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Creative team OLIVE3 architecture & design was assigned to design within a shell consisted of three levels (basement of 95 sq.m., 85 sq.m. ground floor, first floor 105 sq.m.) inside an old bourgeois building of the 30’s, using modern materials, advanced technology and great style to meet the needs of a multifunctional space that appeals to a discerning audience, familiar with modern services and amenities, typical feature of this particular beauty salon franchise. 

Basic synthetic principle was to create a new optical of the shop by the entrance of the gallery, to be better perceived by the passing-by visitor of Voukourestiou street.

The side of the gallery has been redesigned and coated in black wooden panels and three-dimensional texture to create a unified feel.

On the ground level, were placed the lobby (reception), a wardrobe and seven working stations. The core of the store was placed on the floor (sixteen working stations) joined with the ground floor with a stunning metal ladder that develops in front of a three-dimensional white wall, while some additional functions (makeup, waxing, public toilets and personnel space) were positioned in the basement. 

On the upper floor all the functions unify through a continuous ribbon made out f white corian, running around space, as it transforms from bench to ceiling, lamp, fragment and back. 

Olive3 Architecture & Design

Design and supervision of construction

Voukourestiou str, Athens | 300 sq.m.

2008-2009 Athens, Greece

Ilias Zarbalis
Hair Salon
Zarbalis

I am an Architect-Engineer, and Conceptual Urban Designer. My research and practice engage issues of urbanization, infrastructure, and the dynamics of the collective.

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[AUTONOMA]

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