BALLY IN THE URBAN

 Photo taken by Jhon Pierre Maxwell                      Port of Spain, O’Conner Street Woodbrook

Bally is an international salon located in Port of Spain Woodbrook 33 O’Conner Street.  The aesthetic, design and appeal of the studio is unique as compared to traditional hair salons.  Also compared to traditional designs of commercial and residential building the Bally salon design has a unique approach to its space.  This salon has done work on Miss Trinidad and Tobago for the Universe Pageant and many famous artistes such as Soca Artiste Destra and Patrice Roberts. Along with the location of the Bally salon which has a very significant land value price, the expertise and character of the human resources and architecture usually selects a high socio-economic class of persons or who can afford it. In this area of Woodbrook there are residential housing designs that have colonial styles and influences in it. Some of these residences are passed on to other generations of Europeans that would come to Trinidad. One example is the cream and green home next to Bally which is own by Ms Welch who is from England. Ms Welch told the researcher that the house was passed on to her by her grandfather after he died in 1956. Further modifications were made to the structure such as new painting and replacement of the roof. The Bally shows explicitly a postmodern design with its unique shape and angular design. Postmodernism describes a style or styles of architecture and the decorative arts that were a reaction to Modernism and the Modern Movement and the dogmas associated with it (Suzanne Waters 2008).