© Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)

架构师提供的文本描述。这座位于东约克的两层楼高、砖块和灰泥的住宅完全被改造了，它以其独特的外观与邻近的住宅区别开来：超现代几何线性设计的缩影。

Text description provided by the architects. This totally transformed, two-storey, brick and stucco home in East York, is first distinguished from its neighbouring homes by its maverick appearance: an epitome of super-modern geometric linear design.

 Floor Plan

这种线性设计的灵感来源于狭窄地段的挑战。虽然该地段的宽度仅为20英尺，但由于设计师对和谐线性设计的关注以及对开放空间的创造性利用，室内空间感觉更加广阔。其结果是一种宽敞的感觉和不受阻碍的自然日光的流动，故意引导穿过房子，创造一个发光，产生一个动态的生活空间。

The inspiration for this linear design was born out of the challenge of the narrow lot. Although the lot measures a mere twenty feet in width, the interior space feels much more expanded due to the designer’s attention to harmonious linear design and creative use of open space. The results are a feeling of spaciousness and unhindered flow of natural daylight, intentionally directed through the house to create a luminosity that produces a dynamic living space.

 © Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)

这个家的焦点是前面的立方体角。这是两个拉长的长方形窗户：一个垂直上升到两层楼的高度，另一个垂直放置在水平位置上，并配以一排灯，把你带到房子一侧有遮挡的主入口。当你进入的时候，你面对的是一座玻璃塔，里面有一座无地板的双层高楼，从上面的天窗射出一口光，就在它的正后方，你会注意到，单股楼梯似乎悬挂在空地上，漂浮在空中。这个主门厅楼梯有一个解放和治疗的效果，从两层玻璃塔在它旁边。

The focal point of this home is the front cube corner. Cradling this are two elongated, rectangular windows: one towering up vertically to the height of two stories and the other positioned horizontally, and paired with a row of lights that lead you to the sheltered main entrance at the side of the house. As you enter you face a glass tower containing a floorless, double-storey well of light from the skylight above it, and directly behind this, you will notice that the single-stringer stairs seem to hang suspended and float in open space. This main foyer staircase has a liberating and therapeutic effect from the two-storey glass tower next to it.

 Floor Plan

在主楼层，即使家庭的房间有16英尺宽，客厅的面积是14英尺宽，但由于客厅的11英尺高的天花板和分隔地板的设计，没有受到限制的感觉，这就不需要一些限制光线的墙壁了。当你面对房子前面的起居区域时，从这间屋子的三面延伸的窗户上可以看到一幅全景的光。在房子后面的家庭房间的另一边，在后甲板旁边有一个凸起的膨胀窗，从主层一直延伸到地下室层。在白天和开阔的空间里，你会不由自主地感到被洗了。在二楼，在卧室和走廊之间的一堵相邻的墙壁上设计了一个大的窗户开口，让开放的感觉弥漫。这层楼的另一个非常特别的功能是有窗户连接到卧室和附近的主人套房的露台。

On the main floor, even though the family room is sixteen feet wide and the living room area is fourteen feet wide, there is no feeling of restriction due to the eleven-foot ceiling in the living room and the split-floor design, which eliminates the need for some light-restricting walls. As you face the living area in the front of the house, a panoramic view of light hovers from the elongated windows covering three sides of this room. On the other side in the family room at the back area of the house, there is a convex expansion window beside the back deck, which stretches from the main floor into the basement level. You can’t help but feel washed in daylight and open space. On the second floor, large windowed openings have been designed in an adjoining wall between the bedrooms and hallway, to allow the feeling of openness to pervade. Another very special feature on this floor is a walk-out balcony that has window connections to a bedroom and master ensuite nearby.

 © Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)

线性设计模型在整个家庭是一致的。连续的，干净的线条定义了空间从你的第一眼和贯穿，创造和谐，流动和平衡。因此，它被称为线性屋。

The linear design model is consistent throughout the home. Continuous, clean lines define the space from your first glance and throughout, creating harmony, flow and balance. Thus it became known as The Linear House.

Architects Green Dot Architects

Location Toronto, Canada

Category Houses

Design Team Saied Mahboubi, Titka Safarzadeh

Area 155.0 sqm

Project Year 2013

Photographs Tom Arban