架构师提供的文本描述。这座房子建在尼亚加拉公园的16英亩土地上-这是一个工作的农村和联合国教科文组织的世界生物圈保护区-它与自然环境和一个世纪农舍有着紧密的联系。

Text description provided by the architects. Built on 16 acres of land in the Niagara Escarpment – a working countryside and UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve – this house extension makes a strong connection to its natural environment and a century farmhouse on the site.

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作为一个四口之家的额外居住空间，1，000平方英尺。一层长的单层建筑通过玻璃连接到现有的农舍.在它和农舍之间建立了一个亲密的庭院，通过房子可以看到远处的美景。

Designed as additional living space for a family of four, the 1,000 sq.ft. long single-storey addition is connected to the existing farmhouse by a glass link. The offset creates an intimate courtyard between it and the farmhouse, with views through the house to the Escarpment beyond.

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延伸部分覆盖着十层钢板和IPE木墙板，窗户内部是白橡木，外部是皂土桃花心木。可持续设计组件包括反射屋顶膜、辐射混凝土地板、地热地源热泵、热镜高R值密封窗口单元、电动可操作的被动冷却天窗、夏季南面遮阳窗上方的南悬天窗、增加的墙壁和屋顶绝缘以及低VOC饰面。对现有农舍进行了适度的整修，使其实质上与扩建工程联系在一起。

The extension is clad in COR-TEN steel panels and IPE wood siding, while the windows are white oak on the interior and sapele mahogany on the exterior. Sustainable design components include a reflective roof membrane, radiant concrete floors, geothermal ground source heat pump, heat mirror high R-value sealed window units, motorized operable skylights for passive cooling, south overhang canopy over south facing windows for solar shading in summer, increased wall and roof insulation, and low VOC finishes. A modest refurbishment of the existing farmhouse ties it materially into the extension.

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