架构师提供的文本描述。从梅隆湾郊区的街道到俯瞰海湾岛屿的砂岩悬崖，这是一个很长的延伸。它卷曲着舌头，平坦地延伸到街道上，蜿蜒到一个天然的泉水和沿途三分之二的水道。

Text description provided by the architects. The site is a long stretch from a suburban Mellons Bay street, to a sandstone cliff that overlooks the gulf islands. It curls its tongue, flat to the street, convoluting to a natural spring and watercourse two thirds along the site.

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前提条件。

Pre-condition.

一座现存的20世纪60年代的长方形两层高的房屋就像一座大坝一样坐落在工地上，挡住了街道和海洋之间任何视觉和内心的过渡。这所房子修理不好，很大程度上是因为下面的水道缺乏供应。这是潮湿和规划不周，一个惊人的放弃，它忽视了它锚定的景观。

An existing 1960s rectangular two storey house sat across the site like a dam, blocking any transition both visual and visceral, between the street and the sea. The house was in poor repair, largely due to a lack of provision in terms of the watercourse beneath. It was damp and poorly planned, with a startling abandon, it ignored the landscape it was anchored in.

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这座新房子是为一对有两个成年孩子的迷人夫妇设计的。尽管有吸引力的海洋结束的网站，它被决定从边缘后退，以避免英勇的姿态，让景观重新与海洋接触。

The new house was designed for an engaging couple with 2 grown children. Despite the allure of the seaward end of the site, it was decided to pull back from the edge, to avoid the heroic gesture, to let the landscape re-engage with the sea.

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从概念上讲，这座房子由两个元素组成，斜和滑动相互交错，由一个跨越“重建景观”的桥接元素保持在静止状态。位置和几何学是从道路到海洋的水流方面对场地进行参数调查得出的。这是进一步阐明了一系列的水的特点，梯田向下穿过庭院在房子的中心，并连接到自然水道下面。

Conceptually, the house consists of two elements, oblique and sliding past each other, held in stasis by a bridging element that traverses a section of ‘reconstructed landscape’. The placement and geometry were derived from a parametric investigation of the site in terms of the water flow, from the road to the sea. This was further articulated by a series of water features that terrace downward through the courtyard in the middle of the house and connect to the natural watercourse below.

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环境考虑因素：

Environmental considerations:

1)适应性再利用。原来的房子大部分是在现场回收再利用的。建筑采用地板板和气象板，原地下室采用钢梁和石板进行园林绿化。一棵矗立在工地上的橡树被砍倒、碾碎，木材被用作厨房橱柜。

1)  Adaptive re-use. Much of the original house was recycled and reused on site. The floor boards and weather boards were used in construction, the steel beams and stone cladding from the original basement were used in the landscaping. An oak tree that stood on the site was chopped down, milled and the timber was used for the kitchen cabinetry.

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2)雨水收集。雨水被收集并储存在房子下面的3500升水箱中-利用原来房子的地下室区域。

2)  Rainwater harvesting. The rainwater is harvested and stored in a 3500 litre tank beneath the house - utilising the basement area of the original house.

3)太阳。太阳能用于房子的热水供暖。

3)  Solar. Solar energy is used for the hot water heating in the house.

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4)高绝缘。由阿科亚木材(非化学处理的白松木材)制成的德国最先进型材的细木工使用状况

4)  Highly Insulated. The joinery utilises state of the art german profiles made out of Acoya Timber (non-chemical treated pinus radiata timber)