The salon location is on the second floor of a mixed-use building with a continuous ribbon windows facing the town’s active main street. The work area at the street front allows for both clients and stylists to have a presence on the streetscape, but also communicates to the outside world that a vibrant activity takes place within. Salons cater to the look and the viewed…Red’s location and layout celebrates this as part of human nature.

The floor plan takes advantage of natural light in the salon workspace and combines both halogen and fluorescent lighting to give the most flexibility to clients and stylists. Interior spaces are used for more intimate, private activities such as washing and pedicures. These new spaces within the salon are defined by partial height walls and are interconnected by the dark green-black painted ceiling above and cayenne red flooring below. 

The graphics and color scheme were inspired by the array of nail polish and led to a lively study of full wall graphics that were to be read from the entry level up into the reception space.

ARCHITECT: Swanson Meads Architects