Econa Laundry | Shiro Doi

This is the interior design of a coin-operated laundromat that will be a tenant on the first floor of an apartment building we designed. Since the building is located on the border between a shopping street and a residential area, the first floor was designed to be a retail space that connects to the bustling shopping street.

 Coin-operated laundries can be roughly divided into unmanned and manned stores, and most are unmanned. Most unmanned stores are open 24 hours a day, and can contribute to local crime prevention in no small way (although they also need to protect themselves from coin theft, etc.).

 Since this store is an unmanned laundromat, we gave consideration to brightness, warmth, and cleanliness in order to take advantage of its characteristics. The large 2.4m x 1.6m table for folding laundry in the center is not only easy to use, but also has a melamine board top with anti-viral properties.

 The initial cost was naturally low because it is not a profitable type of business, but by minimizing the number of elements that contribute to the image of the space, we were able to keep the cost down while creating a laundry space that is bright, warm and clean as a community space.

 The floor is a concrete slab with a clear glossy dustproof coating, the walls are white cloth with plain cypress frames to express a Japanese half timber wall-like appearance, and the ceiling is a skeleton (insulated) with 90 square cedar (with knots) well lighting racks as layers.

 At the entrance, stainless steel and white LED signs are installed to show that a new laundry space has been created here, although they are modest in color, reminiscent of stainless steel laundry equipment and cleaning, and are integrated into the design of the building itself.