A hairdresser for all audiences, with a certain feminine, elegant and young tendency.

With these premises, Sonia Portela comes to us for the design of her first hairdresser as a personal project and with clear intentions to set an aesthetic trend that represents her professional ethics and her target clients.

The place, previously used for the same use, was old-fashioned, cold, with details that took us back to the 80s, the use of gilded carpentry, glass displays and endless combinations that marked the interventions without criteria with the passage of time. years.

The starting point for our project was to capture the attention of the pedestrian. The potential customer on a boulevard with high pedestrian traffic had to feel the presence of the establishment. To do this, we take the façade to the outside line of the premises, marking the entrance to direct the client and in turn generate an open waiting room full of natural light. We created a reticular design with black lacquered iron joinery to enhance the feeling of traditional elegance that this profession represents.

The next point was to generate two blocks of translucent glass facing each other, a face to face that houses those most intimate functions and through which the rest of the hairdresser is organized. A microperforated metal sheet is incorporated on top of them that generates a differential part of the roof. Although this is worked in such a way that it marks the different functions of the space, false ceiling in the waiting room, entrance and payment counter and forging seen in the work area, the sheet enhances that hierarchical component of the glass volumes.

The rest of the divisions have been made through furniture. The subtlety of the curve has been sought, the softness of the lines that transmit the naturalness of the hair has been represented in light brown wood, providing the necessary warmth for comfort combined with details in black iron. The sincerity of materials such as the exposed forged ceiling, the polished concrete pavement and the iron are counteracted by the elegance and nobility of the wood, generating a refined industrial result, a place where going to have your hair treated is more than just a need.

With the furniture, in addition, the greatest comfort and functionality of use is sought, generating product displays so that the collaborating brands are present at all times. The clients' coats are part of the division between the waiting room and the work area, which filters the visual communication between these two spaces. The collection desk, in addition to being protected from prying eyes, is located in a way that allows you to control the most relevant areas of the establishment and has the dual function of also housing the makeup station.

In short, the balance generated by this refined industrial aesthetic fosters that extra appeal demanded by the property, that elegant and young line with simple details that will make this design a place that will last over time.