架构师提供的文本描述。西宫是一个位于大阪和神户之间的城市。该网站位于一个典型的街区布局的住宅小区。根据当地的建筑政策，距离工地边界有50厘米的距离，这使得房屋之间有一个一米窄的空隙。正常情况下，每个家庭都会有窗户面对公共道路和窗帘关闭，以保持其隐私。因此，开口本身并不能为占用人提供很多光线、通风或视野。

Text description provided by the architects. Nishinomiya is a city located between Osaka and Kobe. The site is situated in a residential neighborhood with typical block layout. According to the local construction policy, there needs to be a fifty-centimeter setback from the site boundary, which allows a one-meter narrow gap between the houses. Normally, each household will have the windows facing the public roads with the curtains shut to keep its privacy. Therefore, openings as such are not providing the occupants with much light, ventilation or views.

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在这个项目中，我们正在寻求一个解决方案，它可以在不影响隐私的情况下给房子带来充足的阳光。为了达到这个目的，我们在情节中插入了一个狭小和线性的空隙，把房子分成两部分。这种西-东向的空隙不仅为房屋的两部分提供了自然光<图1>，而且通过将房间连接到开放空间来确保内部通风。房间与楼梯相连，楼梯也将房屋的两侧连接起来，并垂直地激活这一空隙<图2>。为了使它更有活力，我们使楼梯倾斜并调整到窗户。因此，居住者可以从不同的角度享受不断变化的视图。

In this project, we are seeking for a solution, which could bring sufficient daylight into the house without affecting the privacy. To achieve this, we inserted a narrow and linear void in the plot, which divided the house into two parts. This west-east-directional void not only provides both part of the houses with natural light , and also ensures the internal ventilation by connecting the rooms to the open space. The rooms are linked with staircases, which also bridge the two sides of the house and activate this void vertically . To make it more dynamic, we make the staircases tilted and adjusted them to the windows. So the occupants could enjoy the changing views from various angles .

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 Sectional Perspective

分段透视

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自然光，风和绿色植物被插入到房子通过这一空隙，这使房子与其周围和环境微妙地在城市。通过这种方式，我们希望房子能够通过这个狭小的开放空间与自然和城市进行三维的空间对话，并在自由和隐私之间保持一种舒适的平衡。

Natural light, wind and greenery are inserted into the house through this void, which engages the house to its surrounding and contextualizes itself in the city subtly. In this way, we hope the house could have a spatial dialogue with the nature and the city three-dimensionally via this slit-shaped open space, and have a comfort balance between freedom and privacy.

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