架构师提供的文本描述。为这个项目，我们接触了一个开发商客户，以设计一对4卧室豪华联排别墅。我们有兴趣解决遏制和规模问题，同时提供最高的生活便利。

Text description provided by the architects. For this project we were approached by a developer client to design a pair of 4-bedroom luxury townhouses. We were interested in addressing issues of containment and scale while providing the highest living amenity.

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C.Shannon McGrath

这位开发商，我们以前为他设计了一套房子，有意识地避免了对地块的开发，而是为了更高的质量，更低的密度。他的公司只对追求最高质量的设计成果感兴趣。我们从探索正面的雕塑机会开始，这将充当街景和内部静修之间的中介作用。

The developer, who we had previously designed a house for, consciously eschewed maximising development of the site in favour of higher quality, lower density housing. His company is only interested in pursuing the highest quality design outcomes. We started by exploring sculptural opportunities for the front façade that would act as a mediation between the streetscape and internal retreat.

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C.Shannon McGrath

我们的最终设计是一个立面，由一个由一簇窗户刺穿的凹形木幕组成，构筑物的比例没有显示隐藏在后面的住宅或水平的数量，因此没有通常的缩放装置出现，因此是“小尺度”。远离街道的倾向也是尊重现有街景的一种姿态，而窗户群则为郊区的偷窥提供了一个入口。当谈到侧窗时，我们拒绝了一个外部构图，而是从“内部”设计出来的，以反映它们所描述的房间的占用和使用情况。与开发商合作，我们也为该项目实现了高水平的环境设计。仿佛要容纳凹的凹痕到正面，黑色琉璃砖边凸出与纯粹的豪华空间所包含的。

Our ultimate design is a façade composed of a single concave timber screen punctured by a cluster of windows, the scale of the composition bearing no indication of the number of dwellings or levels concealed behind and therefore appearing without the usual scaling devices and hence a ‘scale-less-ness’. The inclination away from the street is also a gesture of deference to the existing streetscape whilst the cluster of windows provides a portal to the voyeurism of suburbia. When it came to the side façade windows, we rejected an external composition and designed them from ‘within’ to reflect the occupation and use of the rooms they characterise. Working with the developer, we also achieved a high level of environmental design for the project.  As if to accommodate the concave indentation to the front facade, the black glazed-brick sides bulge with the sheer luxury of space contained within.

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C.Shannon McGrath

在环境方面，该房屋采取了以下举措：·6星级能源级；·雨水收集水箱；·灰水循环；·高热质量；·低VOC材料；·再生木材；·水和节能器具；·固有的、低维护性完成率；·太阳能热水；·耐旱植物。

Environmentally, the house has the following initiatives: •6-star energy rated; •Water tanks for rainwater harvesting; •Grey water recycling; •High thermal mass; •Low VOC materials; •Recycled timbers; •Water and energy efficient appliances; •Inherent, low maintenance finishes; •Solar hot water; •Drought tolerant plantings.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图