架构师提供的文本描述。有句古老的谚语说，家的心脏是厨房，对于位于墨尔本费尔菲尔德的这家人来说，这是再正确不过的了。

Text description provided by the architects. The age-old adage that the heart of the home is the kitchen could not more true for this family home located in Fairfield, Melbourne.

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我们的客户斯科特·皮克特(ScottPickett)是一位著名的厨师和餐馆老板，他和他的合作伙伴贝克(Bec)想要为他们有三个孩子的年轻家庭建立一个家，那里的生活围绕着厨房。在这里，生活以及准备和分享食物的喜悦占据了中心舞台，涉及到全家人和朋友。

Our client, Scott Pickett is a celebrated chef and restaurateur who, along with his partner Bec, wanted to create a home for their young family with three children where life revolved around the kitchen. Where living and the joy of preparing and sharing meals occupy centre stage, involving the whole family and friends.

RathminesHouse是对位于费尔菲尔德的维多利亚时代的一座风化板房屋的改造和补充。现有住宅规划不周，后面有一个倾斜的地方，北部有洗衣房和浴室，南部有起居空间。一条狭窄的走廊是通往后院的唯一通道。MRTN的建议也移除了倾斜的部分，取而代之的是朝北的居住空间，并创建了一个连接，从房子的前面一直延伸到后面花园的绿色空间。

Rathmines House is an alteration and addition to a Victorian weatherboard house in Fairfield. The poorly planned layout of the existing dwelling contained a lean-too out the back, housing the laundry and bathrooms to the north and living spaces to the south. A narrow corridor provided the only connection to the backyard. MRTN’s proposal removed the lean-too and replaced it with north-facing living spaces and created a connection from the front of the house through to the green spaces of the rear garden.

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MRTN避免了“开放式”式的添加，而是提出了一种“L”型的布局，厨房位于餐厅和客厅之间的中心位置。相对于该项目的适度规模，厨房本身是相当比例的，并且集中在厨房岛的实心有斑点的树胶台面上。

MRTN eschewed an ‘open-plan’ type addition and instead proposed an ‘L’ shaped arrangement with the kitchen occupying a central location between the dining and living spaces. The kitchen itself is generously proportioned, relative to the modest scale of the project, and is centred on the solid Spotted Gum countertop of the kitchen island.

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一个超大的内置沙发，灵感来自唐纳德·贾德的家具设计，把厨房和客厅隔开了。在规划严密的空间里，沙发提供了两种功能：3.7米长的沙发，为全家人提供了宽敞的座位，可以观看电视，同时充当部分高墙，将厨房与生活分开，但保持视觉和身体的联系。当客人来拜访柜台高度时，沙发顶部也提供了一个方便的空间来休息你的胳膊肘或饮料，因为其他人都在厨房里忙着。

An oversized built-in sofa that was inspired by the furniture design of Donald Judd separates the kitchen and living room. In the tightly planned spaces the sofa provides two functions: at 3.7m long it provides generous seating for the whole family to watch TV while at the same time acting as a partial height wall to separate kitchen from living but maintain visual and physical connection. When guests come to visit the counter height top to the sofa also provides a handy space to rest your elbow or drink, as others are busy in the kitchen.

餐厅风格的宴会座椅延伸从厨房长椅，包装结束的附加和以上，一个超过比例的窗口框架的看法，邻居树。一个灵活的书房/客人卧室包括与居住空间相邻的地板到天花板表面安装滑动门，在需要时提供隐私。

Restaurant style banquette seating extends from the kitchen bench, wrapping around the end of the addition and above, an over scaled window frames views to the neighbours tree. A flexible study / guest bedroom was included adjacent to the living space with a floor to ceiling surface mounted sliding door offering privacy when required.

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从花园的延伸是设计成一对联锁的体积，一个倾斜的木材覆盖机翼，重叠在较小质量的打捞砖。在这两卷书之间的支点上，是用打捞出来的砖块做底座的钢制凉亭，创造了一个季节性的室外房间。在夏天，葡萄树长满了葡萄，到了冬天，只剩下光秃秃的，让低矮的冬季阳光深入到里面的生活空间里。

From the garden the extension is designed as a pair of interlocking volumes, a pitched timber clad wing that overlaps a smaller mass of salvaged brick. At the fulcrum between these two volumes is painted steel pergola set on a base of salvaged brick creating a seasonal outdoor room. In summer overgrown with a grape vine and in winter left bare to allow low winter sun deep into the living spaces inside.

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这座历史悠久的木屋被翻新，重新盖上屋顶，并恢复到原来的状态，在前院增加了一些举高的播种机箱，为斯科特的餐厅提供季节性产品。在内部，原来的房子被重新设计成卧室、套间、浴室和洗衣房。还有走廊上非常需要和欣赏的仓库。

The historic timber bungalow was renovated, re-roofed and returned to its original condition with the addition of some raised planter boxes in the front yard to supply Scott’s restaurants with seasonal produce. Internally the original house was re-modelled to create bedrooms, an ensuite, bathroom and laundry. Along with much needed, and appreciated, storage along the corridor.