Share Salon JAM is a beauty salon located in Osaka. The client was Mr. TAKU NAGASAKI of storage green label. In recent years, the demand for shared salon spaces is gradually increasing in Japan as well. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment are one of the reasons for this. Due to factors such as shortened operating hours, increasing numbers of workers see the appeal of working freelance. In response to this changing environment, Share Salon JAM was completed in 2020 as a space enabling salon staff to work whenever and for as long as they want.

▼项目概览，overall of the project ©TAKUMI OTA

The design concept is around “jam.” This word expresses the meaning of different people working alongside each other. Instead of borrowing a salon name and working as employees, this facility allows each worker to express their own unique individuality, We express this concept as “intermixing individuality.”

▼等待区与反光墙面细部，detail of the waiting area and the glowing wall ©TAKUMI OTA

First, the color of the front glowing wall varies depending on the angle. It shows the individuality of human beings and different perspectives. Each person’s individuality is like a material (box). In addition to tiles and paint, the materials for the private rooms normally used for the base were also employed. By giving a flat value to these materials that are usually covered over immediately, the design achieves an expression of individuality free from any hierarchy of superiority and inferiority, which I think is a beautiful thing.