho phép lắp đặt phào chỉ tường truyền thống, các đường phào tùy chỉnh làm từ vật liệu foam nhẹ đã được sử dụng trên trần nhà và phần dado phía trên. Sàn nhà mang họa tiết dạng tia xoay tròn, gợi nhớ đến những sọc màu đặc trưng trên cột biển hiệu tiệm cắt tóc truyền thống. Các trạm làm việc dạng nổi được bố trí xung quanh các cột gương. Những vòm gương chuyển sắc (ombre) cùng lớp phủ tường mở rộng tầm nhìn vượt ra ngoài không gian chính.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Sắt

Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc là người chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Sắt, một sự công nhận danh giá dành cho các thiết kế tốt đáp ứng các yêu cầu chuyên môn và công nghiệp được kỳ vọng từ các sáng tạo được thiết kế tốt. Những người chiến thắng giải Sắt thể hiện kỹ năng tuyệt vời, chuyên môn hóa cao, sự thấu hiểu chuyên gia và năng lực sáng tạo của người tạo ra chúng. Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc được kỳ vọng là một sáng tạo được đánh giá cao, ngưỡng mộ và trân trọng, thực tế và đổi mới. Thiết kế chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Sắt này tích hợp các thực hành tốt nhất của ngành và có các đặc tính kỹ thuật thành thạo gắn liền với bí quyết và tài năng. Dundas Square Barbers Nội thất Tiệm cắt tóc được kính trọng vì sự kỹ lưỡng và được thiết kế để mang lại những cải thiện chất lượng cuộc sống giúp biến thế giới thành một nơi tốt đẹp hơn.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Spilling directly onto Toronto’s Dundas Square, this unique and highly coveted location was acquired by our client to build the dream barbershop he always imagined of having since the beginning of his career.

The client was particularly drawn towards a more classic barber shop with heavy molding and historical renovated projects. Because the site didn’t allow for traditional applications of molding, NR was challenged to reimagine the molding design on the ceiling and upper dado in the main space rather than the walls. The client also wanted a memorable flooring design that could be seen from across Dundas Square. Using the mirror columns as a base-point, a radial pattern was created as a reference to the classic barber pole stripes.

Studying numerous barber shop precedents with static stations around the perimeter, NR created floating stations around mirror columns to create a more dynamic environment. As the space was only 850 sq.ft, ombre mirror and wall covering was utilized for the back room and archways to draw the user’s eye beyond the main space and visually enlarge and layer upon the design of the main room.
Dimensions & Packaging
Ombre mirror archways; size: 3275h x 1650w x 12mm thick.
moulding; 350mm x 3000mm L pieces; 3 types of moulding profiles; EPS foam core construction, mesh layer, plaster/concrete with paint finish.
Metal archways - 6mm thk. SS metal, 3 pieces buttjoint, pressure fit with construction adhesive.
Kevin Chan
Samer Shaath
Production Technology
Ceiling & upper dado mouldings - traditional moulding of particle board substrate proved to be too heavy and cost prohibitive. NR found a local company, Mouldex Mouldings, who creates custom mouldings from EPS foam core. This allowed for a much less heavy moulding, which was more cost effective and easier to install.

The custom ombre wallpaper and mirror required the most trial and error in the project. We developed the PNG file with the wallpaper company (Metro Wallcovering), who produced a number of samples which we eventually approved based on texture and colouration. The digital file then went to the mirror company (Accura Glass) who took the digital file to produce the custom ombre mirror which is the ombre film sandwiched between a low iron glass front, and mirror back panel. The mirror panels were then produced and cut to site verified measurements in order to fit perfectly into the stainless steel archways.

Realization Technology:
Google Sketchup for 3D rendering
Design Challenge
The challenges faced in this project were less to do with the creative and research portion but rather that we were executing the design during COVID. Construction delays due to additional health implementations/restrictions, lockdowns, increased importation lead-times and construction material shortages led to many challenges that the team had to adapt to on a daily basis. Coordination between consultants also proved to be more challenging as all coordination moved to be digital and online.
Research
Type of Research: precedents research of designed barber shops around the world
Research Objectives: aesthetics, layout/planning, functional requirements, lighting requirements
Methodology: N/A
Data Collection & Research Tools Used: Primary research - the client’s other barber shop location; secondary research: online articles and image search (Google and Pinterest)
Participants of Experiments: the client and partners of his other Barber Shop
Results: using stereotypical visual cues of a traditional barber shop (heavy moulding, barber shop pole stripes, etc) and applying it in a new way. Also, creating a completely unique, surrealistic, and experiential space to draw in foot traffic and new clientele
Insights and Impacts:
Effects of the Research in Real-Life Phenomena (such as Business, Society and Design): TBD (as we’re still in lockdown, the effects of our research will be determined once the Barber SHop is open and operational)
Inspiration
Spilling directly onto Toronto’s Dundas Square, this unique and highly coveted location was acquired by our client to build the dream barbershop he always imagined of having since the beginning of his career.

The client was particularly drawn towards a more classic barber shop with heavy molding and historical renovated projects. Because the site didn’t allow for traditional applications of molding, NR was challenged to reimagine the molding design on the ceiling and upper dado in the main space rather than the walls. The client also wanted a memorable flooring design that could be seen from across Dundas Square. Using the mirror columns as a base-point, a radial pattern was created as a reference to the classic barber pole stripes.
Project Duration
Q1-Q4 2020 (extended project duration due to COVID); location: Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada
Operation Flow
*see project description about traditional vs DSB’s station positioning - static vs dynamic environment*
Patents
Copyrights: NIVEK REMAS, 2020.
Team Members
Kevin Chan
Samer Shaath
Image Credits
(Photographer Scott Norsworthy, NR-Dundas Square Barbers, 2020)

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