架构师提供的文本描述。由于缺乏自然光线，他们卖掉了以前的乡村别墅，一对夫妇和他们的3个孩子决定买一块空置的房子，建造一个定制的房子，以更好地满足他们的需要。他们在湖的广袤视野中发现了一块南面的陆地-拉卡瓦纳湖(Lac-de-la-Cabane)。

Text description provided by the architects. After selling their previous country house because of the lack of natural light, a couple and their 3 kids decided to buy an empty lot and build a custom home to better suit their needs. They found a parcel of land with southern exposure at vast views of the lake ‘Lac-de-la-Cabane’.

场地的限制导致了L形的足迹，一个东西方向的矩形块被放置在地形图的顶部，而一个北南方向的块体在下面滑行。楼上有起居空间和主卧室，下一层也称为“儿童区”，里面有3间儿童卧室和一间游戏室。

The constraints of the site led to an L shaped footprint where an east-west oriented rectangular block was placed at the top of the topography, and a north-south oriented block was slid underneath. The upper block contains the living spaces and master bedroom, and the lower block, also known as the ‘kids zone’, contains the 3 children’s bedrooms and a games room. 

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一个折叠的屋顶从盖在上面街区的下座建筑中升起，延伸到悬崖的边缘，仿佛它即将起飞，让人想起一只鸟的翅膀。我们把这座房子看成是一只鸟坐在悬崖边上，俯瞰湖边，这就是它的绰号“哨兵”(The Sentinel)的由来。

A folded roof rises from the lower block covering the upper block and extending towards the cliffs edge as if it were about to take off, reminiscent of the wings of a bird. We see the house as a bird sitting at the edge of the cliff overlooking the lake, which is where its nickname ‘The Sentinel’ comes from.

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