架构师提供的文本描述。该项目由一个木箱和混凝土砌块组成，涉及到在乡村风景名胜区建筑时使用传统材料的想法。住在都柏林的客户决定投资在多尼格尔建造一座房子。当时，他们不确定是要永久搬到县里去，还是把房子用作度假之所。新娘要求的设计要有足够的灵活性来容纳；(A)有2/3间卧室的房子，或(B)一顶下有两套假日公寓，或(C)有附属工作室的房子。

Text description provided by the architects. This project consists of a timber box and concrete block, and is concerned with the idea of using conventional material while building on a scenic site in a rural setting. The clients who were living in Dublin decided to invest in building a house in Donegal. At the time they were not sure if they were going to move permanently to the county, or use the house as holiday accommodation. The brideg asked for a design which was flexible enough to accommodate; (a) a house with 2/3 bedrooms, or (b) two holiday apartments contained under the one roof, or (c) a house with attached studio.

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此外，简报还要求提供一个安静的私人房间，让客户可以退却。

In addition, the brief asked for a quiet private room to which the client could retreat.

允许最佳的灵活性，所有的静态要素的简报(即。浴室、厨房、入口、楼梯、公用设施和服务)都包含在由混凝土建造的固定而坚硬的砌块内。这使建筑物的其他有生命的部分得以使用。坐姿、睡觉、进食和工作)根据客户的程序要求，自由和灵活地定位。这些部分包含在一个棚子里，就像木箱，与混凝土砌块平行。

To allow for optimum flexibility all of the static elements of the brief (ie. Bathroom, kitchen, entrance, stairs, utility and services) are contained within a fixed and rigid block constructed of concrete. This allowed the other living parts of the building (ie. sitting, sleeping ,eating and working) the freedom and flexibility to be positioned, depending on the programmatic requirement of the client. These parts are contained in a shed like timber box which sits parallel to the concrete block.

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(Ros Kavanagh)

由于场地的南面、景观和场地的高度，较大的木材活箱坐落在陡峭的山坡上。较小的混凝土砌块包含固定单元，建在山的一侧，朝北。雪松复合式木箱有一个波纹金属屋顶，而混凝土块上的屋顶是天然石板。箱体与砌块的共生性及其相互依存性，通过模板标记对混凝土的修整，以及木箱尺寸相似的木板，给出了建筑表现形式。

Due to the southern aspect of the site, views and site levels, the larger timber living box is perched on the side of a steep hill. The smaller concrete block containing the fixed elements is built into the side of the hill and is north facing. The cedar clad timber box has a corrugated metal roof, while the roof on the concrete block is natural stone slate. The symbiotic nature of the box and the block and their dependency on each other is given architectural expression by the shuttered board-mark finish to the concrete, and the similarly dimensioned timber boards of the timber box.

相对于建筑物的灵活和活生生的部分，退避要求包含在一楼，该层将其投射到木箱的体积中，但位于混凝土砌块的延展板岩屋面之下。这个房间的高高的位置和很大程度的玻璃，使一个人可以非常密切地与树木，鸟类，天空和海洋以外。通往这座房子的私人部分的楼梯是通过门厅的一扇秘密滑动门进入的，因此，除了被邀请到这栋大楼这部分的人外，所有的人都望而却步，进一步凸显了这间静修室的神圣品质。

In contrast to the flexible and living parts of the building, the retreat requirement is contained on the first floor, which projects into the volume of the timber box, but is under the extended slate roof of the concrete block. The elevated position of this room and its large extent of glazing allow one to engage very intimately with the trees, birds, sky and sea beyond. The stairs to this private part of the house are accessed through a secret sliding door in the entrance hall, thus deterring all but those invited to this part of the building, furthermore accentuating the sacred quality of this retreat room.

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(Ros Kavanagh)