架构师提供的文本描述。艾瓜布拉发是加泰罗尼亚科斯塔布拉瓦河上的一个小海滩，被低矮的山脉所拥抱，那里的房屋可以俯瞰松林之间的海洋。

Text description provided by the architects. Aiguablava is a small beach on the Catalonian Costa Brava, embraced by low mountains, where houses overlook the sea between the pine tree forests.

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在一片完全平地的顶部，我们的客户购买了一栋建筑。他们打电话给我，问我能否帮助他们使现有的房子适应他们的实际需要。我有点失望，因为我一直在寻找建造一座新房子的计划，并且把我所有的热情都投入到了这个项目中。我问他们为什么买了一套完全不符合他们想要的东西的房子。他们说这是他们唯一能找到的平地，景色也很好。

In the top of a completely flat plot, our clients purchased a construction. They called me to ask if I could help them to adapt the existing house to their real needs. I was a little disappointed, since I had been looking for a plot to build a new house and had all my enthusiasm put into this project. I asked them why they had bought a house that did not fit at all the description of what they wanted. They said it was the only flat plot they could find and the views were wonderful.

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原来的房子，一楼和地下室，有一个正面面对大海，形成了一个周边墙建筑，有许多小窗户和一个非常分散的分布。

The original house, ground floor and basement, had a facade facing the sea, formed by a perimeter wall construction, with many small windows and a very fragmented distribution.

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他们说：“我们想看看大海！这座房子最好的地方是风景，但当我们在里面的时候，我们很难欣赏到它。我们还想要大空间；我们不需要那么多房间“。

They said “We want to look at the sea! The best of this house is the view, but when we are inside, we can hardly appreciate it. We also want big spaces; we do not need so many rooms”.

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从那时起，作为一个小项目开始的事情就变成了一次重大的干预。房子的平面图形式已经被确定了，因为允许建造的建筑是最大的，所以我们决定尊重周边，以保持原来的结构。

From there, what started as a small project became a major intervention. The plan form of the house was already defined, because the maximum of allowed construction was built, so we decided to respect the perimeter in order to keep the original structure. 

在底层，我们决定只保留公用空间和主卧室；其他房间将设在地下室，在那里我们面临着光线不足和空间质量不足的问题。为了补救这个问题，我们在房子的前部和后部建造了两个小庭院，这样我们就可以打开大窗户，建造三间卧室。

On the ground floor, we decided to keep only the spaces of public use and the master bedroom; the other rooms would be located at the basement, where we faced lack of light problems and the spatial quality of the rooms. To remediate it we projected two small courtyards in the front and back of the house that allowed us to open large windows and build three bedrooms.

一旦我们解决了房间问题，我们不得不打开一层楼，拆掉墙壁，使之成为一个单一的，大空间，只有一个滑动门来隔开主卧室。

Once we solved the rooms problem, we had to open the ground floor tearing down the walls to make it into a single, large space, with only a sliding gate to separate the main bedroom by night.

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我们决定保持外墙的周长，但把墙换成玻璃制品，用一个单一的表皮穿过所有的前墙面。通过这种方式，我们从任何地方都可以看到全景，这反过来又被无数的水晶反射所过滤，从各个角度给出了不同的感觉。

We decided to keep the perimeter of the façade but replace the wall with glass work in a single skin that ran through all the front façade. In this way, we got a panoramic view from everywhere, which in turn is filtered by the innumerable reflections of the crystals, giving a different perception from every angle.

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最后，为了解决阳光透过窗户直接照射的问题，我们投射了一个跨度超过30米的混凝土棱镜，没有任何中间支撑，这样我们就可以创造出适合居住和保护的间隔，让人们可以在夏天的日子里见面吃饭。

Finally, to solve the problem of direct sunlight exposure through the windows, we projected a concrete pergola of more than 30 meters span, without any intermediate support, that allowed us to create livable and protected interstices where people could meet and eat on summer days.

Architects MANO Arquitectura

Location Spain

Category Houses

Architect in Charge Sebastian Machado, Victoria Esborraz

Area 735.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Luis Carbonell