架构师提供的文本描述。建在郊区一座主干道上的现有建筑，在7年前就被我们自己从珠宝店改造成了理发师。这一次，客户要求我们扩大楼面面积，并将外观改为更具吸引力的设计。因此，我们通过引入一个微妙的元素来设计扩展，它的工作方式就像面纱改变一个人的面部表情一样。

Text description provided by the architects. The existing building built along a trunk road in a suburban city, had been converted by ourselves from a jewelry shop into the hairdressers 7 years ago. This time the client asked us to extend the floor area and change the façade to a more inviting design. Therefore we designed the extension by introducing a subtle element, which works in the same way as a veil changes a person's facial expression.

 ©  Takumi Ota

(小田隆美)

在现有建筑库存的扩大使用已成为设计实践的一个重要方面的时候，在设计扩建或翻新时，需要对现有条件和可能性进行彻底的观察、洞察和想象，甚至比设计新建筑物的要求还要多。最重要的是，不只是简单的设计对象，它已经成为可取的集成到设计，新创建的关系，以回应现有的网站条件。我们通过创建架构来表达这样的关系，就像一个小麦叶，有无数的折叠，有效地创造了多样性。

In a time when the extended usage of the existing building stock has become an important aspect of the design practice, a thorough observation, insight and imagination, in respect to the existing conditions and possibilities, is needed when designing an extension or renovation, even more so than is required for the design of a new building. Above all, rather than just simply designing objects, it has become desirable to integrate into the design, newly created relations in response to the existing site conditions. We expressed such relations by creating architecture, layered like a millefeuille, with numerous folds effectively creating variety.

 ©  Takumi Ota

(小田隆美)