架构师提供的文本描述。阿设计工作室，一个获奖的RIBA认证的当代建筑实践基地在温彻斯特，汉普郡，最近完成了一个高度创新的单层现代扩建，在北伦敦的一个3卧室的房子。完成后的榆树苑保留了其简陋的街道外观，但却完全改变了以前阴郁的气氛，新的现代延伸创造了一种轻盈、通风和开放的生活环境。

Text description provided by the architects. AR Design Studio, an award-winning RIBA certified contemporary architectural practice based in Winchester, Hampshire, recently completed a highly innovative single-storey modern extension to a 3-bedroom house in North London. The finished property, Elm Court, retains its humble street appearance, yet is completely transformed from its previous gloomy atmosphere, with the new modern extension creating a light, airy and open living environment.

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最近退休的业主们试图将现有的狭小和狭小的房产改造成他们的完美家园。简短的是设计一个单层现代延伸在现有物业的后方，连接到原来的，同时作出最小的物理变化。开放式扩展部分将包括一个新的厨房、餐饮/居住空间、公用室、电影院、厕所和办公区；其目的是将花园的景色和更多的光线带入酒店。

The recently retired owners sought to adapt the existing small and cramped property into their perfect home. The brief was to design a single storey contemporary extension at the rear of the existing property, linking in with the original, whilst making minimal physical changes. The open-plan extension was to comprise of a new kitchen, dining/living space, utility room, cinema room, WC and office area; with the aim to bring views of the garden and more light into the property.

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“在AR设计工作室，我们特别感兴趣的是内部和外部空间之间的关系，人造和自然之间的关系，”首席建筑师迈克·福特(MikeFord)说。“业主可以看到的潜力，完全恢复这个家的感觉和功能，使用紧凑的网站作为一个有趣的设计方法的参数。其结果完全改变了现有财产的感觉和气氛。“

“At AR Design Studio we are particularly interested in the relationships between inside and outside spaces, between the man-made and nature,” states lead architect Mike Ford. “The owners could see the potential to completely revive the feel and functionality of this home using the tight site as the parameter for an interesting design approach. The result completely transforms the feel and atmosphere of the existing property.”

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建筑理念植根于把房子和花园结合在一起，并积极地影响着原有财产的内部感觉，同时尽量减少物理上的变化。解决办法是让一堵墙贯穿整个家庭。这个物理墙作为一个运动轴，引导你穿过房子，从旧到新。它还吸引眼睛穿过空间和外面的花园，提供了一个物理的内/外联系。当它解剖当代的延伸，定义更小、更亲密的空间时，墙被打破，同时仍然保留着在开放式生活中显而易见的团聚的感觉。(链接到投资组合中具有开放式计划生活的另一项财产)

The architectural concept is rooted in uniting the house with the garden and positively affecting the interior feel of the original property, whilst making minimal physical changes. The solution was to have a wall running through the entire home. This physical wall acts as an axis of movement, guiding you through the house, from old to new. It also draws the eye through the space and out to the garden providing a physical inside/outside link. The wall breaks down as it dissects the contemporary extension, defining smaller, more intimate spaces, whilst still retaining the feeling of togetherness evident in open-plan living. (link to another property in portfolio with open plan living)

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当墙延伸到花园里时，它通过大的玻璃门突出，这门可以完全打开。这样，阳光就可以透过开阔的空间，逐渐渗透到原来的地方，创造出美丽的光碎片。一个齐平的门槛，允许瓷砖地板装饰的内部继续到露台上，创造了一个无缝连接的内外。

As the wall reaches into the garden it projects through the large glazed doors, which can be opened completely. These allow sunlight to flood through the open-plan space and filter down gradually into the original property, creating beautiful shards of light. A flush threshold allows the tiled floor finish of the interior to continue out onto the patio, creating a seamless link between inside and outside.

整个当代的扩建都是高度绝缘的，以提高房子的可持续性。此外，一个有效的壁炉位于地方供暖空间的中央，地板下采暖贯穿整个底层。这提供了一个舒适和高效的生活环境。榆树苑现在是一个完美的平衡的现代工作家庭，充满传统价值观，当代风格和创新设计，所有这些都在一个非常小的规模。

The entire contemporary extension is highly insulated to improve the sustainability credentials of the house. In addition, an efficient fireplace is located centrally to the space for localised heating, with under floor heating running throughout the ground floor. This provides a comfortable and efficient environment to live in. Elm Court is now a perfectly balanced modern working home, bursting with traditional values, contemporary style and innovative design, all within a very modest sized property.

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