架构师提供的文本描述。我们在设计这所房子的任务是容纳一个家庭在一个倾斜的地点-长和相对狭窄，并纳入现有的维多利亚时代的房子。我们还需要通过被动太阳能设计，确保高度服务的建筑尽量减少能源使用。

Text description provided by the architects. Our task in designing this house was to accommodate a family on a sloping site – long and relatively narrow and incorporating an existing Victorian house. We also needed to ensure that the highly serviced building minimised energy use through passive solar design.

 Floor Plan

虽然住宿要求和场地的形状、方向和地形在很大程度上决定了房屋的正式布置、布料的清晰度和细节设计，但更重要的是，我们的客户要求该建筑反映了他们在亚洲各地生活的大量时间。

Whilst the accommodation requirements and the shape, orientation and terrain of the site largely determined the formal arrangement of the house, the articulation of the fabric and the detail design were generated from both the passive solar methods employed and more significantly, our Client’s request that the architecture reflect their extensive time living in various parts of Asia.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

我们意识到避免了对“亚洲”建筑的字面或主题描绘，因此，这些联系被淡化，并以色彩、纹理和形式的最小调色板为特征，并试图引用亚洲建筑的定性方面，而不是明显的视觉表现形式。

We were conscious of avoiding a literal or thematic depiction of ‘Asian’ architecture, so the connections are subltle and characterised by a minimal palette of colour, texture and form and an attempt to reference the qualitative aspects of Asian architecture rather than obvious visual representations.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

对于常客的家庭来说，房子能有效地运作，同时支持家庭生活和个人隐私，这对我们来说是一个令人满意的结果。然而，最重要的成就是，这所房子提供了一次突如其来的叙事。这里有一种空间展开的感觉，每一次都有更多的暗示。这座房子里也有一种宁静，一种静谧和一种从这座城市撤退的感觉-也许这是通往亚洲的最重要的纽带。

That the house functions effectively for a family with frequent guests and supports both family life and individual privacy is a satisfying outcome for us.   The significant achievement however, is the unexpected narrative that the house offers once through the front door. There is a sense of space unfolding and the suggestion of more at every turn. There is also a quietness in this house, a stillness and sense of retreat from the city – perhaps the most essential link to Asia.