Built in 2006 but not published before, Shiro is a hair salon in Fukui, Japan, by architects 1980/Takuya Hosokai + Hiromasa Mori.
Shiro means white in Japanese, in contrast to Kuro, which means black and which is also the name of the house by the same architects we published last week.
Here are some facts from Hokosai:
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“Shiro”
design: 1980 / Takuya Hosokai + Hiromasa Mori
Place: Fukui city, Fukui prefecture, Japan
program: Beauty Salon
Built: June, 2006
structure: Steel-frame building
site area: 194.26 sqm
building area: 78.17 sqm
total floor area: 166.79 sqm
love the use of the envelope folding open to reveal the entrance and the reflection of the evelope’s angle at the corner’s window treatment, very nice, very clean.
a bit rough round the edges but quite nice…
I really like the shape and the use of white. What a great design for a salon that I am sure supports high end clientale.
love the sight lines
cool angles – would love to see the stylin’ that goes on inside – probably some space age coifs
nice building…clean white and simple form…great contemporary…
wow! a fold from a box just to take in the main door. refreshing!
Another cool Japanese design. Judging from what can be seen of the context, does well to turn inward but why so many stair pics and none of the business end of the shoppe?
as always leave it to the japanese to make the absolute most out of a very limited space… cheers
Beautiful, Boxfresh!….Pity about those horrible phone lines and poles!
lovely straight line work
The exterior shape is beautiful and deceptively simple.
Impressive wealth of interior space and light.
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