LOVEST WELL
Kenta Hasegawa

A Cypress colonnade gently zoning areas of specific functions whilst allowing visual connectivity throughout the space

The hair salon is located in a residential neighborhood near Yokkaichi Station where industrial factories are scattered around the area creating vivid contrast in ordinary suburban scenery.

photo_credit Kenta Hasegawa
Kenta Hasegawa

The building is composed of 4 volumes placed like windmill figure with various roof heights and diagonal roof pitches. Each volume contains reception, cut space, shampoo space, and private space.

photo_credit Kenta Hasegawa
Kenta Hasegawa


Each space is directory connected through Cyprus colonnades (18 columns are placed repeatedly at 910mm pitch), which allow customers and workers move around smoothly.

photo_credit Kenta Hasegawa
Kenta Hasegawa


The colonnades also create ambiguous but seamless domains providing cozy private space like a house as well as hollow open space like a factory simultaneously. These opposite qualities create a unique blend into the salon as if you see in the cityscape as a communal identity of City of Yokkaichi.

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