架构师提供的文本描述。在越南的中部沿海城市大娘建造了这座房屋。这一地区的气候在晴天和雨季之间变化很大。每年都会受到许多热带风暴的影响。此外，大娘还以香帕烧砖塔(在古代香帕王国时期)的遗迹而闻名，建于公元4世纪至15世纪末。其中，“MỹSơn”圣地是最著名的.

Text description provided by the architects. The Termitary House was built in Da Nang, a central coastal city of Viet Nam. The climate in this area is rather extreme in the way it varies significantly between the sunny season and the rainy one. It is also influenced by a lot of tropical storms every year. Besides, Da Nang is well-known for the remains of Champa baked-brick Towers (during the Ancient Champa Kingdom), constructed during the time from the 4th century to the late 15th century. Of all, “Mỹ Sơn” Holy land is the most well-known.

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受到白蚁在当地筑巢的特殊能力的启发，这位建筑师设计了一座位于中心的大共享空间，里面有一个烹饪柜台、一张餐桌和一个娱乐的角落。这“大厅”然后导致不同的功能领域在房子，如休息室，客厅，卧室。所有这些都是艺术上和舒适地连接在一起的。阁楼是另一间卧室，一间祭坛室和一个小图书馆的地方。

Inspired by the termites’ special ability to build their nests in the local area, the architect has designed the house with a large sharing space in the center where a cooking counter, a dining table, and an entertaining corner are found. This “lobby” then leads to different functional areas in the house such as the rest room, the living room, and the bedrooms. All are connected artistically and comfortably. The mezzanine is where another bedroom, an altar room, and a small library are found.

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阁楼是一个开放的放松区与藤蔓窗帘。这所房子是为三个人设计的，除了祭坛室和卧室以外，不需要很多隔间。同时，在房子的共享区域，家庭成员仍然可以通过墙壁看到和聊天，洞的排列与实际的房间一样随意但科学。

The attic is an open relaxing area with curtains of vines. Designed for three people, the house does not need a lot of partitions except the ones for the altar room and the bedrooms. Meanwhile, in the sharing areas in the house, the family members can still see and chat to each other through the walls with holes arranged as randomly but scientifically as in an actual termitary.

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这所房子主要是用烧砖建造的，这也是当地的一种传统材料。它们是用来建造神秘的古代香帕塔的材料。天花板用原始混凝土浇筑，地板上覆盖着深色的水磨石。所有的家具都是用老房子屋顶上的木材做的，这使得建筑的总实际成本大幅度节省(约低于22，000美元)。

The house is mainly built with baked bricks which are also a traditional material in the local area. They are the very material to have been used for the construction of the mysterious ancient Champa towers. The ceilings are casted with original concrete, and the floors are covered with terrazzo in dark colors. All furniture is made with the timber from the roof of the old house, which helps make the total actual cost of the construction a significant saving (about under 22,000 usd)

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墙壁完全是用烧砖砌成的，这使房子在夏天变得凉爽，因为这种砖块可以起到一定的作用，使整个房子保持湿度。“双层皮”的特殊施工技术是由两层一砖墙和一层玻璃铝框架组成，在墙内形成一个空间，在两面山墙上起到缓冲层的作用。

That the walls are entirely built with baked bricks makes the house cool in the summer; for this kind of bricks can function as a certain factor to keep the humidity for the entire house. The special constructing technique of “double skins” with two layers of one brick wall covering outside and one glass-aluminum frame inside creates a space within a wall, which functions as a buffer layer at both gables.

 Ground Floor Plan

此外，厕所和储藏室沿墙的布置，不仅有助于阻挡狂风暴雨季节的强风，而且还能引导它们直接穿过空隙到达屋顶。这是由于压力的显著差异。在屋顶上，建筑师们使用一个由梁和倒地板组成的系统，为植物建造一个小花园-在炎热闷热的夏日里，这是一个让全家人放松和享受微风的理想场所。

Besides, the arrangement of the toilets and the storage rooms along the walls not only helps block the strong winds during the stormy season but also leads them towards and through the gaps straight to the roof. This is due to the remarkable difference in pressure. On the roof, architects use a system of girders and upside down floors to create a small garden for plants - an ideal place for the whole family to relax and enjoy the breeze during the hot and muggy summer days.

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有很多洞的烘焙砖墙的特殊设计，加上巨大的层间空间，使得微风和光线可以到达房子的所有角落，甚至是最难进入的地方。房主还可以在白天享受蓝天，也可以从客厅、餐桌或厨房享受月光下的夜晚时光。

The special design of the baked-brick walls with a lot of holes, together with the large inter-floor space, allows breeze and light to get to all the corners of the house, even the hardest-to-access areas. The house owners are also able to enjoy the blue sky during the daytime or the moonlight night-time from the living room, the dining table or the kitchen.

 Second Floor Plan

二层平面图

在白天不同的时间，通过地板间孔的光线强度的变化使砖墙的颜色从早晨的浅红色、中午的红色、下午的暗红色，到下午晚些时候和傍晚更多地变紫色。在晚上和晚上，房子看起来就像一个巨大的灯笼，从洞里照来照去。周围的砖墙用一些粗糙的砖块装饰成阴影。这就提高了每一块瓷砖本身的形状和颜色的美丽和魅力。

At different times during the day, the variety of the light intensity getting through the inter-floor holes makes the brick wall colors change from the light red in the morning, red at noon, dark red in the afternoon and more purple in the late afternoon and early evening. In the evening and at night, the house looks like a giant lantern with lights here and there from the holes. The surrounding brick walls are decorated with some rough bricks to make shadows. This improve the beauty and charm of every single samel-brick regarding its own shape and color.

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院子和花园都铺满了粗糙的砾石，再加上旧房子里的一些植物(这些植物被重新整理)，以保留主人熟悉的一些特征。充分利用通风、照明系统和自然空调机制，使宾馆优化了热带地区有效工作的积极因素。Ly Kha Ngo的文本

Both the yard and the garden are covered with coarse gravels with some of the plants (which are rearranged) from the old house in order to retain some familiar features for the owners. Taking the best advantage of ventilation, lighting system and natural air conditioning mechanism has made The Termitary House optimize the positive elements of an effective tropical work. Text by Ly Kha Ngo

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