该网站是一个单层露台在一个小5米宽的街区在墨尔本市中心。简短的是创造新的居住和用餐空间，重新安置现有的厨房和浴室，改善主卧室和主卧室区域的自然光线。这所房子的东端有两间卧室，现仍将保留并重新装修。

The site is a single storey terrace on a small 5m wide block in the inner city of Melbourne. The brief was to create new Living and Dining spaces, relocate the existing kitchen and bathrooms and improve access to natural light in the main living and main bedroom areas. The existing Victorian eastern end of the house containing 2 bedrooms was to remain and be refurbished.

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(Peter Bennetts)

客户的功能需求很简单。唯一特别的要求是在她母亲做的3套房屋挂毯的设计中找到一个位置。

The functional requirements of the client were simple. The only particular requirement was to find a place in the design for 3 tapestries of houses that her mother had made.

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我们的设计策略总是为了庆祝项目的特殊性，因此，在探索传统挂毯和缝纫技术的同时，将新房子形式缝到老房子的概念为设计方法奠定了基础。

Our design strategy is always to celebrate the particularities of the project, so while exploring the tradition of tapestry and stitching techniques, the concept of stitching the new house form to the old established the design approach.

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(Peter Bennetts)

木材梁形成线，将新的起居室缝合到现有的房子，然后延伸到西部的庭院。北端的木梁汇合成一个巨大的木柱，让人联想到一根筒管线。在院子里，一面镜子被战略性地放置在线程的末端，以扩大空间并创造一种拆解感(同时隐藏建筑物的服务)。木材线缠绕在西部的外墙上，为即将被绿色植物覆盖的生活区提供了额外的阴影。

The timber beams form the thread which stitches the new living room to the existing house, then beyond to the western courtyard. The timber beams at the northern point converge into a large timber column, reminiscent of a bobbin thread. Within the courtyard a mirror is positioned strategically at the end of the threads to extend the space and create a sense of unravelling (while concealing the services of the building). The timber threads twist over the western façade to provide added shading to the Living area which will soon be overgrown over by greenery.