![Mook Salon / Okuwada Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5672/f104/e58e/ce6d/b500/0170/medium_jpg/OkuwadaArchitects_mook_03_copy.jpg?1450373367)
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Architects: Okuwada Architects
- Area: 83 m²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Keishiro Yamada
![Mook Salon / Okuwada Architects - Windows, Door, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5672/f169/e58e/ce6d/b500/0173/newsletter/OkuwadaArchitects_mook_09_copy.jpg?1450373469)
Text description provided by the architects. It is a hair salon on the ground floor of a building in Nakazakicho, Osaka.
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Nakazakicho is a town consisted of Nagaya (Japanese style terraced houses) and low-rise apartments, and narrow curved alleyways are functioning as the means of connection for the people and local community,
![Mook Salon / Okuwada Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5672/f0f4/e58e/ce10/1800/0167/medium_jpg/OkuwadaArchitects_mook_02_copy.jpg?1450373351)
The building of the hair salon is also facing a gently-curved alleyway, and we designed the space as to make a cave towards the front street, as the entrance facade would seem to be blend in with the street and the scenery of the diverse town.
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Inside the cave, rough face oak panels beautifully deliver the light as lines. Mirrors are each a unique shape as well, height, width, and depth vary to correspond with the uneven expressions on the oak wall.
![Mook Salon / Okuwada Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5672/f104/e58e/ce6d/b500/0170/medium_jpg/OkuwadaArchitects_mook_03_copy.jpg?1450373367)
Originally published on December 24, 2015.