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托比·斯科特

架构师提供的文本描述。波士顿街大厦是对一家1992年砖瓦建筑商专卖店的改造和补充.该项目表明，一个住宅位于开发商的房地产-与重大的挑战，如西方的方向

Text description provided by the architects. Boston Street House is an alteration of and addition to a 1992 brick-and-tile builder’s special. The project demonstrates that a home located in a developer’s estate — with significant challenges, such as a western orientation & minimal garden — can benefit from small and humble interventions by architects.

 Original House. Image Courtesy of James Russell Architect

原来的房子。詹姆斯·罗素建筑师的形象礼貌

很难理解为什么最初的开发商会为汽车制造一个12米长的混凝土碗，在午后的阳光下烘焙房间。倾斜的混凝土车道和双锁车库是房屋和街道之间的过渡。后院和游泳池只能通过一系列尴尬的房间进入。房子被困在中间。现在，街道上的一个简单的结构保护着汽车，两层的砖房已经被拆除，一些小的开口连接在后面形成一个大的孔。

It was difficult to understand why the original developer would create a twelve-metre concrete bowl for cars with rooms behind that baked in the afternoon sun. The dipping concrete driveway and a double-lock-up garage were the transition between house and street. The back yard and pool could only be accessed through an awkward series of rooms. The house was trapped in the middle. Now, a simple structure on the street protects the cars, the two-story brick bay has been removed, and a number of small openings joined to form a large aperture at the rear.

我们移走了街道和房子之间的大量混凝土，从街道边缘的波辛萨纳树下开始了一段风景之旅，一直延伸到场地后面的游泳池。运动现在带你到树下，穿过露台，穿过厨房，或者绕着一个三面居住的庭院。

We removed the mass of concrete between the street and house to make a landscape journey starting under the Poinciana trees on the street edge through to the pool at the back of the site. Movement now takes you under trees, across patios, through the kitchen, or around a court with living on three sides.

 © Toby Scott

托比·斯科特

类似的砖块被用来改变或固定结构，并形成块以满足或保留泥土。虽然新的工作已经在哪里进行，但它也对现有的房子表示同情：它现在是整体的一部分。这个结构表达了这个过程，我们所做的工作所需要的砖块键也有所不同。现在生活在这里的是通过一系列相连的空间重新融入景观。

Similar brick was used to alter or fix the structure, and rendered block to meet or retain the earth. Although it is clear where new work has occurred, it is also sympathetic with the existing house: it is now part of a whole. The structure expresses the process, with brick bonds varying as required for the work we carried out. Living here is now about re-engaging with the landscape through a series of connected spaces.

 Floor Plan

Architects James Russell Architect

Location Fortitude Valley, Australia

Category Houses

Design Team James Russell & Andrew Schindler

Area 280.0 sqm

Project Year 2012

Photographs Toby Scott