Salons

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Contents

Foreword 6

Bundy Bundy 8

Granny. M 14

AVEDA Hair Salon 20

Salon Gallerie 26

Erics Paris Salon – Beijing Kerry Centre 32

Colour Bar Hairdressers 38

Hair Culture 42

La Guardia Salon 48

Han Salon de Visage 54

West Hertfordshire Hair Academy 60

Cristiano Cora Salon 64

Carmen Font Madrid Hairdresser’s 70

Scissor Hands 76

Bergman Beauty Clinics MediSpa 82

Tiara 88

Haarwerk 94

Produce NARUSE 100 Hairu Hair Treatment 204

Imai Colore 106 Sense Spa 210

4 Zoom Salon 112 Blythe 216

Hair Salon Kasbah 118 Studio 1452 220

Tierra 122 Jenny House Beauty Salon 224

Hair Salon in Golden Hall 130 kilico. 228

C-Style 138 Hair Salon at Peter Mark College 234

Suave Hair 144 Salon Salon Beaute 240

Philippe Venoux 150 Tribeca Aoyama 246

Arrojo Cutler Salon 156 Showhair Salon 252

Hair salon in Kolonaki 160 Cure Salon Monsieur 258

Produce Hashimoto 166 Style Club 264

Cesare Ragazzi 174 Index 270

Tan Bella Hair and Tanning Salon 180

Suite 186

Vasken Demirjian Salon 192

Hairstyling Nafi 198

Beauty Salons and Spatial Designs “total beauty”, designers use various techniques

In modern days, beauty salons are expected to to create a space that is suitable for each

be more than just a place to get a haircut. function, meaning that multiple elements are

combined in one space.

Beauty salons used to be just a place to “become What I emphasise most in the midst of this change

beautiful” and hairdressers’ role was only to is the “philosophy” of the owners. The standard

provide hairstyles that made the customers of “beauty” varies in accordance with personal

look better. Therefore, the space of a beauty tastes and it alters with time as well. However, in

salon was designed to be avant-garde and my point of view, the” philosophy” of the owners

it was a place that had somewhat a sense of is universal.

tension. However, nowadays, beauty salons are I will give you examples from my past works. An

considered not merely as a place to “become owner of a beauty salon named “Tiara” said to

pretty” but also as a place to “get refreshed me as below. “Tiara is a jewelry that a bride wears

(healed)”. Many beauty salons have developed on her head. ‘The wedding day’ is the day that a

new menus such as head spa, head treatment woman looks most beautiful and I want to provide

and scalp massage to heal the customer from a service that a woman can feel as same as that

inside. Moreover, under the idea of “a total special day every time she comes to my salon.”

beauty”, beauty salons also provide nail cares In order to express the owner’s “philosophy”, here

and eyelash extensions to cover everything is what I did in the design of the salon: above

concerning “beauty”, and thus various functions each seat lies a ceiling, which you can say is a

are required in one space. head of the space. On that ceiling, I put “islands”

Based on this stream of beauty salons changing instead of “Tiaras” so that the customers are able

from a place to “become beautiful” to a place to imagine about their honeymoons.

to “get refreshed (healed)”, the tone of spatial In another salon, “Produce NARUSE”, the owner’s

designs have switched from avant-garde and “philosophy” was to make their new shop into

tense to a warming one, using wood and

plastering materials. In order to realise the idea of

something that would link to the historical city it is By securing just enough level of illuminance

located in. Every beauty salon has “partitions” to in each section, the space will necessarily be

separate the space according to use (haircutting divided into various atmospheres, from “tense”

space, waiting room, reception, shampooing to “relaxing”. We can create a space that is both

space and dispensary). I used the partition as functional and well-designed merely by changing

well as the façade as parts of one picture. That the lights.

is to say, when looking at them separately, the As stated above, beauty salons need to fulfill

partitions are just regular partitions, but when many conditions, but the most precious thing

looking the shop from outside, it is designed to be is the “philosophy” of the owner and there are

one big picture that would blend into the city. limitless ways to respond to their needs.

I also believe that the “lighting” is the most Beauty salons will keep on developing, but at

important factor that we must consider when the same time, spatial designs will continue to

actually designing a space. In a beauty salon, the advance as well.

illuminance of a haircutting space requires to be Masahiro Yoshida

more than 1,000 lx, which is almost equal to the Representative Executive, KAMITOPEN Inc.

colour temperature of the daytime sunlight. The

illuminance for sections of nail care and eyelash

extension needs to be around 700 lx to 800 lx,

while make-up space requires approximately 600

lx and they use an incandescent lamp (orange

light) to make the colour of the customer’s face

look better. Since shampooing section doesn’t

have to be bright at all, indirect illuminations are

used to prevent the lights from getting into the

customers' eyes directory and make them feel

more relaxed.

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Bundy Bundy

Location: Bundy Bundy is the largest hairstyling firm

Vienna Austria in the high-quality segment in Austria. This

Designer: internationally oriented flagship salon is a

BWM Architekten und Partner jewel in Vienna’s crown. The objective is to

Photographer: accommodate the high art of hairstyling in

Rupert Steiner a salon that cleverly combines many years

Completion date: of Bundy Bundy's expertise with the latest

2006 demands in the ambience and design, while

featuring all elements of timeless classic.

The key focus of the concept is the customer,

who will to be made to feel like guests in a five-

star hotel. The concept was strongly influenced

by the colour palette: each room has its own

individual accent. The spectrum runs from soft

light beige and strong mauve through bright

magenta and lustrous mother-of-pearl all the

way to relaxing mint. Sophisticated lighting

design intensifies the ambience and gives each

room its very own personality. Reception and

lobby area with an open fireplace, bar and

prominent artistic delights in a soft light brown.

The lounge provides first-class treatments and

indulgent experiences for the customer in

a cozy atmosphere with strong mauve. The

Mirror Hall is a place of transformation and an

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AVEDA Hair Salon

Location: In the AVEDA Hair Salon, power and energy

Tokyo Japan of nature are translated into architecture. The

Designer: guests would feel like walking through a forest,

CURIOSITY Inc. surrounded by high trees. The dynamic of the

Photographer: space is a reminiscence of the power of nature,

CURIOSITY Inc. a series of sequences, a journey through

Completion date: different scene each with as specific function,

2007 a seamless space where the architecture

seems suspended from above. A subtle game

20 - 21 of transparency and reflections trigger the

sensitivity and senses of the customer, to bring

them closer to themselves and the essence of

AVEDA.

The random of the facets is a sharp contrast

with the environment, it reminds of the freedom

of nature, while large wood walls structure the

space into a spatial composition the reveals

unexpected views and perspective as you

walk through. The space seems to be created

with three basic elements: water (glass), stone

(concrete floor) and wood (walls). The palette

of materials was kept to the minimal, the

natural feel of the concrete floor, is a sharp

contrast with the graphical wood structure, the

light wood colour gives a fresh and natural feel

gradually enlighted with linear undirect lighting.

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1. The power and energy of nature

were translated into architecture

2. Terraced wood stand

3. The cutting area combines three

basic elements: water, stone and wood

4. The relaxing area is quite comfortable

5. The lighting express a sense of relaxing

6. The chairs in the cutting area

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1. Reception

2. Counselling centre

3. Locker room

4. Toilet

5. Shampoo area

6. Cutting area

7. Head spa

8. Lab

9. Relaxation

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Salon Gallerie

Location: The project was to design a series of individual

Omaha USA rooms to be rented out to independent

Designer: entrepreneurial hair stylists. The great hair stylists

Randy Brown are artists. They work from pictures, which

Photographer: clients bring in of potential hairstyles and then

Assassi Productions use their hand-eye coordination to sculpt hair

Completion date: into artistic compositions that complement the

2007 clients facial and body features. A great hair

cut and colour transforms body and soul.

26 - 27 The architects decided to create the salon

architecture using the hair stylist’s creative

process. The client gave the architects a

picture of a colourful painting as the inspiration

for the salon. The architects then transformed

the painting into a floor plan and abruptly left

the office to become the builders. Just as the

hairstylist looks at a picture and then creates,

sculpting as they cut, the architects began

building and sculpting space based on the

colourful painting. The fluid geometry of the

painting was hand crafted. The transparency

of the painting was sculpted from glass,

perforated metal and back-lit polycarbonate.

The architects took rebar and sculpted it with

their hands to create sculptures for the space,

abstracting hair styles and accessories. The

result of this process was a space that could

not have been conceived on paper. Design

was created during the act of making. The

architects just as the hairstylists designed with

hands and eyes.

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1. The project consists a series of

individual rooms

2. An individual room viewed from

the corridor

3. Long corridor

4. Rebar sculptures

5. Interior view of an individual room

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28 - 29 1. Entrance

2. Reception

3. Toilet

4. Individual styling rooms

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Colour Bar Hairdressers

Location: Colour Bar Hairdressers was to engage the

Prospect Australia idea of the shop as a “place” rather than a

Designer: traditional “shop”. This shop is an unique “Colour

Studio Nine Bar” experience but not just a “hair cut”. This

Photographer: was achieved by creating a colourful and

Sarah Long Photography dynamic space, which was filled with light,

Completion date: sound, the aroma of coffee, colour, cutting,

2007 style and service. The shop invents a new and

exciting retail image and store concept for the

38 - 39 emerging Colour Bar hair dressing chain. The

fitout was derived from a carefully formulated

“Kit of Parts” that was unique to the Colour Bar

Salon. This design strategy has been followed

through in two later Colour Bar Stores. They

all form distinctive “working zones” with a

memorable “Retail Image” for the chain.

These unique devices include the idea of a

coffee bar as a waiting area and attracting

passing by clientele; the integration of a colour

lab as an internal working feature and an

area of interaction; the use of music and visual

elements with colourful dynamic bulkheads

and innovative lighting. Other shop parts

include a Colour Waiting Area, feature Cutting

Stations, window waiting bench seating, Nails

table amongst others.

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1. A general view of the storefront

2. The reception with tall stolls

3. The red lanterns will catch passers-

by’s eyes

4. The cutting area and shampoo

area were combined together

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2. Manicure station

3. Waiting area

4. Cutting area

5. Shampoo area

6. Beauty rooms

7. Staff kitchen

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Hair Culture

Location: Situated in the alley lane, Hair Culture is a salon

Taipei China which has combined with fashion elements to

Designer: provide individual expert hair care and design.

CJ STUDIO Using the dark brown laser-perforated metallic

Photographer: net to engrave the pattern of waves, it was

Marc Gerritsen created to bring a variety of layers and shading

Completion date: effects within the space. At the same time, it

2007 is a metaphor of foams and bubbles, which

formed during hair washing, and emphasis the

42 - 43 figure of water. As such, a façade of a glowing

black diamond being surrounded by metallic

foams can somewhat be seen from far.

The premises were divided into two floors. The

core space for both the first and second floor

was the mineral modules which were sculpted

by black mirror glasses. Hiding behind the

mineral modules, there are VIP rooms and

other functional sections such as the washing

area, the staff room and etc. Within the white

painted space, the multilateral geometrical

cut was employed on the ceilings, with the

addition of brown epoxy floor, reinforcing the

image of natural mineral rocks. Besides, chairs

and sofas placed in the cutting and waiting

area are all designed by CJ Studio. The warm

gray leather of the chairs cleverly complements

the white wall and the brown floor, preventing

the atmosphere being overly stiff.

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1. The custom-designed chair is

aesthetic and comfortable

2. A façade of a glowing black

diamond

3. The shampoo area uses indirect

lighting

4. The lighting in cutting area and

shampoo area contrast each other

5. VIP room is private

6. The perforated metallic brings a

variety of layers and shading effects

within the space

7. Viewing the salon through coloured

glass in the staircase

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44 - 45 1. Cutting area

2. Colour bar

3. VIP room

4. Staff room

5. Shampoo area

6. Toilet

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