架构师提供的文本描述。这座四合院位于新加坡东部一个3层的混合住宅区.为多代人的家庭建造的，他们寻求一种共同的生活方式，但却想要一个私人的空间，不受周围邻居窥探的目光的影响。该项目受四合院的启发，试图在城市化的热带环境下，重新调整中国北方地区的乡土类型，使之成为一种独立的住宅类型。

Text description provided by the architects. The courtyard house is located in a 3-storey mixed-landed residential district, on the eastern part of Singapore. Built for a multi-generational family who seeks a communal way of living but wanted a space that are private, screened from the prying eyes of surrounding neighbors. While inspired by the Si He Yuan courtyard house, the project seeks to readapt the vernacular typology found in the northern regions of China, to a detached house typology in an urbanized tropical context.

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林俊仁

广场由南北方向的两个街区组成，以前花园、所有房间所在的中央庭院和后花园为界。公共和私人领域是分层的空间游行从街道。房子内的流通环绕着所有楼层的庭院。

The massing, comprising of two blocks in a north-south orientation, delineate the site with a front garden, the central courtyard where all the rooms looked into and a back garden. The public and private realms are layered in a spatial procession from the street. Circulation within the house circumambulate the courtyard on all floors.

 © Albert Lim

林俊仁

主要空间组织在这个中心，室外中庭，其中一个膝池运行平行于一个边缘。一楼完全是在磨练的石灰华中完成的，没有任何掉落来模糊室内和室外之间的界限，将整个底层统一为一个独特的、无缝的、公共的空间。穿孔的混凝土墙允许空气流动和窥视花园以外的地方，但遮挡了西方的太阳和它邻近的邻居。

The main spaces are organized around this central, outdoor atrium   where a lap pool runs parallel to one edge. The ground floor is finished entirely in hone travertine without any drops to blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor, unifying the entire ground floor as a singular, seamless, communal space. The perforated concrete wall allows for air-flow and glimpses of the garden beyond but shields the western sun and its adjacent neighbors.

 © Albert Lim

林俊仁

房子表达了外围和核心之间的关系。与传统的庭院类型相似，内部核心是一个私人的、安全的、通风良好的室外空间，意在作为家庭空间的延伸。周围环绕着茂密的热带树叶，庭院宁静而沉思。通过一系列的桥梁、墙孔、水池延伸、淋浴房、楼梯和海湾窗户的空间附录，穿过环绕内密室的两侧墙，居民们可以体验到周边的热带花园。

The house expresses the relationship between periphery and core. Similar to the traditional courtyard typology, the inner core is a private, secure and well-ventilated outdoor space intended as an extension of the family space. While the periphery is surrounded in dense tropical foliage, the courtyard is tranquil and contemplative. Through a series of spatial appendixes of bridges, wall perforations, pool extensions, shower stalls, stairs and bay windows that penetrate the two side walls that bound the inner sanctum, the residents gets to experience the tropical garden on the periphery.

 First Floor Plan

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