建筑师提供的文字说明。这个项目是将一个庭院改造成北京胡同里的茶馆。场地是一个长方形的庭院，面积约为100平方米。

Text description provided by the architects. This project is a transformation of a courtyard to a tea house in a hutong in Beijing. The site is a rectangular courtyard with an area of about 100 square meters.

 Northeast Aerial View of Grass Garden. Image © Xiaoqi

草地花园的东北鸟瞰。图像(小气)

以北京庭院所有建筑之间的走廊为基础，介绍了“走廊空间”的内涵：在庭院四壁之外，增加了一个新的廊道空间，具有传统形式的门面。在打开立面时，它是一条走廊；关闭门面时，它是一个房间空间。在走廊里，知识分子和茶客们围坐在一起，一起喝茶和讨论。

Based on the corridor connecting all the buildings in Courtyard house in Beijing, the concerpt of “corridor space” is introduced: beside the four walls of courtyard, a new corridor space is added, with the door-facade of traditional form. While opening the façade, it is a corridor; while closing the façade, it is a room space. Inside the corridor, intellectuals and tea guests, sitting around, drink tea and discuss together.

 Bamboo Space | Cloud Corridor | Sisi Dock. Image © Xiaoqi

竹子空间，云走廊，塞斯码头。图像(小气)

在院子里，地板上的瓷砖是水的比喻，走廊悬挂在水面上。走廊内的大空间可用作房间，小空间可用作家具。根据不同材质、尺度、高度和行为方式的不同，该走廊具有多种特征。从四合院入口处，经过南、东、北墙，直至西墙，形成了几个空间：南部的塞斯码头，东部的灵龙梯田和宜珠走廊，北部的云廊，西边的影子岛和天空洞穴。

In the courtyard, the tile on the floor is a metaphor of water, with corridor suspended above the water. the big space in the corridor could be used as room and small space as furniture. According to the difference of sourouddings, with varied materials, scales, heights, and behavior modes, this corridor has many kinds of characters. From the courtyard entrance, through south, east and north wall, untill west wall, several spaces are organised: sisi dock on the south, linglong terrace, and yizhu corridor on the east, cloud corridor on the north, shadow island and sky cave house on the west.

 Bamboo Space | Cloud Corridor | Shadow Island. Image © Xiaoqi

竹子空间，云走廊，阴影岛。图像(小气)

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 Cloud Corridor. Image © Xiaoqi

云走廊。图像(小气)

塞斯坞是从“诗经”中，描写清澈的水。这是在庭院的开始，在原来的砖墙的北面与传统的主题，之上的水，在这个走廊的玻璃立面，客人可以欣赏流动的水。

Sisi dock is from “the book of songs”, describing the clearance of water. it is at the beginning of the courtyard, on the north of original brick wall with traditional motif, above the water outlet.Inside this corridor with glass façades, the guests could appreciate the circulation of running water.

 Inside the Sisi dock, Blue brick wall. Image © Xiaoqi

塞西码头里面是蓝色砖墙。图像(小气)

 Grass Garden Entrance Corridor. Image © Hui Liang

草地花园入口走廊。形像(回梁)

灵龙梯田位于东侧，是一个长2.1米，宽1.5米的独立平台。有三面被水腐蚀，里面有几块垫脚石。在露台上喝茶，听流水声。

Linglong terrace situates on the east, an independent platform with the length of 2.1meter and width of 1.5meter. with 3 sides sourounded by the water, and several stepping stones inside. Drinking tea on the terrace, and listening the the running brook.

 Bamboo Place, Inside Linglong terrace. Image © Xiaoqi

竹场，位于灵龙梯田内。图像(小气)

 Bamboo Space. Image © Haolei Guan

竹子空间。形像：浩雷关

在东边房间的西侧，一片60厘米宽的空地上种着竹子.这些竹子前面有一条走廊，用来欣赏它们。

On the west side of the east room, a 60-centimeter-wide open space was planted with bamboos. A corridor in front of these bamboo is for appreciating them.

云廊在北屋的屋檐下。以茶为酒，以尊贵的客人为酒，云如战车而行而来。这条走廊主要用于茶道的主要仪式。

Cloud corridor is under the roof of north room. “with the tea as wine for the distingished guests, and cloud going and coming as chariot”. This corridor is mainly for the main tea ritual.

 Inside the Bamboo Space. Image © Haolei Guan

在竹子的空间里。形像：浩雷关

院子西北角的影子岛被老蝗树包围着。秋天，我们可以喝茶，看着宝塔的花掉进“水”里。或者，当院子里满是游客，门面合拢在一起时，玩家可以在里面演奏中国古筝。

The shadow island in the northwest corner of the courtyard is surrounded by old locust trees. In autumn, we can drink tea and watch the pagoda flowers falling into "water". Or, when the courtyard is full of visitors, the door-facades putting together, the player could play chinese zither inside.

 Shadow Island | Sky Cave. Image © Xiaoqi

影子岛天空洞穴。图像(小气)

天空洞穴屋建在宝塔树的顶端和树枝之间。这是鱼场的最高点，也是终点。在里面，我们可以俯瞰整个庭院，也可以探索外面的世界。

The sky cave house is built on top of the pagoda tree and  between its branches. It was the highest point of the coutyard and also the finish point. inside it we could overlook the entire courtyard, or explore the outside world.

 Bamboo Space | Cloud Corridor | Linglong terrace |Sisi Dock. Image © Xiaoqi

竹子空间？云走廊？灵龙梯田？塞斯码头。图像(小气)