ZENustas Ile Iṣọṣe Irun by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
IrinInú Ilé· 2022
ZENustas Ile Iṣọṣe Irun
by Lorena Antea Caruana and Naoki Watanabe
Client: Hi-Dea
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About ZENustas Ile Iṣọṣe Irun
Ọrọ Iwe: ZENustas jẹ́ ile iṣọṣe irun tí ó wà ní Yaizu, nítòsí Òkè Fuji ní Japan. Inú ilé náà tí ó ní ìwọ̀n mítà onígun mẹ́rìnlélọ́gọ́rin (80) ni a kọ́ ní pàtàkì láti inú ohun èlò méjì: MDF pẹ̀lú ìparí igi dúdú àti bébà ògiri funfun tí a lè fọ̀, tí a ya sọ́tọ̀ pẹ̀lú ìlà ìdọ̀gba ní ibi gíga tábìlì. Ògiri àkànṣe kan tí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ń tàn láti ẹ̀yìn, tí a fi polycarbonate ṣe, ni ó ní àwọn ewéko lórí rẹ̀ tí ó sì fún ni ìtumọ̀ òde-òní ti àwọn ògiri bébà ìrẹsì ìbílẹ̀ Japan. Ògiri àkànṣe yìí tún ń mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí ó ń dé ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn oníbàárà tí wọ́n jókòó níwájú dígí sunwọ̀n sí i. Àwọn ògiri kúkúrú tí ó dúró fúnra wọn pẹ̀lú àwọn dígí tí a tọ́ka sí ọ̀nà kan pàtó ń mú kí iye àwọn ibùdó pọ̀ síi, wọ́n sì ń darí ìṣàn àwọn oníbàárà.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
ZENustas Ile Iṣọṣe Irun jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé ZENustas Ile Iṣọṣe Irun yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún ZENustas Ile Iṣọṣe Irun nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Yaizu is a town located near Mount Fuji in Japan. Here, the Natural space bursts into the Urban one defining highly suggestive scenarios.
Similarly, in the Beauty Salon, Nature is brought into the space adding an iconic touch to the interiors. The backlit feature wall in polycarbonate is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese rice paper facades. This wall, hosting dimensional plants, is also a tribute to the traditional Japanese painting, setting a bold contrast between figure and background. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The 80 square meters space is mainly composed of two materials: MDF with a Dark wood finish and White washable wallpaper. By defining a horizontal datum line at the height of the tables, the two materials separate the lower from the upper part of the space providing a simple and yet contemporary look to the space. LED lighting used in the store increases efficiency while reducing the costs and the dimmable lights support the energy saving by interacting with the daylight.
- Tags
- japanese interiors, japalian, zen-ustas, hi-dea interiors, italian japanese design, japan hair salon
- Production Technology
- The Hair Salon reflects a simple shape language where only a few materials compose the space, reaching the essential.
The construction processes have been reduced by using standardized furniture and repeated simple bespoke elements in natural materials, while the whole renovation has been completed in 7 days.
The wall with backlit panels in polycarbonate is the standing out feature element, the more expressive and articulated-looking component of the space. This wall aims to improve the light exposure to the customers seating in front of the mirror, defining intense and diffuse lighting. - Design Challenge
- A challenging point of the design has been understanding the relevant architectural elements of the Japanese tradition and translate them into a space with a contemporary look and feel and destination. The use of the oriented short walls, coming from the Western tradition produces an almost circular customer flow, enriching the straightness of accesses and paths so typical of the Japanese tradition.
The rounded shape language, loaned by the Italian architectural tradition completes the straight-looking pure geometry typical of this area, while providing surprising touchpoints. - Research
- Taking inspiration from the natural surroundings, the Beauty Salon aims to reflect on the idea of Threshold in Japanese traditional architecture: the space between outside and inside. In this space, the Threshold is represented by the feature wall with nature and backlit panels. Located to be visible from the outside, the feature wall invites the customers to access the space to explore the new functions.
- Inspiration
- ZENustas is a word composed by merging the Japanese word Zen, meaning All, with the Latin word Venustas, the word for Beauty. The space aims to celebrate various forms of beauty, from natural one, proper of the Zen culture, to human-made beauty. The inclusive space is composed of Eastern and Western Architectural languages that synergistically shape the Interiors shaping a vibrant but still relaxing space.
- Project Duration
- ZENustas Hair Salon is located in Yaizu, in proximity of the Mount Fuji in Japan. The project lasted 3 months while the construction phase lasted 7 days only.
- Operation Flow
- ZENustas Hair Salon's design reflects a holistic approach.
The wooden floor texture orientation creates a more intuitive customer journey that, from the entrance, naturally leads the customer towards the hairdressing stations. The wooden floor texture settles with the direction of the freestanding vertical short walls, providing consistency to the space. These oriented walls serve different purposes: increasing the number of available stations by optimizing the use of the space and, through the oriented mirrors, providing customers with the possibility of looking at the surrounding without leaving their chairs. - Team Members
- Lead Architect: Lorena Antea Caruana
Lead Local Architect: Naoki Watanabe - Image Credits
- Image #No.1: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)
Image #No.2: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)
Image #No.3: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)
Image #No.4: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)
Image #No.4: Lorena Antea Caruana (Photo credits / Architect)
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