架构师提供的文本描述。这个项目是为了在一个紧凑型的城市用地上建一座新房子。在这种密集的情况下，我们创造了一个轻松而丰富的花园景观，室内和室外相互连接。

Text description provided by the architects. The project is for a new house set in a compact urban site. Within this dense situation we have created a relaxed yet rich garden landscape of interconnected indoor and outdoor rooms.

 © Michael Nicholson

迈克尔·尼科尔森

这座新房子的位置是为了最大限度地利用北极光。为了达到这个目的，家庭拥抱弯曲的南部边界，在旋转点周围被分割成两个不同的翅膀；正式和非正式的区域分裂，厨房作为两者之间的支点。这所房子的两个组成部分之间建立了对话：娱乐或公共空间/房间、带有壁炉、就餐和座位的大双高空间，以及家庭使用的更亲密的私人房间，其中包括一间家庭房间、楼上的卧室和一间书房/保姆的房间或祖母的公寓，楼下有自己的浴室。

The new house was positioned to maximise access to northern light. To achieve this, the home hugs the bent southern boundary and is split into two distinct wings around the point of rotation; formal and informal areas split with the kitchen acting as fulcrum between the two. A dialogue is established between the two components of the house: the entertaining or public space/room, a large double height space with fireplace, dining and seating areas, and the more intimate private rooms for family use, which include a family room, bedrooms upstairs and a study/nanny’s room or grandmother’s apartment with its own bathroom downstairs.

 Floor Plan

花园环绕着大楼。这所房子四面八方都是开放的，通过这个连接房间的计划可以看到许多风景。在花园里的房子的特点，立即通过它的柔和呈现在街道上，唯一建成的结构是入口门和车库。花园延伸到人行道的边缘，边界栅栏被植物所吸收。

Gardens surround the building. The house is open on all sides with many views through the plan linking rooms. The character of a house in a garden is immediately apparent through its soft presentation to the street with the only built structures being the entry gate and garage. The gardens extend to the footpath edge with the boundary fence absorbed by planting.

 © Michael Nicholson

迈克尔·尼科尔森

Sustainability

该机构处理若干关键领域的可持续性问题。该战略和客户对该网站的雄心解决了城市密度问题，以及如何通过相对较小面积上的大房子的明显矛盾关切、隐私问题和城市密度对周围财产的影响以及如何在花园环境中解决这些问题来解决这一问题。

The house addresses sustainability in a number of key areas. The strategy and the client’s ambition for the site addresses questions of urban density and how this can be resolved with the apparently contradictory concerns of a large house on a relatively small lot, issues of privacy and impacts on surrounding properties resulting from urban density as well as how these issues might be addressed within a garden setting.

 © Michael Nicholson

迈克尔·尼科尔森

该房子是面向和设计的，以最大限度地利用北方的太阳能获得惠斯特提供机会，以控制这种太阳能通道通过可操作的百叶窗和屋檐悬垂。相反，东、西、南的海拔高度更为封闭，既控制了太阳的生长，又控制了热量的损失。建筑图则及其立面的设计都是为了方便交叉通风(只为主床、起居室和餐厅提供空调)。在建筑内部提供热质量，以最大限度地利用这些战略举措的好处。

The house is oriented and designed to maximise northern solar gain whist providing opportunities to control this solar access through operable blinds and eave overhangs. In contrast, the elevations to the east west and south are considerably more closed, controlling both solar gain and heat loss. Both the building plan and its facades have been designed to facilitate cross ventilation (air conditioning is only provided to the main bed, living and dining rooms). Thermal mass is provided in the building interior to maximise the benefits of these strategic moves.

 © Michael Nicholson

迈克尔·尼科尔森

直接细节和限制材料调色板有利于整体完成，限制了持续维护的需要。面板砖与涂有油的硬木在遮蔽的地方，保护钢和氧化着色混凝土配对.

Direct detailing and a restricted material palette favouring integral finishes limit the need for ongoing maintenance. Face brickwork is paired with oiled hardwood in sheltered locations, protected steel and oxide-tinted concrete.  

该房屋还实施了一系列传统的被动设计策略，并提供了一些能源发电基础设施。LED照明，光伏电池，雨水和雨水的保留也提供了发展。

The house also implements a series of traditional passive design strategies as well as provides some energy generation infrastructure. LED lighting, photovoltaic cells, stormwater and rainwater retention are also provided by the development.

 © Michael Nicholson

迈克尔·尼科尔森