架构师提供的文本描述。随着Roc Cube的到来，我们到达了一个周期的尽头，翻修了三个非常相似的公寓，但在巴塞罗那哥特式街区的同一栋建筑上却有着不同的公寓。

Text description provided by the architects. With Roc Cube we reached the end of a cycle, the renovation of three, very similar, but different apartments on a single building in Barcelona’s gothic quarter.

我们最近被告知，在经济危机时期，作为建筑师，我们必须寻找一个公式，以获得具有可伸缩性的产品，以优化我们的资源。我们知道，具有可伸缩性的产品是将有效的解决方案从一个项目重复到另一个项目，这在翻新行业中是一种困难的做法。

We were recently advised that in times of economic crisis, as architects, we had to look for a formula to obtain products with scalability to optimize our resources.  We understood that a product with scalability was the repetition of valid solutions from one project to the other, a difficult approach within the refurbishment industry.  

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在寻找共同点的过程中，恢复Roc Cubee的机会到来了-就在我们之前两次干预的同一栋大楼上，另一颗钻石-Casa Roc和Twin House-出现了。

In the midst of that search for a common denominator the opportunity to rehabilitate Roc Cubearrived- another diamond in the rough on the very same building where we had done two previous interventions: Casa Roc and Twin House.

我们接触该项目时认为，我们可以采用与Twin House相同的参数，因为这是一套非常相似的公寓，在尺寸、方向和预先设定的要求方面，这意味着将白天的空间放置在街道上，卧室面向内部庭院，将厨房和浴室贴在中间墙上，形成潮湿的条状。

We approached the project thinking that we could apply the same parameters as in Twin House due to the fact that it was a very similar apartment in terms of dimensions, orientation and pre-set requirements.  This meant placing the daytime space towards the street, the bedroom towards the interior courtyard, and placing the kitchen and bathroom against the median wall in the form of a humid strip.  

然而，似乎很明显的事情是不可能的，因为卫生排水管改变了它在这间公寓的位置，而不是在Twin House，所以我们不得不寻找一个新的方法来安置浴室。

What seemed obvious, however, was not possible due to the fact that the sanitary drainpipe changed its position on this apartment from the one in Twin House, so we had to look for a new solution for placing the bathroom.

我们认为把洗脸盆再一次放在卧室里是正确的，以便更好地利用自然光线，扩大空间的空间感。这一次，我们用一个低墙和悬吊的铁立方体将它与房间的其他部分隔开，以便从两边存放。这些立方体也被用来制作床头柜和额外的。厨房里储存菜谱和餐具的空间。

We thought it correct to once again incorporate the washbasin in the bedroom to make a better use of natural light and to enlarge the sensation of open space.  This time we separated it from the rest of the room with a low wall and suspended iron cubes that allow storage from both sides.  These same cubes were also used to create night tables and extra storage space for recipe books and utensils in the kitchen.

淋浴和厕所有独立的入口，但可以使用单一的滑动门关闭，这是第一次使用Don Casa Roc的解决方案。还可以从主入口进入第二扇门，这样客人就可以选择使用这个空间而不必进入卧室。这样，边界是在一个空间和另一个空间之间设置的，没有造成视觉障碍。

The shower and water closet have independent entries, but can be closed using a single sliding door, a solution first use don Casa Roc.  The water closet can also be accessed from the main entry through a second door, which gives the option of guests using this space without having to enter the bedroom.  This way, boundaries were set between one space and the other without creating a visual barrier.

大楼的结构和关闭非常不规则，因此，我们引入了线状元素来抵消这些不规则现象，并在空间内设定秩序。这些元素中有一个紧密的吊架，它整合了照明(从双屋借来)，并与悬挂的立方体和滑动门的导轨连接起来。木被用来在路面上设置限值，以调节以前存在的隔板的痕迹。这也是在客厅的灯上合成的。

The building’s structure and closings are very irregular, so we introduced lineal elements that counterpoint these irregularities and set order within the space.  Amongst these elements are a close hanger that integrates lighting (borrowed from Twin House) and connects itself with the support of the suspended cubes and the sliding door’s guide.  Wood was used to set limits on the pavement which regulates the traces of the previously existing partition walls.  This was also synthetized on the living room lamp. 

Roc Cube致力于在新的挑战中应用新的理念，但我们保持了Casa Roc和Twin House背后的精神，在这种精神中，我们寻找建筑的原始精神，并微妙地进行干预，以实现今天的舒适水平，同时与建筑物的历史相协调。

Roc Cube was about applying new ideas to new challenges, but maintaining the spirit behind Casa Roc and Twin House in which we searched for the original spirit of the building and subtlely intervened to achieve today’s levels of comfort while harmonizing with the building’s history.