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Upsetters Architects have created a complex for a beauty salon and a cafe, whose site has a narrow frontage. In Japanese, such a site would be called 'unagino-nedoko' (a bed for an eel). The client desired it to be like a retreat hence the Architects have utilised the depth of the 2 buildings thus creating an interior space in which people can feel light. Additionally, different materials are used for each part and alternating the roof pitch makes the visitors feel an extension further back. They have also punctured the entrance on the side so as to 'theaterise' what is happening inside. By doing this, passersby would peep into the room. The space for hair dressing is located in the middle and has the other two parts’ exterior walls as its interior wall. It also faces a small garden and the customers will see it over the mirrors.