Tranquility and movement

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Architects: Wülser Bechtel Architekten

Location: Zürich, Switzerland

Architects In Charge: Stefan Wülser, Nicolaj Bechtel, Daniel Klinger (PL)

Area: 85.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Stefan Wülser

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From the architect. Tranquility and movementWe?ve been working on a art-inspired hairdressers salon interior on one of the most busy streets of Zurich. The brief said that their ambitious clients should forget about their jobs and problems once they get their hair done. It?s a highly personal and very demanding service and the atmosphere is a huge part of the experience. 
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There was obviously a huge difference in mood from the hectic and noisy street outside to the laidback music and the repetitive sound of high quality scissors inside. It seems that time passes in different tempi. 

Plan

The quick pace of the outside can be considered distracting for what the hairdressor wants to achieve but at the same time we don?t want to neglect the surrounding since we were interested in a very specific solution. We developed a pattern that is both ? unhasty and intricate at the same time. It remains interesting since it changes it ap...