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架构师提供的文本描述。在白金汉郡的阿默舍姆郊外，一座被遗弃的20世纪60年代现代主义者的房子被改造，房子有多个方面，坐落在当地一座教堂旁边，周围是白金汉林地。

Text description provided by the architects. A conversion of a derelict 1960s modernist house in the outskirts of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, the house has multiple aspects and is sited next to a local Church and surrounded by the Buckingham woodland.

 Existing House. Image

现存的房子。影象

由于2008年后经济低迷，而且项目预算有限，设计采用了原房屋的建筑语言；业主和建筑师尽可能最大限度地利用现有结构。

Reflecting the economic downturn post 2008 and with a limited project budget, the design developed out of the architectural language of the original house; the owners and the architects working as much as possible to maximize the existing structure.

 Ground Floor Plan

大部分的原始砖被保留，并增加了。很明显，无论我们多么小心地试图匹配一块砖屋顶的一半被抬高，以创造一个更高，更锋利的，向起居室倾斜。卧室被放置在另一半，保留在原来的音高，并有一个额外的体积突出到花园，以创造一个更大的主卧室。还增加了一个新的玻璃入口大厅，以打开房子的正面。

Most of the original brickwork was retained and added too. It was clear that no matter how carefully we tried to match the brick a homogenous finish would not be achieved, It was decided to paint the brick and the black was chosen to make the house recede into the shadows created by the surrounding woodlands. One half of the roof was raised to create a taller, sharper, pitch to the living room. Bedrooms were placed in the other half, retained at its original pitch, with an additional volume projecting into the garden to create a larger master bedroom. A new glass entrance lobby has also been added to open up the front of the house.

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这家人最近从伦敦搬到白金汉森林里享受生活。该房屋是三个阶段的第一阶段，将包括额外的空间，为更安静的活动，如一个书房/招待所(第二阶段)和一个绿色的房子(第三阶段)。

The family recently relocated from London to enjoy life within the Buckingham woods. The house is Phase 1 of 3 phases that will include additional spaces for quieter activities such as a study/guest house (Phase 2) and a green house (Phase 3).

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透过对现有洞口的仔细修整，可对屋宇的林地环境作出看法，并加设洞口，包括教堂、邻近及远处的树林，以及在屋前新种植的野花花园。

Views of the house’s woodland surroundings were made through careful amendments to the existing openings, with additional apertures focusing on specific viewpoints including the church, immediate and distant woods and the newly planted wild flower garden to the front of the house.

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没有任何窗帘或百叶窗，房子是一个透明的黑色观景盒，它的外墙反映或吸收整个季节周围的自然。内部以浅灰色色调实现，所有细木工，包括在橡木中的窗户和门。黑暗和光明的反差使得这座建筑非常短暂，也反映了这个家庭对更有活力的生活的渴望。这所房子经常被用作音乐活动的庇护所(所有的门窗都敞开着！)，为当地的家庭和儿童举行聚会，以及为家庭提供安静的休息。

Without any curtains or blinds, the house is a transparent black viewing box, its external walls reflecting or absorbing the surrounding nature throughout the season. The interior is realized in a light grey tone with all joinery including windows and doors in oak. The contrast of dark and light makes this building highly ephemeral and reflects the family’s aspirations for more dynamic living. The house is often used as a shelter for music events (with all the doors and windows open!), gatherings for local families and children as well as a quiet retreat for the family.

Architects Takero Shimazaki Architecture , Charlie Luxton

Location Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Category Renovation

Design Team Jennifer Frewen, Charlie Luxton, Takero Shimazaki, Meiri Shinohara

Area 215.0 sqm

Project Year 2011

Photographs Edmund Sumner