Estetica Magazine UK (1/2024)
Estetica Magazine is the world's leading hairdressing magazine. Founded in Italy in 1946 and published today in over 60 countries around the world, it is a global reference point for professionals working in the hair and beauty industry. Techniques, fashion, education and trends are at the core of every issue of Estetica Magazine. Further information about both the printed and digital versions of the magazine is available at magazines.esteticanetwork.com
Estetica Magazine is the world's leading hairdressing magazine. Founded in Italy in 1946 and published today in over 60 countries around the world, it is a global reference point for professionals working in the hair and beauty industry. Techniques, fashion, education and trends are at the core of every issue of Estetica Magazine. Further information about both the printed and digital versions of the magazine is available at magazines.esteticanetwork.com
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hairculture<br />
MUTUAL<br />
INSPO<br />
Marie Scarano<br />
AN ARCHITECT FOUND UNEXPECTED INSPIRATION IN<br />
BRAIDED AND THREADED NIGERIAN HAIRSTYLES. NOW SHE STUDIES<br />
SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS WITH SOCIOLOGICAL OVERTONES.<br />
ARCHITECTURE has often been<br />
a source of inspiration for hair, as<br />
seen especially in certain avant-garde<br />
creations during competitions. Now<br />
Nigerian braided and threaded hairstyles<br />
are inspiring architect Sheryl Tucker<br />
de Vazquez to take traditional and<br />
contemporary Black hair styles and<br />
apply them at an architectural scale to<br />
create operational shading/ventilation<br />
chimneys. Moreover, the structures<br />
are both stunning and sustainable.<br />
“Coiled strands of Black hair give<br />
it a unique plasticity, allowing it to be<br />
sculpted into a myriad of forms,” explains<br />
Sheryl, who is also a professor at the<br />
University of Houston. “The Hair Salon<br />
project demonstrates how the integration<br />
of indigenous African knowledge<br />
with western systems can support<br />
resiliency in under-resourced Black<br />
communities while also affirming Black<br />
identity and culture in the public realm.”<br />
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Photo: J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere<br />
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Tucker de Vazquez Architecture, Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez,<br />
Maisie Munoz, principals<br />
Photo: Nicholas Nguyen<br />
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