100 GRAMS HAIR & BEAUTY SALON

Location
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Type
Architecture / Commercial
GFA
2,000 sf
Status
Completed, 2016
Client
100 Grams Hair & Beauty Salon
Design Architect
A:I
Lighting Contractor
Po Wah Neon Light Company
A:I Project Team
Dennis Lee, Ivy Ip, Sanna Lee

Lan Fong Road in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong is unofficially the “Hair Salon Street” with no less than nine salons on the short 100-meter stretch between Lee Garden Road and Yun Ping Road (not to mention a dog grooming salon). There is one similarity for all of these shops; they all locate on the first or second floor of old walk-up buildings ("tong lau")with large windows facing the street, while pedestrians can often see grooming in action from street level.

100 Grams Hair & Beauty Salon occupies a high visibility unit on the second floor. The design resolution is simple and economical. We revealed the roughness of the building by plastering the 6 meter by 3 meter window bay and the internal stairway, and enhanced the brand's visibility and identity with eye-catching quotations in neon lights.