架构师提供的文本描述。白宫的一层楼位于一个平静的住宅区。对称立面由白色立方体作为居住/用餐空间和包围中心立方体的低体积组成。

Text description provided by the architects. The white house of one-story is located in a calm residential area. The symmetric elevation is composed of a white cubic volume as Living/Dining space, and  a low volume that enclose the central cube.

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居住/用餐空间有6米高的天花板，它的北面墙是一个高而大的书架，里面全是书，对面的墙是向南院院子开放的，它吸收了各种各样的自然元素。此外，灯光使它成为一个令人印象深刻的空间，提供天空景观和自然光形成的上部。同时，房间实现了舒适的环境，根据时间或季节通过外部遮阳调节光线的数量。

Living/Dining space has 6m high ceiling, and its northern wall is a high and large book-shelf  that will be completely filled with a lot of books.The opposite wall is open to the southern court yard, and takes in various natural elements. Moreover, the toplight makes it an impressive space giving sky view and natural light form the upper side. At the same time, the room realizes a comfortable environment, adjusting the quantity of light in accordance with the time or season by exterior awning.

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图中没有走廊，可以从中央房间进入所有房间。有一棵树的大庭院面向居住/就餐、主卧室、办公室，而较小的庭院有游泳池，用于生活/就餐、浴室和儿童房。

The plan composition doesn’t have any corridor and it’s possible to access to the all rooms from the central room. The large court yard with a tree faces to Living/Dining, master bedroom, office, and the smaller one with a pool is for  Living/Dining, bathroom and child room.

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这是一个客户的房子，谁是一个伟大的读者。在这个安静而丰富的空间里，他可以享受他的阅读时间，因为封闭的庭院，他感受到了季节的变化。

It is a house for the client who is a great reader. He can live enjoying his reading time in this quiet but rich space, feeling the change of season thanks to the closed court yards.