架构师提供的文本描述。这所房子的故事有一个序言。在购买本网站之前，我们的客户一直在考虑一个具有非常独特特征的不同的地点：有两个小地块(分别为50m2和20m2)，中间有一个钢塔的禁区，这两个地块将作为一套出售。虽然客户最终决定不购买，但他对我们在那里提出的分块方案留下了深刻的印象，这所“幻屋”生动地铭刻在他的记忆中。

Text description provided by the architects. There is a preface to the story of this house. Prior to purchasing the present site, our client had been considering a different site with very unique features: there were two small lots (50m2 and 20m2 respectively) with an off-limit zone with a steel tower in the middle, and the two lots were to be sold as a set. Although the client decided against purchasing in the end, he had been very impressed with the separate block scheme we proposed there, and this “illusionary house” was vividly embedded in his memory.

 © Hiroyuki Hirai

.Hirouki Hirai

这是一对夫妇和一只小狗的房子。这个地点位于一个大公园附近。北面是邻居家的一个宽敞的花园；南边是一条私人的死胡同；西边是一条正面的路。在这样一个开放的环境中，一个人感觉就像生活在一个大的天空下，尽管场地很小。我们进行了各种研究，目的是提供一个开放的居住环境，以充分利用该地点。然而，以前的拆分站点上的“单独块”方案一直在我们的脑海中浮现，最后我们决定在这个单一站点上实现单独的块方案。中间的“空间”庆祝网站的开放。

This is a house for a couple and a little dog. The site is located near a big park. On the north is a spacious garden of the neighbor’s house; on the south is a private dead-end street; and on the west is a frontal road. Situated in such an open environment, one feels as if living under a big sky, despite the smallness of the site. We made various studies with an intention to provide an open living environment to make the full use of the site. However, the “separate block” scheme on the previous split site somehow kept coming back in our minds and finally we decided to materialize the separate block scheme on this single site. The “empty space” created in the middle celebrates the openness of the site.

 © Hiroyuki Hirai

.Hirouki Hirai

薄板，水平和垂直，跨越“空的空间”，包围着室内和外部的居住空间。我们还注意确保隐私。由于板子薄，他们能感觉到墙后彼此的存在。石板之间产生了无数的空隙，让过路人可以看到天空和邻居家的大橡树。“空间”逐渐转变为一种公共空间。为了创造一个明亮和整洁的印象，我们完成了整个空间与白色马赛克瓷砖，内外。另一方面，调整两边块的宽度，同时注意保持与邻居的适当距离。较小块的宽度仅为1M。倾斜屋顶房屋的轮廓与周围房屋的轮廓混合在一起。

Thin slabs, both horizontal and vertical, span the “empty space”, enveloping interior and exterior living spaces. We also paid attention to ensure privacy. Due to thinness of the slabs, they can feel each other’s presence closely behind the walls. Numerous gaps are generated between the slabs, allowing passers-by to have a view towards the sky and the big oak tree in the neighbor’s house. The “empty space” has gradually transformed into a kind of public space. In order to create a bright and neat impression, we finished the entire space with white mosaic tiles, inside and outside. On the other hand, widths of blocks on both sides are adjusted while paying attention to maintain appropriate distances from neighbors. The width of the smaller block is only 1m. The outline of the pitched roof house blends in the outlines of surrounding houses.

在以前的“幻屋”方案中，钢塔的空置空间由于无法使用而成为“幻象”。但我们实际上可以利用这个网站上的“空间”。似乎就连路过的人最终也开始分享这个空间了。有些人在开放日和客户搬进来的那一天闲逛。完工六个月后，我们参观了这栋房子，发现这棵曾经是社区象征的大橡树，由于新建了一栋公寓楼而被砍掉了。我们希望从现在开始，“空旷空间”将成为社区的一个新的象征场所，取代失落的橡树。

In the previous “illusionary house” scheme, the empty space with a steel tower was “illusionary” because it could not be used. But we can actually utilize the “empty space” on this site. It seems that even passers-by eventually start to share the space. Some people wandered into the space on the open-house day, and also on the day the clients moved in. Six months after the completion, we visited the house to find that the big oak tree, which used to be a symbol of the community, had been cut down due to construction of a new apartment building. We hope that the “empty space” will serve as a new symbolic place for the community, in place of the lost oak tree from now on.

 © Hiroyuki Hirai

.Hirouki Hirai