架构师提供的文本描述。该地点位于秋田市中心，那里有城市功能。尽管它的城市位置，这是一个特殊的地方，因为它是周围的停车场。考虑到空间在四面八方都暴露在公众面前，保持隐私的要素是至关重要的，但同时，我们的目标是从它的外观上消除正面的影响。

Text description provided by the architects. The site is in the centre of Akita City where urban functions are situated. Despite its urban location, this is a special place as it is surrounded by car parks. Considering that the space is exposed to public eyes in all four directions, it is essential to sustain the elements of privacy, but at the same time, our aim is to drop frontality from its façade.

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 Floor Plan

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为了保持隐私，把房间放在围护室内是明智的，也有助于改善北方气候的室内环境。然而，封闭会给人一种封闭的感觉，因此，任务是找到一种方法，将空间布置得足够封闭，以保持隐私，同时也给外界空间以一种广泛的感觉。

In order to keep privacy, it is sensible to keep the rooms within the enclosure, and it also helps with the indoor environment in the northern climate. However, enclosure would give a closed feeling, hence the task is to find a way to layout spaces that are closed enough to keep privacy and would also at the same time give an extensive feeling to the space outside.

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首先，我们列出了一些需要围护的设施：厨房、浴室、卫生间、卧室和储藏室，所有这些都会被封闭在盒子形的空间里。这些空间的集合就像褶皱一样聚集在一起，形成了许多不同大小的空白区域。这些空隙空间的复杂结构给整个地方带来了深度，同时也产生了一种错觉，即除了可见的空间之外，还有更多的空间。安装在盒子墙壁上的框架互相重叠，整个地方看起来就像一面镜子，描绘着不同的风景。

First, we made a list of facilities that would require enclosure; kitchen, bathroom, toilet, bedroom and storage room, all of which would be enclosed in box-shaped spaces. A collection of these spaces are gathered like pleats, which create many gap areas in various sizes. This complex structure of these gap spaces gives depth to the whole place as well as an illusion that there is more space beyond what is visible. The frames installed in the walls of the boxes overlap with one another, and the whole place looks like a combination of facing mirrors depicting different sceneries.

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我们设计这个房子的简单规则基于两个因素：需要封闭的房间应该保持在盒子里，而不需要封闭的房间在盒子之间的空隙里。通过应用这些规则，空间呈现出一个复杂的结构，给人一种广阔空间的感觉。

We designed this house on simple rules based on 2 factors: rooms that need to be enclosed should be kept in boxes and rooms that do not need to be enclosed are in the gaps between boxes. By applying these rules, the space is presented with a complex structure that gives a feeling of extensive space.

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c.Yano Toshiyuki Yano