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架构师提供的文本描述。顾名思义，克里斯托弗·梅戈万设计的“可转换庭院屋”，在运动上适应了澳大利亚墨尔本著名的气候变化。这个项目增加了一个厨房，客厅，就餐区，浴室，主卧室，套房和两个甲板，以前被忽视的，但迷人的风化板小屋，在城市的内郊的普拉兰。坐落在一条亲密的街道上，现有的房子是一系列遗产保护的村舍之一。

Text description provided by the architects. As the name suggests, the Convertible Courtyards House, by Christopher Megowan Design, kinetically adapts to the notoriously variable climate found in Melbourne, Australia. This project added a kitchen, living area, dining area, bathroom, master bedroom, ensuite and two decks to a previously overlooked yet charming weatherboard cottage in the inner urban suburb of Prahran. Nestled on an intimate street, the existing house is one of a series of heritage protected cottages.

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作为对北面地块的回应，在风化板和现代延伸之间建立了一个中央庭院，使开放式厨房、生活和餐饮区充满自然光。一条精心设计的玻璃林道沿着中央庭院流过，竖直的栏杆在地板和墙壁上投射出一种有趣的节奏，就像新旧之间的过渡一样。第二个庭院横跨起居室南面，允许进入后花园，在那里客户和他的小女儿热切地培育各种各样的蔬菜和草药。

In response to the north-facing block of land, a central courtyard was created between the weatherboard and modern extension in order to flood the open kitchen, living and dining area with natural light. A carefully detailed glazed linkway runs along the central courtyard and vertical battens cast a playful cadence of shadows across the floor and walls as one transitions between old and new. A second courtyard straddles the living room to the south and allows access to the rear garden where the client and his young daughter avidly nurture various vegetables and herbs.

房屋的概念强度在手动可伸缩屋顶中找到，该屋顶从北到南延伸超过12米，覆盖两个庭院。一个手绞车和一个块和滑车，使板条木材，钢和聚碳酸酯屋顶面板，以帮助调节阳光和雨水在两个室外空间，这是一个宝贵的特点，鉴于墨尔本的著名的变化无常的天气。两套硬木双折叠门，在客厅两边各一扇，有助于确保室内和室外之间的所有重要连接。

The conceptual strength of the house is found in the manually operated retractable roof which runs over 12 metres from north to south to cover both courtyards. A hand winch and a block and tackle, allow the slatted timber, steel and polycarbonate roof panel to help regulate sun and rain on the two outdoor spaces, a valuable feature given Melbourne’s famously fickle weather. Two sets of hardwood bifolding doors, one on each side of the living room, help successfully ensure the all-important connection between indoors and out.

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在后花园，一个高架渡槽雕塑级联雨水从固定和可操作的屋顶到一个纤细的水箱，连接到卫生冲洗系统。太阳能电池板、天然气促进了太阳能热水、高水平的绝缘，以及可持续的收获/区域来源的斑点树胶木料使该项目获得了绿色认证。

In the rear garden, an elevated aqueduct sculpturally cascades rainwater from both the fixed and operable roofs to a slimline water tank that is connected to the sanitary flushing system. Solar panels, gas boosted solar hot water, high levels of insulation, and sustainably harvested/regionally sourced spotted gum timbers round out the projects green credentials. 

Architects Christopher Megowan Design

Location Prahran, Australia

Category Extension

Area 70.0 sqm

Project Year 2013

Photographs Nils Koenning