Land beauty salon is tucked in skinny slot between Osaka shops
Design studio Sides Core was charmed instead of challenged by the narrow floor plan of Land beauty salon in Osaka, Japan, which makes the most of its slender proportions.
Land is run by a married couple and is situated in Nishi-Ku, a ward of Osaka that is home to a number of trendy fashion and homeware boutiques.
The salon measures 59 square metres but is squeezed onto a narrow site between two buildings.
Osaka design studio Sides Core wanted to draw attention to in its interior design scheme for the space.
A passageway has been created on one side of the salon, allowing passersby on the street to see through the deep floor plan to the rear of the space.
The facade of the salon has also been fitted with a noren, a traditional Japanese fabric divider that's cut with slits so that people can easily pass through it.
"Clients duck under the curtain and enter, feeling psychologically drawn down the passageway, further into the space," explained the studio.
Cosmetic eyelash treatments will be carried out in a boxy timber volume that's been erected in the entryway.
Accessed via a short flight of stairs, the floor of the room has been raised 90cm to create a sense of separation from the main body of the salon and provide clients with privacy.
At its centre are a simple white reclining chair and a spherical lantern.
The volume also helps conceal the salon's four hair-cutting stations, which are divided by horizontal timber panels.
Behind lies the shampooing area and a...
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