JIGSAW -00 beauty salon, townscape (NiIgata, Nigata, Tokyo) Daigo Ishii + Future-scape Architects

112 sq.m.
1,210 sq.ft.

Renovation of wooden old office constructed 25 years ago to beauty salon.

It was a mediocre architecture. But, we affirmed that it had been in the town for 25 year, and, at the same time, we intended to make a new architecture appear. It is an architecture with connection with the past but the suaggestion of the new possibility.

succession of memory
The complicated arrangement of window on the outside wall follows the rule related with existing construction.

The position of windows in the horizontal direction follows that of existing windows. Since the horizontal position was left just as it had been, the new load to the existing structure was not generated.

The position of windows in vertical direction has been matched at six levels peculiar to this architecture.

The windows at random is actually a facade that actualized
the rule in the existing construction and recomposed it.

Time continuousness was left, maitaining the rhythm of the street that the resident had been getting used to seeing.

It aimed at an architecture that improved the townscape according to the renovation with delicate difference.

space that reflects the change according to time
The interior positively uses the mirror, that is the necessary
elements in the beauty salon, as an architectural device.

The synergy effect that the mirrors produce with the windows on the outside wall make complicated the simple interior space, and, as the time passes, the light and the impression of the interior go changing.

The floor and the ceiling finished with high gloss paint reflects the light and the scenery, The atmosphere that the outdoor was inserted in the indoor was an answer to the client's demand, that is, a beauty salon with comfort of the outdoor.

creation of vigor
When they see the inside from the outside, the indoor scenery cut out by the complicated windows is divided into parts by the virtual image of the mirror, and, in addition, those overlap with an actual activity over the mirror.

By those processes, the sign of the interior are amplified more
than the actual state. In the research about the beauty salons before designing, the beauty salon was the business that was
easy to look very quiet when there was no guest.

The amplification of the sign in this architecture creates the vigor of the illusion that various activities seem to be done in the interior.

Location : Nigata city, Nigata, Japan

Architect : Daigo Ishii + Future-scape Architects

Structure Engineer : Oga Structure Design Office

Cooperation : Hiroyuki Kato, Rieko Tanaka, Arata, Tamura, Apartment

Mechanical Engineer : Mai Mechanical Design Office

Construction : Kogane Juken

Evening view. See the sign of the JIGSAW, which is doubled inside and outside.

See a large mirror that reflects the green landscape outside, behind the intricately cut windows, and see the actual interior scenery between the large mirrors. When many real images and virtual images overlap, there is a strangely noisy atmosphere, and there is no quiet air even in the case that there are no people.

The exterior appearance follows the rhythm of the windows before the repair even after the repair. The horizontal direction is aligned with the position of the existing windows, and the vertical direction is aligned with the various heights of the existing building. We intended to design it to give a fresh impression and guide the streetscape while keeping the memory of the past.

Show changes in the exterior appearance before renovation (upper) and after renovation (lower). While following the rhythm before the renovation, a more lively look is created.

See the appearance of the daytime from the front.

It gets dark and the lights in the interior leak into the street.

See the interior scenery from the entrance. The end of the slope is a reception. On the right, the windows on the exterior wall are opened at various heights, and the scenery is reflected in the mirror on the left.

See the interior from the reception in the morning. The morning light comes in through windows of various heights and reflects off the mirrors, ceilings with strong gloss and walls, creating a complex expression.

See the interior from the reception in the afternoon. The situation is completely different from the morning. The light changes with time, creating a relaxed atmosphere that makes clients feel like they are outdoors.

See the windows on the exterior wall from inside. From windows of various heights, the scenery that can be seen changes, and the way light enters also changes complicatedly.

The actual light that enters in the interior, the scenery reflected in the mirror, the virtual image of the light, and the real image of the interior and outdoor terrace beyond the mirrors overlap, creating a complicated state.

The mirror creates the impression that the outdoors have entered in the interior.

Though the photos see at the same angle from the same place, the impression changes with time. The left photo is take in the morning light, meanwhile the right photo is taken in the afternoon light.

See the waiting space.

See the relaxation space in the back. In the back of the interior full of natural light, only one space appears as if it was inverted from the previous space.

The interior of the relaxation space is surrounded by curtains, and the lighting on the back makes the curtains shine softly and dimly.

The light shining from the back side weakens the texture of the curtain, and the light itself creates the impression of a material.

See the ceiling of the relaxation space.