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架构师提供的文本描述。我们想象着一个文雅的盒子，就像一个移动的亭，可以插到古代的防御工事里，开始它们的再生。它的倾斜墙模仿堡垒的角度，使一楼和一楼的面积最大化，同时保持了拱顶的原始体积。这种钢-木材结构包含光、电、音、自来水、冷却、空气抽取、食物和饮料；其隐蔽的基础设施使堡垒墙摆脱了所有可见的干预。

Text description provided by the architects. We imagined an urbane box which, like a mobile kiosk, could be plugged into the ancient fortifications and inaugurate their regeneration. Its sloping wall, imitating the angle of the bastions, maximises square metres on both ground and first floor; while preserving the original volume of the vault. The steel-timber structure contains light, power, sound, running water, cooling, air extraction, food and drinks; its well-hidden infrastructure ridding the bastion walls of all visible interventions.

这个盒子把餐厅(楼下)和休息室(楼上)分开，然后滑到外面一个偷窥的露台上，俯瞰现场，来到港口。在其内部，黑暗和感官厕所安装了一个定制的玻璃窗帘和额外的隐藏方便。

The box separates the dining (downstairs) from the lounging (upstairs), and slides outside to a voyeuristic terrace looking out over the scene and onto the harbour. At its inner end, the dark and sensuous toilets were fitted with a custom-made glass curtain and additional hidden conveniences.

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室外混凝土露台，被一条明亮的瀑布分割成两半，像圆形剧场一样轻轻地下沉，环绕着生机勃勃、坚固的景观。根据内部规划，瀑布将餐厅与休息区分隔开来。

The outdoor concrete terrace, split into two by an illuminated waterfall, sinks gently like an amphitheatre around the raw, fortified landscape. Reflecting the interior plan, the waterfall separates the dining from the lounge areas.

盒子的形状成了场馆的标志，网站的地址变成了它的名字。在等待了11个月的各种许可和11周紧张的工地工程后，盒子倾斜的门于2007年1月打开并欢迎了第一批客人。

The shape of the box became the logo of the venue, the address of the site became its name. After eleven months awaiting various permits and eleven weeks of intense site works, the box’s tilted door opened and welcomed its first guests on January 2007.

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Architects Chris Briffa Architects

Location Valletta, Malta

Category Adaptive Reuse

Architect in Charge Chris Briffa, Jennifer Barth, Darren Cortis, Lawrence Briffa

Area 150.0 sqm

Project Year 2007

Photographs David Pisani