架构师提供的文本描述。这座新房子的设计是建立在一个已经存在的、有点乏味的建筑上的，虽然它确实有趣的石墙，但它不适合居住。

Text description provided by the architects. The design of this new house was based on a pre-existing, somewhat uninteresting construction which was not fit for habitation, although it did have interesting stone walls.

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房子的主楼层坐落在一块石墙上，在土地的上部，这里有三间卧室和一个办公室，通过一个灯火通明的走廊到达。

The main floor of the house sits on a stone wall, on the upper part of the land.  This has three bedrooms and an office which is reached through a generously lit corridor.

 Second Floor Plan

二层平面图

一个较低的空间自然地从物质支撑的自然特征中升起，“夹在”石墙旁边，那里有一个全高区域的主要入口，客厅旁边是一个开放式厨房。这个公共区域通向一堵玻璃墙，可以俯瞰地面，可以看到乡村的气息。

A lower space rises naturally from the natural characteristics of the physical support, "sandwiched" by the stone wall, where there is the main entrance to a full-height area, with a living room next to an open kitchen.  This communal area opens out to a glass wall that goes down to the ground with a view of the countryside, which still has a rural atmosp

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这座房子经过了现代语言的重新设计，但使用了当地建筑中的比例、形式、元素和材料。其目的主要是在乡土建筑和现代设计之间达成一种妥协。这种设计简单、安静，自然植被是阿尔加维乡间典型的杏仁树和胡桃树。

The house has been redesigned with a contemporary language, but using a scale, forms, elements and materials present in the local architecture.  The intention is primarily to reach a compromise between the vernacular architecture and a modern design, which is simple with a quiet presence and where the natural vegetation, of almond and carob trees typical of the Algarve countryside, predominates.

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因此，建筑的形式是谨慎的，材料是天然的：墙壁和所有地板上的石头，可见的混凝土和白色的墙壁，它们反射着强烈而持久的阿尔加维阳光。

And so the forms are discreet and the materials are natural:  the stone on the walls and all the floors, the visible concrete and the white walls that reflect the intense and constant Algarve sun.

 © Fernando Guerra | FG + SG

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