架构师提供的文本描述。客户来找我们，让我们在一个坐落在太平洋上空的地方建造他们梦想的房子，这是一个让他们感觉自己每天都在度假的家。虽然景色很好，但场地很小，周围的豪宅令人窒息。

Text description provided by the architects. The client approached us to create house of their dreams on a site perched high over the Pacific Ocean, a home that was to make them feel like being on holiday every day. While the view was fantastic the site was very small and suffocated by overbearing neighbouring dwellings.

不过，这所完工的房子，感觉很大方，仿佛独自一人，与海洋和天空相依为命。

The finished house, though, feels generous and as if it is alone with the ocean and the sky.

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由于受到场地条件的严格限制，我们只有两条途径可以创造宽敞的空间和位置：

Being tightly restricted by site conditions there were only two avenues we could take to create generosity of space and location: 

首先，客厅空间的高度令人惊讶，它利用了我们唯一的奢华空间。

Firstly the surprising height of the living room space that takes advantage of the only extravagant spatial dimension available to us.

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第二，在任何可能的情况下，追求到水和天空的视线。高高的侧壁，为隐私，同时也为舒适的室内气候提供了质量保证，有连续高亮的窗户，享受360°的天空景色。占据着空间的大面混凝土墙有着狭小的缝隙窗户，使人在进入房子时能看到海洋的一瞥，同时有效地消除了邻居的视觉存在。

And secondly the pursuit of sightlines to water and sky wherever possible. High side walls, for privacy but also to provide mass for a comfortable indoor climate, have continuous highlight windows for the enjoyment of 360° views of the sky. The large face concrete wall dominating the space has slim slot windows, allowing teasing glimpses of the ocean when entering the house while effectively cutting out the visual presence of the neighbour.

房子完全向东方敞开，呈现出令人叹为观止的水景。

The house opens itself up completely to the East, the presentation of the stunning water views.

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这也允许捕获持续的海风全年冷却房子，很容易调节从滑动门到可操作的百叶窗的大量通风选择。

This also allows the capture of the constant ocean breezes to cool down the house throughout the year, easily regulated by a plethora of ventilation options from sliding doors to operable louvres.

从上面提到的混凝土到木地板和天花板、锈蚀的金属饰面和厚厚的质感渲染，与室内的精细细节形成对比，将住宅锚定在通风、轻盈的景观上，这是一种丰富而又简约的坚固材料调色板，从上面提到的混凝土到木地板和天花板，都是如此。

A rich but reduced palette of strong, earthy materials, from the above mentioned concrete to Timber flooring and ceilings, rust metal finishes and thick, textured renders, contrasts with the fine detailing of the interior and anchors the residence against the airy, light aspect created by the opening to the views. 

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精巧的简约将是设计这座房子最合适的座右铭。在一个非常小的块，客户对慷慨和设计标准的期望需要一个非常严格的方法。虽然重点自然是最大限度地享受壮观的海景，但正是郊区的环境推动了大多数主要的设计决策：开缝的北方混凝土墙，坚固的南立面，高耸的屋顶，连续的突出窗口和百叶窗。

Sophisticated simplicity would be the most appropriate motto for the design of this house. Being on a very small block the client's expectations of the generosity and design standard to be achieved required a very stringent approach. While the focus is naturally on the maximisation of the enjoyment of the majestic ocean views it was the suburban context that drove most of the major design decisions: The slotted northern concrete wall, the solid southern facade, the high roof with its continuous strip of highlight windows and louvres.

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这房子改变了客户的生活。在摆脱了高动力、高收入的生活方式后，他们现在分别享受海滩生活和对新职业、作家和治疗师的追求。这种生活方式的部分资金来源于将房子出租给高素质的游客。建筑质量和海洋位置的提高通过设计是必不可少的，这是可能的。

The house has transformed the lives of the clients. Having stepped back from a high powered, high income lifestyle they now enjoy the beach life and pursuit of their new occupations, writer and therapist respectively. This lifestyle is partly funded by the renting out of the house to high calibre visitors. The architectural quality and enhancement of the ocean location through the design is essential for this to be possible.

 Upper Floor Plan

上层平面图