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GN Hair

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Main Hall - Mingu Kang
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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
5.35
5.77
5.76
5.20
5.52
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
7.14
6.79
7.43
6.79
7.04
Patrick Keane
Patrick Keane Director at Enter Projects Asia
7.14
6.79
7.43
6.79
7.04
Joe Cheng
Joe Cheng Chairman at CCD Cheng Chung Design
As its name suggests, the store use...
7.14
6.79
7.43
6.79
7.04
Mustafa Afsaroglu
Mustafa Afsaroglu Interior Designer, Co-founder at TS-DS
Love that the concept is applied to...
7.14
6.79
7.43
6.79
7.04
Nathan Watts
Nathan Watts Creative Director at Interstore
7.14
6.79
7.43
6.79
7.04
Client
GN Hair
Floor area
96 ㎡
Completion
2022
Social Media
Instagram
Finishes
Finishes

A hair salon is a place where many spatial and functional elements intertwine together to form a very complex space. It is a place to whom he or she will like to receive the ultimate treatment experience, as to whom it will be a work space with efficient workflow and sufficient area to perform hairdressing. Hair salon needs to be a space which expresses both aesthetic impressions as well as functional factors at the same time. 

For the new hair salon, GN Hair, the design team wanted to approach with a very clear design language to intrigue its customers and the passerby. During the process of concept development, an image of a swirling peachy hair of a woman was brought up and later this was further developed into the main feature wall of the salon. 

Not only this hair-resembling wall has separated space according to its functions, but its bumpy in-and-out feature has expressed the unique identity of the space. Along with this, additional walls have been added which later divided the VIP zone, shampoo zone, and the canteen gradually according to their privacy levels. 

Sustainability issues have been considered as well, as parts of the walls have been used with reclaimed wood from site and stucco mixed with recycled sand has given more depth to the overall texture of the peach-colored feature. 

The shop seemed to show weakness of less traffic due to the location at the rear side of the building, but it showed its own charming feature of the front view facing a small mountain; it has allowed to enjoy the full open view of the greenery. 

The design team took this further by replacing the front of the shop to full glass facade and adding mirror to the other side by each seating, so the customers could enjoy and mesmerize by the reflected view of the nature.