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架构师提供的文本描述。该项目位于老挝帕克塞镇，位于一个俯瞰湄公河的地产上。它是欧洲古典风格的三座大型建筑之一，几年前由一位泰国建筑师设计建造，作为某一家庭的住所。主题建筑是为我们的家庭的女儿，我们的客户，他要求我们为她的住宅提供室内设计。她想要一个与外表相反的现代而简单的主题。

Text description provided by the architects. The project site is located in the town of Pakse, Laos, on an estate overlooking the Mekong River. It is one of the three huge buildings of classical European style, which had been designed and built a few years ago by a Thai architect as the residence for a certain family. The subject building was for the daughter of the family, our client, who requested that we provide the interior design for her residence. She wished for a contemporary and simple motif in contrast with the exterior.

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该项目还要求建筑物的外部保持不动，因为这是三栋建筑(一座有两翼的中央建筑)对称布局的一部分。此外，我们的翻新工程是从取消初期暂停的初期内部工程开始的。

The project also demanded that the exterior of the building be left untouched, as it was part of the symmetrical layout of the three buildings (a central building with two wings). Furthermore, our renovation work started by scrapping the initial interior work which had been suspended in its early stages.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图

这似乎是很自然的，我们的目标是一个室内设计，将考虑到强大的影响，古典的欧洲外观。起初，我们觉得古典的欧洲风格在老挝和东南亚似乎有点不合适。但是，一旦这些建筑被涂上了一层橡皮泥，它们似乎就能轻松地进入环境，舒适地坐着，成为特定地点的建筑。古典的欧洲风格和老挝景观的结合似乎不再奇怪；这些元素现在被整合或和谐。这对我们来说是一个非常有趣的启示，因此，我们觉得我们的设计应该遵循这种感觉。

It seemed only natural for us to aim for an interior design that would take into account the powerful impact of the classical European exterior. Initially, we had felt that the classical European style seemed somewhat out of place in Laos, Southeast Asia. But once the buildings were painted in a shade of ocher, they seemed to ease into the environment, sitting comfortably as site specific architecture. The combination of the classical European style and Laos landscape no longer seemed strange; the elements were now integrated or in harmony. This was an extremely interesting revelation for us, and thus, we felt our design should follow that feeling.

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在一楼的主入口处，我们设计了一个由施华洛世奇水晶玻璃制成的瀑布图案。使用水晶玻璃的选择受到了经典的façade的启发。由于帕克塞镇以其原始自然环境中有无数的瀑布而闻名于世，这也是将当地自然的各个方面融合到设计中的一个完美例子。

For the main entrance on the first floor, we designed an objet d'art made of Swarovski crystal glass in the image of a waterfall. The choice to use crystal glass had been inspired by the classical façade. Since the town of Pakse is extremely famous for having countless waterfalls in its pristine natural environment, this is also a perfect example of fusing aspects of local nature into the design.

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此外，在地板和墙壁之间的关系中也可以看到和谐。白色大理石被选为沿外墙的地板，灵感来自庄严的̧装饰拱形窗户。与此同时，离房间中心较近的地板和墙壁都是用来自老挝的华丽柚木-珍贵的黄金柚木完成的。大理石与丰富的柚木的对比也呈现出一种美丽的和谐。

Furthermore, harmony can be seen in the relationship between the floors and walls. White marble was chosen for the floor along the outer walls, inspired by the stately façade with decorative arched windows. Meanwhile, the floor and walls nearer the center of the room were finished with gorgeous teak ‒ precious golden teak from Laos. The contrast of marble against the rich teak also presents a beautiful harmony.

 Second Floor Plan

二层平面图

此外，石墙是由花岗岩构成的，暗示着沿着穿过深森林的河流或瀑布周围发现的崎岖岩石。它的两侧是大的不锈钢面板与镜面或玻璃板-材料从来没有使用在传统的，乡土木结构的地方。岩石材料，代表帕克塞独特的景观，和当代的金属和玻璃元素融合在一起。

Moreover, the stone wall is made of granite, suggestive of the rugged rocks found along the rivers running through the deep forest, or around waterfalls. It is flanked with large stainless steel panels with a mirror finish or glass panels ‒ materials never used in the traditional, rustic wooden buildings of the local area. The rock material, representing the unique landscape of Pakse, and contemporary elements of metal and glass are fused together.

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因此，这座宏伟的住宅体现了当代元素、古典欧式建筑和帕克塞的本土性的和谐融合。

Thus, this grand residence embodies the harmonious fusion of contemporary elements, classical European style architecture, and local nature of Pakse.

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Architects Makoto Yamaguchi Design

Location Pakse, Laos

Category Renovation

Architects in Charge Makoto Yamaguchi, Takaaki Endo

Area 1266.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Koichi Torimura