CRYSTALSCAPE
Designed by
MORIYUKI OCHIAI ARCHITECTS

Title:
CRYSTALSCAPE
Category:
Interior Design Category
Location:
Tokyo,Japan
Designer:
MORIYUKI OCHIAI ARCHITECTS
Website:
Moriyuki Ochiai, Jillian Lei, Nanzan Ito,
Team:




Fumio Araki
Photo Credits:
MORIYUKI OCHIAI ARCHITECTS
Copyrights:
We performed the interior design for a beauty salon.
we endeavored to create a space that would envelop the body in such radiance by making the entire ceiling into a luminous crystal symbolizing the ideal of resplendent hair.
Metallic waves, representing the bright, aerial, gracious way in which hair flows, are intricately weaved into a white matrix of geometric patterns (a lattice structure featuring a signature color gradation of white and wooden tones) to produce a mystical luminous crystal from which a subdued light scatters as it bounces off the creases in the metal.
The light reflected off the metal waves and penetrating the white lattice produces intricate and constantly evolving expressions throughout the entire space that enables patrons to experience an ever-changing atmosphere as this layered structure will be perceived differently depending on their relative position and line of sight at any given time.
We sought to honor the beauty of hair and replicate the spatial experience of penetrating into its mysterious radiance and profound depth through the repeated entwinement of layers of lattice and metal.