6 Salon Old Woodward, Birmingham Interior, Michigan Building, American Commercial Architecture Images
6 Salon Old Woodward in Birmingham MI
Apr 15, 2021
6 Salon Old Woodward
Design: M1DTW Architects
Location: Birmingham, Michigan, USA

6 Salon (Old Woodward) is a 21-station hair salon that focuses on the interaction between stylist and client. It relies on a range of materials whose surface qualities interact with light.

The site, a ground level, retail storefront in a mixed-use building built in the 1960s, is the second location for the client, whose original 18-station salon shares a similar spatial configuration. This project involved relocating and expanding a nearby 12-station salon, doubling the capacity and making use of a number of existing elements, including a make-up counter and reception desk.
The existing corner entry was reworked with a new floor to ceiling glass storefront that extends parallel to the existing facade to create an interstitial vestibule and retail space that moves patrons around the central salon space and to a reception area set at the rear of the space. A desk refaced with an array of geometric tiles cut from an industrial grade plywood faced a matte black dimpled top layer transforms as patrons approach the warm end grain appears while a mural of original photographs commissioned for the client showcases the hands of a hairstylists at work.

Three rows of seven stylist stations compose the primary salon space. Each station is compris...