toiro/h Beauty Salon

toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon

Takashi Ago

ARCHITECTS
Takashi Ago

CONTRACTORS
Naitou Gumi Corporation

MANUFACTURERS
Endo Lighting Corporation, Eishin Kogyo Co., Kakudai, Nippon Steel, Osaka Gas Chemicals Co., Roval

DESIGN
Takashi Ago

AREA
40 M²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Izumo, Japan

CATEGORY
Commercial Architecture, Wellness Interiors

toiro/h Beauty Salon
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A new store of the beauty salon "toiro/h" with the concept of diverse individuality and brilliance. The location is Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, which is known for having one of Japan's leading shrines, Izumo Taisha.

toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon
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From the mountains behind, you can see the scenery of clouds rising in layers, which is said to be one of the origins of the name of the place.

Synchronizing this natural phenomenon with architecture, shadows overlap, and I tried to bring it closer to a soft state swaying in the wind.

toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon
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In the precincts of Izumo Taisha, which is said to be a matchmaking shrine, a huge shimenawa(sacred rice-straw ropes) is dedicated.

Inspired by the fact that the act of "tying" in this region has a special meaning, A 12mm white rope twisted with thin resin fibers was used for a total length of 1300m.

The ropes are tied to the ground at irregular intervals and bent at different angles, like folding a folding screen.

toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon
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The knots were filled with local crushed stone to make them appear to rise above the ground.

The same materials were used for both the exterior and interior, and they were made without distinction.

The ambiguity was amplified by mixing and adding imaginary reflections in the mirror. In the bleached interior, the different "colors" of the visitors emerge.

toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon
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toiro/h Beauty Salon
Courtesy Of Takashi Ago
toiro/h Beauty Salon
Courtesy Of Takashi Ago
toiro/h Beauty Salon
Courtesy Of Takashi Ago


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