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Entwurf • Design Cyrus Ghanai, Stuttgart
Bauherr • Client Kertu Studios, David Pflüger, Stuttgart
Standort • Location Böblinger Straße 25, Stuttgart
Nutzfläche • Floor space 100 m 2
Fotos • Photos Maks Richter, Stuttgart
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 150

KERTU HAIR STUDIO

IN STUTTGART

Combining tradition and zeitgeist without having to com-
promise is a challenge. It means valuing what is old wit-
hout being awestruck and looking for what is new wit-
hout succumbing to a trend. The Stuttgart interior archi-
tect Cyrus Ghanai succeeded in achieving exactly this
feat right in his home town. Cautiously, he brought an
over 40 years old hair salon into the present time.

T he Klinger hair salon has been established in the late 1970s when
Heinz Klinger took over a former car business in the southern sec-
tion of Stuttgart and had the premises located on the ground floor of a
multi-unit building converted for his own purposes. His architect was the
then still young Heinz Legler who, later on, became a success as a set
designer. He equipped the rooms in the style of the time: cold white light
surrounds the specifically designed styling chairs covered with black le-
ather; in front of the white walls, sharp-edged mirrors rise up and nar-
row glass panes as storage trays rest on shiny stainless-steel legs. Klin-
ger’s hair salon was a small sensation for Stuttgart at the time. Over-
night, the business became a success! To this day, Klinger personally
looks after the regular clientele. Since January 2021, however, he no lon-
ger does this as the boss but as an employee. At the age of more than
70, he has passed the business on to David Pflüger who has learned his
trade at the Stuttgart Friseurakademie which Klinger had co-founded.
The successor has now used the change of ownership and generations
for a make-over of the rooms. That he commissioned Cyrus Ghanai may
well be seen as a stroke of luck. This is because the interior architect has
succeeded in gently bringing the work of his predecessor into the here
and now. From the very beginning, Ghanai was enthusiastic about the
quality of the original interior construction – the upscale stone floor of
Solnhofer slabs and the elegant, custom-made styling chairs. Only the
light caused problems for the interior architect. Together with the lighting
planner Michele Rami, he developed a warm, golden shining light con-
cept which brings the natural colour of the floor slabs into their own.
Coordinated with this, new installations covered with genuine brass la-
minate were constructed and the formerly black chairs were given
cream-coloured coverings. The reception desk, the bar and the new sto-
rage shelves were made of dark terrazzo that emphasizes the noble
touch of the interior. The narrow and high mirrors have been replaced
by oval and circular models designed by Ghanai who has succeeded in
Grundriss • Floor plan producing an entirely harmonious whole with the old-new interior.

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