EN Skincare 化妝品店、美容沙龍 by Yusuke Kinoshita is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 白金獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.
白金室內· 2020
EN Skincare 化妝品店、美容沙龍
Client: Archiee
A' Design Award 白金獎 Winner in 室內 Category
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About EN Skincare 化妝品店、美容沙龍
En Skincare係一間化妝品店兼護理沙龍，位於巴黎市中心一座十八世紀嘅建築之內。「En」呢個名喺日文入面解作「美」，亦可以解作「圓」同「緣份」。呢三重意思啟發咗整個設計。一系列圓形黃銅隔斷將150平方米嘅空間分成兩層共四個房間。地面層係兩個明亮嘅灰泥牆房間，而地庫就保留咗石牆同拱形天花。訪客沿住一條蜿蜒嘅路徑去到各個護理區域，體現咗日本人透過探索發現嚟展現款客之道嘅理念。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 白金獎
EN Skincare 化妝品店、美容沙龍是 A' Design Award 白金獎得主，這是授予真正卓越、優雅和宏偉設計的極具聲望的認可。白金獎得主是創造的奇蹟，是智力創造力極限的見證，展現出其設計師無與倫比的專業精神和天才。這些設計被期待成為定義一個時代的美學、造福社會、並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術界限的最負盛名的作品。EN Skincare 化妝品店、美容沙龍展現出超凡脫俗的卓越水準，以其有益而寶貴的特質毫無疑問地讓世界變得更美好。EN Skincare 化妝品店、美容沙龍是一件贏得 A' Design Award 白金獎的作品，它喚起慾望，啟發人心，令人愉悅，並迸發出巨大的喜悅。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Designed for new Japanese cosmetics brand En, the store occupies of an 18th-century building in the centre of the French capital. The name "En" translates as "beauty" in Japanese, but can also mean "circle" and "connection". These three translations all inspired the design of the store. On the ground floor are two bright minimal spaces, furnished with curving brass partitions and furniture. Meanwhile the basement reveals the building's history, with exposed stone walls and a vaulted ceiling.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The existing 150 square meter spaces were divided into 4 main rooms: 2 rooms with stone vaulted spaces in the basement and 2 rooms finished with white plaster on the ground floor. A different scale of circles is composed for each room to create a functional plan. Room1: the entrance and the boutique, Room2: the counseling and the treatment space, Room3: the hall and the massage space, Room4: the product gallery and the blending counter.
- Tags
- Skincare, brass, paris, japan
- Production Technology
- The external surfaces of the circle partitions are finished in polished brass to bring a distorted and warm reflection. This beautiful expanded space creates the feeling for the visitor step into an elegant and extraordinary world.
- Design Challenge
- Merging two history and culture, between French and Japanese. Mixing culture in a strong clear story is always a challenge. Once we could figure out this strong idea, then we believe this new story could attract the people.
- Research
- The site has prime Parisian location, in the 6th arrondissement steps from the Jardin de Luxembourg. We preserved most of the existing structure of the 18th-century building, adding a series of circular partitions across four rooms and two levels to gently define the various functions of the space. This leans into the Japanese hospitality principal of discovery; patrons must wind through the store to find each treatment area, rather than walking into an obvious open-plan. The unusual geometric forms serve to spark curiosity in the customer, enchanting them to delve deeper into the store.
- Inspiration
- Adding a series of circular partitions across four rooms and two levels to gently define the various functions of the space. This leans into the Japanese hospitality principal of discovery; patrons must wind through the store to find each treatment area, rather than walking into an obvious open-plan. The unusual geometric forms serve to spark curiosity in the customer. The concept of ‘beauty’ by choosing golden polished brass for the circular partitions and accent pieces throughout the store.
- Project Duration
- Project started in December 2017 and opened to public at July 2019 in paris. 7 Rue de Condé75006 Paris
- Operation Flow
- The space cut off by the circle partitions connects all the required functions. This remaining space between the existing walls and the integrated circle partitions creates a geometrically curious form and an original circulation with an aesthetical experience. The customer cannot get into each service rooms directly, but must walk along a winding path toward the destination. This method that let the visitors walk along and enhance his expectation is typical Japanese way of hospitality, as in the traditional tea culture.
- Patents
- Photography is by David Foessel
- Team Members
- Yusuke Kinoshita
- Image Credits
- Photography is by David Foessel
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