架构师提供的文本描述。这座新房子建在二十世纪下半叶两栋房子之间的一块空地上。这是建筑师与业主、建筑师助理本人成功合作的结果。

Text description provided by the architects. This new house was built on an open lot in between two houses dating from the second half of the twentieth century. It is the result of the successful cooperation between the architect and the owner, an architect- assistant himself.

虽然外表似乎表明，在它的紫胶板后面，只有两层是隐藏的，但实际上这是一所大得多的房子。前面的大窗户，在两层和一层之间均匀平衡，使得对布局的清晰解读更加复杂。从一开始，设计团队就选择了一个独立的立面，与相邻的房子和谐地联系在一起。从前门和车库的伪装中可以进一步看出这一点。前窗的放置不仅是一种美观的解决方案。放置在基座上的大窗户将地面和一楼的房间结合在一起，这是一个非常受欢迎的隐私和豪华的街道隐居空间的结合。

Although the facade seems to suggest that behind its afromosia panelling only two storeys are hidden, in reality this is a far bigger house. The big window in front, evenly balanced between the two ground floor and the first floor, complicates an unambiguous reading of the layout even more. From the start the design-team opted for a discrete facade, harmoniously linked with the neighbouring houses. This can further be seen in the camouflaging of both the front door and the garage. The placing of the front window proves to be more than an aesthetically pleasing solution. The large window placed on a pedestal brings the rooms on both ground- and first floor a combination of much welcomed privacy and luxurious reclusion from the street.

 © Tim Van de Velde

c.Tim Van de Velde

热带硬木的木镶板装饰正面，也覆盖房屋的屋顶和后部，从而在材料的使用上创造了和谐和统一。同样的谨慎和保留是在房子后面找不到的。在那里，建筑师选择追求最大的透明度和灵活性，并给予业主的个性自由表达。地面上的大窗户和一楼的窗户都可以敞开，使进出之间的过渡变得模糊。在二楼卧室旁边的露台的使用中，最能看到的就是对内外的这种有趣的对待。在那里，玻璃门可以滑开，为床腾出空间，床可以滚到外面，睡在星空下。由玄武岩砖组成的天然石材地板，在不同的房间以及室外的露台上，更能发挥这一作用。

The wooden panelling in tropical hardwood decorates the front facade but also covers the roof and the back of the house thus creating harmony and unity in the use of materials. The same discreetness and reservedness is not to be found in the back of the house. There the architect has chosen to pursue a maximum of transparency and flexibility and to give free expression to the personality of the owner. The large windows on the ground but also on the first floor can be opened up wide so that the transition between in/out becomes blurred. This playful treatment of in- and outside is best witnessed in the use of the terrace next to the bedroom on the second floor. There the glass door can slide away to make room for the bed which can be rolled outside to sleep under the stars. The natural stone floor composed of basalt tiles in the different rooms as well as the terraces outside maximise this effect even more.

里面的人不能不注意到金属楼梯。它的结构保持光，以带来最大的光从光轴上的楼梯直接到下面的层。灯轴的铝框架隐藏在灰泥之间，只有玻璃才能被看见，这使它成为房子里的一个非常装饰性的元素。所有的室内元素(厨房，浴室，照明，家具)都是根据建筑设计的。家具的严格排列，设计的创造性和所选材料的使用，使建筑更加突出，并赋予它额外的光泽。

Inside one cannot but notice the metal staircase. Its construction is kept light to bring a maximum of light from the light shaft directly above the staircase to the storeys below. The aluminium frame of the light shaft is hid between plaster so that only the glass remains visible making it a very decorative element in the house. All interior elements (kitchen, bathroom, lighting, furniture) were designed with the architecture in mind. The strict alignment of the furniture, the inventiveness of the design and the use of selected materials further accentuate the architecture and gives it extra luster.

 © Tim Van de Velde

c.Tim Van de Velde