架构师提供的文本描述。以前的房子为花园提供了很小的空隙。“后面”的房间，厨房，浴室，以前被认为是服务，挡住了从房子到漂亮花园的视线。

Text description provided by the architects. The previous house offered tiny opening to the garden. The “back” rooms, kitchen, bathroom, previously considered as services, blocked the views from the house to the nice garden.

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我们决定保留这些函数，但通过创建大窗口来广泛地打开它们。厨房-餐厅为植被提供了一个开阔的大视野。浴室的视线集中在树木上。

We decided to keep these functions but to open them widely, by creating large windows. The kitchen - dining room offers an large open view to the vegetation. The bathroom has focused view to the trees.

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我们使用一种与现有风格相抗衡的建筑表达方式，以加强现代与旧的共存。这种钢以其精致和精确的特性，可以创造出纯净的线条和深度。

Using an architectural expression counterpointing the existing style, we wanted to reinforce the coexistence between modern and old. The steel by its delicacy and precision permits to create pure lines and deepness.

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为了获得这种动力，将钢结构与楼板厚度结合起来，用一根微小的柱来表示原结构的角度。

To obtain this dynamic, the steel structure is integrated to the thickness of the floor, and one tiny column present the angle of the former construction.

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最后，作为整理的绳索的选择，通过表达时间的推移，给植被带来柔软、深沉和回答。

Finally, the choice of the corten, as finishing, brings softness, deepness and answer to the vegetation, by expressing the time going.