架构师提供的文本描述。一对房屋矗立在斜坡的两旁，以拱形的形式在斜坡上伸展墙壁。左边的房子是为一个独居妇女而建的一层楼(A)，右边是一对夫妇子女家庭的两层楼(B)。三代人住在这对房子里，祖母(A)，女儿的夫妇和孙子(B)。

Text description provided by the architects. A pair of houses stand on the sides of a slope, stretching walls over the slope in between in arch shape. The house on the left is a one-story building (A) for a woman living alone, and on the right is a two-story building (B) for a couple + child household. Three generations are living in the pair of houses, grandmother (A), daughter's couple and grandchild (B).

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占地一千多平方米的大房子里有一座原来的主住宅，有一座客房，一扇小托里神社大门，还有一座小神社，这是日本传统茶园，修剪得很好。房屋的南面是一条当地的街道，北面是一条以前的国道。

The vast premises of more than 1000 sq had a former main residence with a guest house, a small torii shrine gate and a small shinto shrine, Japanese traditional tea garden with delicately pruned trees. South of the premises faces a local street and north faces former national route.

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一层平面图

建筑物A和B是在拆除主要住宅的地方建造的，中间的斜坡是从日本花园延伸而来的，以便在房屋的南侧和北面之间开辟一条道路。其余的特色尽量保留，因为人们认为最好不要对长期向社区开放的半公有的房舍进行剧烈的改动，让东、西两面的邻居和当地的街道都能进入。

The building A and B are built where the main residence was dismantled, and the slope in between was extended from Japanese garden to make a path between the south and north sides of the premises. The rest features were preserved as much as possible, as it was considered better not to make drastic changes on the premises which was semi-public and open to the community for a long time, allowing access from the neighbors on the east and west sides and local street.

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由于汽车是主要的交通工具，所以A楼和B楼之间的斜坡是每日方便的车道。建筑物A提供无障碍进入建筑物内，其楼层设置为从地面到窗户的高度超过2米的安全目的。

As cars are the principal means of transportation, the slope in between building A and B serves as a driveway for daily convenience. Building A provides barrier free access to inside the building whose floor level is set to give more than 2 meters in height from the ground level to the windows for security purposes.

以前的国道交通繁忙，因此A和B楼在北部没有窗户。面对东面和西侧的窗户很小，而且尽量小，而面对花园的窗户则很大。建筑A和B都有庭院和天窗，有倾斜的天花板和弯曲的墙壁，以提供不同的内部场景。

Former national route has heavy traffic, thus building A and B do not have windows on the north. Windows facing the neighbors on the east and west sides are small and minimized, whereas the windows facing the garden are large. Both building A and B have courtyard and skylight with slanted ceiling and curved walls to give varied interior scenes.

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庭院有最大的日光窗，通过透光窗和倾斜天花板提供照明。天窗的日光反射在弯曲墙壁上的瓷砖上，根据时间和天气的不同而产生不同的效果；当阳光明媚时，它是锋利的，多云时，它是柔软的；在早晨和晚上，淡紫色的蓝光在里面传播。

The courtyard has the largest daylight windows to provide light through transom windows and slanted ceiling. Daylight from skylight is reflected on ceramic tiles on the curved walls to give different effects by the time and weather; when sunny, it is sharp, when cloudy, it is soft, and in the morning and evening, pale violet blue light spreads inside.

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从法律角度看，从斜坡两侧延伸而来的弯曲外墙的边缘是略微分开的，这并不能使建筑A和B成为两家人的家。然而，这些建筑物虽然是独立的，但却面对面地、并排地站在一起，分享日常生活和空间。

The edges of curved exterior walls stretching from both sides of the slope are slightly apart, not making building A and B a two-family home from legal perspective. However, these buildings, while they are independent, stand face to face and side by side to share everyday life and space.

-中井明雄-

- Akio Nakasa -

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Architects Naf Architect & Design

Location Hachioji, Japan

Category Houses

Architects in Charge Akio Nakasa (Principal Architect), Daisuke Aoki

Area 243.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Toshiyuki Yano