Pale pink surfaces meet arched doorways inside this rose-tinted beauty salon in Xiangyun, China, designed by architecture studio Penda China.
Ecnesse – which specialises in using high-end beauty and skincare products – already has a host of salons dotted across China, with each featuring a different fit-out.
Penda China were approached to overhaul five of the brand’s salons, creating visually-unified interiors that were “simple, transparent, bright and cheerful”.
The branch in Xiangyun, a town that lies west of Nan’an city in southwest China, has been decked out almost entirely in pink – an attempt by the studio to avoid the “monotonous” white interiors typically created for beauty stores.
Flecked, rose-coloured stone has been used to craft the service counter in the salon’s entrance lobby, above which a trio of spherical pendant lamps is suspended.
The stone has also been applied across the floor and to the countertops of tables dotted throughout the space.
Each table is surrounded by wood-framed chairs with pale grey or blush-tone seat cushions, where customers can sit and wait or have short consultations with members of staff.
Other than a couple of shelving units that extend up from the floor on thin brass poles, decoration has been limited to leafy potted plants.
A small office-area can be seen through a huge arched window that’s been punctuated in a partition wall.
Arched forms have been incorporated throughout the salon to create a cave-like aesthetic, which the studio hopes will foster a cosy sense of belonging amongst visitors.
Vaulted frames separate a sequence of alcoves where pedicures are done, dressed with muted red lounge chairs.
Curved doors made from frosted glass have then been used to conceal private treatment rooms. Inside, small arched mirrors are leant up against the wall.
“We created a sense of rhythm and a little bit of mystery with curves,” explained the studio.
“These repeated core elements serve as a formal language to strengthen people’s impression of the brand and enhance visual recognisability.”
Further rooms towards the rear of the space are accessed via tall arched doorways, some of which are covered with blood-red velvet curtains. The salon’s main entrance door has also been made curved in shape.
Penda China is headed up by architect Dayong Sun, and forms one half of architecture firm Penda, founded by Sun and Chris Precht in 2013. Penda split into two firms earlier this year, but the architects continue to work together on projects under that name.
The other half is Studio Precht, an Austrian architecture practice led by Chris Precht and his wife Fei Precht, that typically works on residential projects.
Earlier this year Studio Precht unveiled designs for a treehouse that’s meant to look like a cartoon character and created a conceptual housing tower with built-in vertical farms where residents could grow their own produce.
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