架构师提供的文本描述。该地块位于哈尔科夫五座丘陵之一，位于低层开发项目之中，在十九世纪初，这里出现了类似村庄的小块地和稀少的公寓楼。它就在中央小山的正前方，有一条铁路沿着山谷在两座山之间运行。这个地方可以俯瞰市中心和附近的教堂。

Text description provided by the architects. The plot is sited on one of the five Kharkiv hills among low-rise development with village-like parceling and scarce apartment houses that emerged here at the turn of the xix-xx centuries. It is located right in front of the central hill, with a railroad running along the valley between the hills. The place enjoys a generous view of the city centre, as well as the nearby church.

 Floor Plan

这所房子探索私人与公共之间的平衡。事实上，它由三个独立的单元组成，为每个家庭成员提供了自己的自主空间。年轻一代的代表有自己的工作室，有独立的通道，也有自己的私人露台。以“夏季起居室”为核心的社区居住空间是社会融合和社会化的场所。

The house explores the balance between the private and the common. In fact, it consists of three independent units, providing each member of the family with their own autonomous spaces. The representatives of the younger generation have their own studios with independent access and their own private terraces. The communal living space in the core of the house with a “summer living-room” is a place for social integration and socialization.

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地形上有近三米的差异，使得能够在地面上找到入口、公用室和车库。所有的主要建筑都被放置在一个与花园相一致的较高层。因此，整个房子都在同一层，除了一个俯瞰教堂和市中心的小屋顶展馆，它是一个观察点，一个书房，一个客房和一个下面的建筑的天窗。

A nearly three-meter difference in topography made it possible to locate the entrance, utility rooms and the garage on the ground level. All the main premises are placed one the higher level aligned with the garden. As a result the whole house lies on the same level with the exception of a small roof-top pavilion overlooking the church and the city downtown, which serves as an observation point, a study, a guest room and a skylight for the premises beneath.

不同类型的户外空间提出了各种不同的场景：露台的半开放甲板，有游泳池和休息区；前面有一个开放的场地，供积极的游戏；花园里更多的私人区域；以及从主卧室进入的房子后面的草坪。

Different types of outdoor spaces suggest a variety of scenarios: a semi-open deck of a terrace with a swimming pool and a lounge zone; an open ground for active games in front of it; a more private area further in the garden; and a lawn in the back of the house which is accessed from the master bedroom.

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安德烈·阿夫德延科(Andrey Avdeenko)

一个坚实的房子的体积，漂浮在景观上，以及家庭合作的原则，解释房子的名称，即“方舟”。

A solid volume of the house that floats on the landscape, as well as the principle of family cooperation, explain the name of the house, which is “ark”.

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安德烈·阿夫德延科(Andrey Avdeenko)

Architects Drozdov & Partners

Location Kharkiv, Ukraine

Category Houses

Architect in Charge Yuriy Bendasov, Oleg Drozdov, Vladimir Konovalov, Yana Bryukhovetskaya and Eugeniy Bosenko

Area 488.0 sqm

Project Year 2015

Photographs Andrey Avdeenko