Polished: A museum celebrating the nail salon industry

In the world of cartoons, when a character begins to display movement, their outline transforms into a “wavy” periphery. Their figural appearance breaks from a single line into individual semi-circles, breaking the character’s boundary and giving them a new appearance. This project explores the type of translation in an architectural form. An architectural mass translates this wavy periphery into a façade system made up of individual façade tiles, in this case, acrylic nails. The acrylic nails act as a scaled system of blinds connected to the building by one nail into the top, allowing for wind and other factors to blow the panel in a certain direction and allowing the massing to “wiggle” a little bit. Through this façade exploration, the project celebrates the acrylic nail as its program is dedicated to celebrating the history and industry of the nail salon that will include a gallery space, stalls for freelance nail artists, and an academy that allows for training...

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