架构师提供的文本描述。我们的客户要求我们为他自己、他的妻子和两个小孩、他的弟弟和妻子以及他们的母亲-家庭的女族长-建造一个家。我们面临的挑战是在一个屋檐下设计三套房子，在皇后区的一个街区，这是由单一家庭住宅定义的。我们创造了三个完全不同的住所，它们之间的联系和重叠反映了家庭关系。

Text description provided by the architects. Our client asked us to build a home for himself, his wife and two small children, his younger brother and his wife, and their mother—the matriarch of the family. Our challenge was to design three homes under one roof, in a neighborhood of Queens which is defined by single family homes. We created three disparate dwellings with areas of connection and overlap that reflect the familial relationships.

我们决定建立三个有联系和重叠区域的完全不同的住宅。前面的狭小部分为这对已婚夫妇创造了一个三层公寓，客户和他的家人占据了第一层和第二层的其余部分。低层，打开了沉陷的梯田花园，是祖母住的地方。前门相距只有几英尺，兄弟俩住得像邻居一样，所有的空间都通过较低的层次连接起来；底层的家庭房间和室外的展馆是全家人的主要聚集地。

We decided to create three disparate dwellings with areas of connection and overlap. The narrow slice at the front creates a triplex for the married couple; the client and his family occupy the rest of the first and second floors. The lower level, which opens up to the sunken terraced garden, is where the grandmother lives. With front doors only a few feet from each other, the brothers live as neighbors, and all of the spaces connect through the lower level; the ground floor family room and the outdoor pavilion are primary gathering spaces for the whole family.

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迈克尔·莫兰/奥托

住宅中的许多要素是我们公司与专门从事住宅建设的建筑商之间的合作。作为我们合作的一部分，我们从HIS的其他建筑项目中重新使用了多余的材料。例如，楼梯踏板是6x12工程木梁切割成对角线，餐厅的灯固定装置在两个餐厅是由O‘Neill Rose建筑设计师从我们在客户的车间发现的金属碎片设计的。

Many of the elements in the residences are collaborations between our firm and the client who is a builder that specializes in residential construction.  As part of our collaboration we re-purposed excess materials from other construction projects of his. For example, the stair treads are 6x12 engineered wood beams cut in half diagonally, and the dining room light fixtures in both dining rooms were designed by O'Neill Rose Architects from scrap metal pieces we found in our client’s workshop.

 © Michael Moran/OTTO

迈克尔·莫兰/奥托