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Le Cinq by Ninkipen!
Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames.
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Half of these mirrors are arranged at right angles to the other half so that customers don't have to look one another in the eye when having a haircut.
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More plants are scattered around the salon, while a spotty dog statue greets customers at the door.
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Small splashes of colour also crop up around the space on chairs, ornaments and electrical cable surrounds.
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See more projects by Ninkipen! here, including an office with a bubbly facade.
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Photography is by Hiroki Kawata.
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Here's some more text from the architects:
This is an interior design for a hair salon in Osaka, Japan.
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First of all, we plant a pachira is 3m in height, and put mirrors around it like a swirl. Next, we set more mirrors and plants around them.
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By this, you can relax in front of a mirror because your eyes don’t meet other costumers, and you can look increased images of plants reflected in mirrors.
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We try to create a new scenery of hair salon by an original placement of mirrors.
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Project name: LE CINQ
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Architect: YASUO IMAZU / ninkipen!
Use: hair salon
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Location: Kadoma city, Osaka, Japan
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Design: 2010.10〜2012.2
Construction: 2012.2〜2012.3
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Scale: 219.5m2
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