Takahito Sekiguchi, Kazumasa Arai (Ateliers Takahito Sekiguchi×SHINMEI-KOUSAN)

This is the hair salon located on a roadside in a rural area. We wondered if we could express the diverse situations that the hair salon, this place, and the city in architecture. We placed large mirrors (RC walls) on the site and hung large wooden counters (CLT roofs) between them. On top of this, we overlayed a construction method that makes use of locally produced materials, greenery, the natural environment, and the flowing scenery of the city from past to present. We created the natural architecture where the active elements of the hair salon appear beyond meaning, purpose, and scale, and things and objects are mixed together in a multi-layered way.