架构师提供的文本描述。他是一位建筑师的朋友，以前从事手工造型的制作。近年来，建筑业不景气影响了他的工作，所以杰打算用多年来省下的钱在家乡盖房子。

Text description provided by the architects. Jie, a friend of the architect,  previously engaged in the production of hand modeling. In recent years, the construction industry downturn affected his work, so Jie intended to build a house in his hometown with the money saved over the years. 

杰的家乡是湖北咸宁的一个村庄。冈下街村，顾名思义，是一个单姓村。村有百年的历史，这里的人都姓杰.单姓在南村很常见。厨房上帝坐在一个村庄的入口处。宗祠在绿色植物的中心。这一农耕文明的古老农村社会制度至今保存至今。

Jie's hometown is a village on the edge of Xianning, Hubei. Gang xia Jie Cun, as the name suggests, is s single surname village. Village has hundred-year-old history, where all of people surnamed Jie. Single surname is common in the south village. Kitchen God is seated in the entrance to a village. Ancestral hall is in the center of the villige. The ancient rural social system of this farming civilization has been preserved till now.

杰拒绝搬到邻近的城镇居住。他喜欢他成长的地方。养鸡、养鸭、养猫、养狗都很方便。离邻居只有几分钟的路程。

Jie refused to move to the neighboring town to live in the building. He love the place where he grew up. It is convenient to raise chickens,  ducks, cats and dogs. It is only a few minutes Between neighbors.

这是一个非常普通的村庄，有几十个家庭和几十英亩农田历史遗址。它只是一个简单的村庄，没有历史遗迹和自然风光。

This is a very average village with dozens of families and acres of farmland historical sites. It is just a simply village without historical site and natural scenery.

古村落的形态质感依旧。曲折的道路和大小不一的房屋见证了产权的时代变迁。种姓家庭关系的发展和变化可以看出：后代有着更好的发展前景，他们的欧式建筑更宏伟。

The old village form texture are still. The crooked path and varying size houses  witness the change of property rights in times. The development and change of caste family relationship can be seen: The descendants have better prospects, their European style buildings are grander.

这所房子紧靠在宗祠的后面。宗祠可以通过一条南边的小径到达。北面是主干道。他的邻居在东边。西边是寺庙后面的一个空间。大女儿在家复习高考，小儿子晚上来。这对夫妇会回家的。原来的单层房屋已不能满足这方面的需要.

The house is closely behind the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall can be reached through a south path. The north of the site is the main road. His neighborhood is next to the east. The west is a space behind the temple. The eldest daughter need to review for the College Entrance Examination at home while the youngest son go come at night. The couple will return home. The original single-storey house has been unable to meet the needs for that.

房子的建筑形式与复杂的邻里关系有着一定的联系：新册与宗祠之间的让步，与道路的协调，以及与兄弟家的视觉交流、通风、照明等。导致不同方向的挫折和倒角。

There is a connection between the architectural form of the house and complex neighborhood relations: thw concede between the new volume and the ancestral hall, concert with road, and sight communication with his brothers' house, ventilation, lighting and so on. which lead to setbacks and chamfers in different directions.

杰家是为杰家四口人量身定做的。由于主人的热情，大门总是开着。大厅是一个客厅，窗户是用来在阳光下照的。路过的邻居可以顺便来聊天或玩牌。二楼的私人客厅和三楼的书房被天窗的大屋顶整合在一起，使每个角落都充满阳光。

Jie House is tailor made for Jie's family of four. The main door is always open because of the enthusiasm of the master. The hall acts as a living room on which a window was made to allow in the sunlight. Passing neighbors can drop in for a chat or cards. The second-floor private living room and the third-floor study are integrated by a big roof with skylights, which makes sunshine in every corner.

在二楼的卧室里可以看到大哥的房子，而二哥的房子在阳台上。当主人打开阳台上的窗户时，他就能用更强硬的声音与邻居交谈。

The eldest brother's house can be seen in the second-floor bedroom while the second elder brother's in the balcony. The owner is able to talk with neighbors  in a little harder voice whenever he open the windows on the balcony.

由于下雨的天气，当地房屋的地板和墙壁都很潮湿。根据当地建筑的质量和总体预算，设计了简单合理的防水防潮结构，使老街能享受到新的生活。

Because of the rainy weather, the floors and walls of local houses are damp. Base on the quality of local construction and the overall budget, simple and rational waterproof and moisture-proof structure was designed for Lao Jie to enjoy a new life.

街坊的设计有望通过合理的几何图形来应对当前的城市化拆除。建立了一个明确的空间组织，以重建该国的血缘关系。

The design of Jie House is expected to respose current urbanization demolition through a rational geometry shape. A clear space organization is made to rebuild the ties of blood in the country.

Architects Atelier KAI Architects

Location Xianning, China

Category Houses

Architect in Charge Xie Kai

Design Team Liu Xingang, Wen Liang, Su Cong

Area 270.0 m2

Project Year 2016

Photographs A Duo