架构师提供的文本描述。扩建是一个负责任的合理化典型郊区住宅的例子，它提供了一个刺激的环境，并展示了环境可持续的设计。

Text description provided by the architects. The extension is an example of responsible rationalisation of a typical suburban house which offers a stimulating environment and demonstrates environmentally sustainable design. 

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该项目位于基乌的一个740平方米的场地上，现有的房屋虽然规模庞大，但缺乏一个清晰的规划。这片土地的长度下降了5.5m，进一步促进了空间的功能失调。简报要求重新安排空间，以便更好地满足年轻家庭的需要，将每个空间与外界联系起来。

The project is located on a 740m2 site in Kew.The existing house whilst generously sized lacked a clear thought-out plan. The land fell 5.5m over its length and further aided to dysfunctional arrangement of spaces. The brief required a rearrangement of spaces to better cater for the young family, relating each space to the outside world.

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c.Rhiannon Slatt

设计解决方案几乎没有改变整个足迹，包括移除后部延伸的“餐室”，并将其替换为“爪子”。新的家庭房间被业主们恰当地命名，拥抱着斜坡，一直延伸到后面的花园。爪形屋顶的构想是为了在北方提供太阳能保护，同时允许冬季的阳光进入室内。爪子四周三面全高玻璃，将生活环境延伸到后庭院。

The design solution resulted in little change to the overall footprint, consisting of the removal of a late rear extension ‘meals room’ and replacing it with ‘the claw’. Aptly named by the owners the new family-room embraced the sloping land reaching up to the rear raised garden. The claw-roof was conceived to provide solar protection to the north while allowing the winter sun indoors. The claw is surrounded on 3 sides with full height glazing, extending the living environment into the rear landscaped yard.

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c.Rhiannon Slatt

折叠主题通过厨房折叠式台面和胶合板折叠元素在浴室进行细木工。色彩斑斓的色彩补充了简单的彩色托盘与彩色玻璃始终使用。

The folding theme has been carried on through the joinery with kitchen folding bench-tops and plywood folding elements in the bathrooms. A splash of hue complements the simple colour pallet with coloured glass used throughout.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图