架构师提供的文本描述。客户是一位发型师/沙龙老板，他要求我们设计一座有发廊的房子。这是一家独特而豪华的美发沙龙，沙龙老板自己提供所有服务，客户数量同时仅限于两家。

Text description provided by the architects. The client, who is a hair stylist/a salon owner, requested us to design a house with a hair salon. It is an exclusive and luxurious hair salon where the salon owner himself provides all services, and the number of clients is limited to only two at the same time. 

 © Masao Nishikawa

(C)Nishikawa Masao

我们的设计策略是尽量减少美容院的规模，创造一个紧凑而亲密的空间，让发型师给予客户最大的关注和专业的服务。相反，我们提供房屋的最大楼面面积。玻璃沙龙有一个时尚和锐利的气氛，但锐利是软化的绿色植物在前院和低矮的屋檐上方。

Our design strategy is to minimize the size of the salon, to create a compact and intimate space where the hair stylist gives utmost attention and professional service to the customer. On the contrary, we provide the maximum floor area of the house. The glass-clad salon has a stylish and sharp atmosphere, but the sharpness is softened by greenery in the front yard and low and deep eaves above it. 

 © Masao Nishikawa

(C)Nishikawa Masao

休息室提供休息，作为一个缓冲区之间的发廊和房子。而带有家族象征树的门庭是专门设计成一个过渡区的，客户可以在这里将自己的情绪从商业转向私人。

Lounge for resting is provided as a buffer zone between the hair salon and the house. And entrance court with a family symbol tree is specially designed as a transitional zone where the client is able to switch his mood from business to private. 

 © Masao Nishikawa

(C)Nishikawa Masao

客户的妻子练习茶道，所以我们设计了一个日式的房间来迎接客人，并附了一个紧凑型的庭院(日文叫“Tsubo-Niwa”)。我们的意图是用一种热烈欢迎的气氛来填补这个空间，从发廊到茶室，进进出出。

The client's wife practices tea ceremony, so we design a Japanese room to welcome tea guests, with a compact courtyard (called "Tsubo-niwa" in Japanese) attached. Our intention is to fill the space with an atmosphere of warm welcome from the hair salon to the tearoom, and in and out of the house.

 © Masao Nishikawa

(C)Nishikawa Masao

在二楼，家庭房间和儿童房间之间的楼梯分开。中间的书房充当中间的空间。发廊的屋顶成为一个宽敞的屋顶阳台，毗邻家庭房间。它可以作为一个大家庭的房间，在一些场合，如与许多客人的大型聚会。

On the second floor, family room and child's room are divided by the stairs in between. Study room in the middle acts as an intermediate space in between. Roof of the hair salon becomes a wide roof balcony adjacent to the family room. It can be used as an extended family room on occasions such as big parties with many guests. 

从窗户上，人们可以欣赏到家族象征树的景色，以及邻近公园的美丽背景和沿街的树木。

From the windows, one can enjoy the view of the family symbol tree, along with the beautiful background of the adjacent park and trees along the street.