建筑师提供的文字说明。该项目是对位于贝鲁特中央区WadiAbuJamil的4家家庭的两层顶层公寓进行内部翻修。顶层公寓的最初布置呈现了两层之间的碎片流转，空间互动较差，门厅狭窄。

Text description provided by the architects. The project is an interior refurbishment of a two floors penthouse for a family of four, located in Wadi Abu Jamil in Beirut Central District. The original arrangement of the penthouse presented a fragmented circulation between its two floors with poor spatial interaction, and a narrow main foyer.

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.Wissam Chaaya

最重要的空间干预是在房子的中心引入一个双高空间，围绕着它重组曾经支离破碎的生活区、工作区、储藏室和卧室。

The most significant spatial intervention was the introduction of a double height space at the center of the house, reorganizing around it the once fragmented realms of living areas, work areas, storage and bedrooms. 

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.Wissam Chaaya

这种结构由一层密实的木皮构成，其特征是入口加宽，平滑地过渡到接待处，并将楼梯作为特征元素带回其中心。楼梯成为这种空间内的一个浮动结构，通过强调其轻盈度和脱离皮肤和板面的垂直钢型材悬挂在天花板上。就像它漂浮在双高度空间的中间。

Defined by a cladded wooden skin, such element features a widened entrance that transitions smoothly to the reception and brings back to its center the staircase as a feature element.The stairs become a floating structure within such space, suspended from the ceiling through vertical steel profiles that emphasize its lightness and its detachment from skin and slab, as if it’s floating in the middle of the double height space. 

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.Wissam Chaaya

 Ground Floor Plan

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 First Floor Plan

一层平面图

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.Wissam Chaaya

木皮的形式调和了不同的失调，并提供了曲线的水平和垂直连续性之间扩大大厅和相邻的空间在两层。这种皮肤把门与房间、储藏室结合在一起，通过剪裁和结合照明，将墙角旋转，以保持客厅内壁的相同处理方式。钢型材伸出皮肤，创造门把手和货架。补充最小的实质性，一个有趣的定制制作的钢和铜照明夹具挂在双高度接待处。

The wooden skin’s form reconciles the different misalignments and provides a curvilinear horizontal and vertical continuity between the widened lobby and adjacent spaces on both floors. This skin integrates doors to adjoiningrooms,storage closets, see through cutouts and incorporated lighting.It turns the corner to maintain the same treatment for the inner living room wall. Steel profiles stick out of the skin to create door handles and shelves. Complementing the minimal materiality, a playful custom made steel and copper lighting fixture hangs from the double height reception. 

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.Wissam Chaaya

与木皮芯不同的是，阁楼的其余表面是白色的墙壁油漆，白色的大理石地板和楼梯的白色钢。不同的房间被设计成一个经常性的系统，把外墙涂成白色，内墙用不同的有趣的木料覆盖，包括门、图书馆和壁橱。

In contrast with its wooden skin core, the remaining surfaces of the penthouse are white paint for walls, white marble for floors and white steel for the staircase. The different rooms are designed with a recurrent system of having the exterior walls painted white and the internal walls with different playful wood cladding to incorporate doors, library and closets.

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.Wissam Chaaya

在其开发和执行阶段，该项目成为在当地工艺限制的基础上设计和制作建筑的广泛手段的探索。

During its development and execution phases, the project became an exploration of the wide array of means for both designing and fabricating architecture on the light on local craftsmanship constraints.

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.Wissam Chaaya