Ryo Matsui's Hairdo salon has a transparent house-shaped facade
A glazed facade reveals the two-storey interior of a house-shaped hair salon by Japanese firm Ryo Matsui Architects in Chiba, Japan (+ slideshow).
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Ryo Matsui Architects designed the Hairdo beauty salon with a simple interior of plain white walls and timber surfaces, leaving roof trusses and other structural elements exposed.
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Located next to Chiba's train station, the salon's transparent frontage allows pedestrians to look straight through and see what's happening on both floors of the building.
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"The big glass facade viewed from the frontal road raises the internal aspect and contributes a sense of unity," the architects explained.
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Glass entrance doors lead into a reception and waiting area that occupies the front half of the ground floor.
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A row of mirrors and chairs are fixed down the side of the far wall, while a shampoo and colour area is tucked away at the rear along with a small courtyard.
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Upstairs, a styling area covers much of the large open-plan space, with a staff room and extra shampoo area towards the back.
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Photography is by Daici Ano.
Here's a project description from the architects:
Hairdo hair salon
This salon is located in the prefectural road in front of Chiba Station where a monorail comes and goes.
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We planned the two-story hair salon. In a condition called the ten years fixed-term land leasehold, it is required the coexistence as an intelligent architecture and effective interior.
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In the big roof covering the second floor as a main, it is made from a gabled roof-shaped by the warren truss with a light steel frame.
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It is matched up steel materials as thin as possible, for example chord members of 60×60mm, lattices of 40×40mm, and roof purlins of 60×30mm.
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The contrast of the structure painted white and sheathing boards, applying to the furniture and fixtures, let them fused their visual expression.
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The facade of the big glass viewed from the frontal road, raises the internal aspect contributed a sense of unity.
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In restrictive temporal axis, it is expected that the salon is integrated into as a picture frame of the city to contribute to local activation.
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Building Site: Chiba-shi, Chiba
Principal Use: Hair salon
Architect: Ryo Matsui Architects Inc.
Structural Design: Ryo Kuwako
Construction: Nichinan Iron Corporation
Site Area: 141.99 m² Shampoo Area
Architectural Area: 106.7 m²
Total Floor Area: 220.8 m²
1st Floor Area: 113.41 m²
2nd Floor Area: 106.67 m²
Structure: Steel construction