架构师提供的文本描述。今天大多数由铁建造的开放式无柱建筑采用了世界著名的日本焊接技术，这是造船行业的典型例子。由于客户希望使用尽可能薄的钢板，因此在使用哪种专业涂料和绝缘材料来处理外部铁板以进行热调节方面存在各种各样的困难。然而，对于这座住宅建筑，我们采用了一种简单的方法，不需要专门的工人，从而形成了一种适用于热调节的多功能建筑，而且由于它的薄壁结构，它可以在世界任何地方建造。

Text description provided by the architects. The majority of today's open-plan, column-free buildings that are constructed out of iron employ world-renowned Japanese welding techniques of the kind typically seen in shipbuilding. Because clients wish to use the thinnest steel plates possible, there are all kinds of difficulties over what kind of specialist paints and insulating materials are used to treat the exterior iron plates for heat regulation. However, for this residential building we used a simple method that would not require specialist workers, resulting in a versatile construction that is well suited to heat regulation and can be build anywhere in the world due to its thin-walled structure.

 © Hiroshi Ueda

(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

这座建筑位于东京市中心的住宅区，位于南北轴线上的狭长5×16米的地块上，比街道高出两米。在街道层面，这座建筑有一个钢筋混凝土车库(地下)，而地上则有一个由薄钢墙构成的四层居住空间。这座10米高的建筑的外墙是用轻型透气材料制成的支撑梁栓在一起的，包括木质饰面，厚度为100毫米。我们继续在室内空间使用轻量化、透气的材料，增强了外部调节热量的能力，并保持了室内舒适的温度。

Located in a residential area of central Tokyo, the building occupies a narrow 5 x 16 meter plot on a north-south axis, two meters above street level. At street level the building has a reinforced concrete garage (below ground), while above ground it consists of a four-level living space made of thin steel walls. The exterior walls of this ten-meter-tall building are bolted together from supporting beams made of lightweight, breathable material, which, including the wooden finish, is 100 mm thick. We continued the use lightweight, breathable materials in the interior spaces, bolstering the ability of the exterior to regulate heat and preserving a comfortable temperature inside.

 © Hiroshi Ueda

(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

外观是根据挫折分区法决定的，南面朝太阳，覆盖着双层膨胀金属，限制了外部视线。我们还允许南光进入建筑物，包括屋顶露台和中庭。我们希望这种适应性强的建筑方法能够在世界的某个地方被采用。

The exterior appearance was decided in accordance with setback zoning laws, and the south facade faces the sun, is covered with dual-layer expanding metal that limits sight lines from outside. We also allowed southern light to enter the building by incorporating a roof terrace and atrium. It is our hope that this kind of adaptable approach to construction will be adopted somewhere in the world.