架构师提供的文本描述。这所房子建在典型的郊区住宅区的正中，在日本到处都有。房子周围是一层和两层楼的混合建筑，房子的中心有一个庭院，以保护隐私，并有一个简单的方形外观造型的地段，它是建立起来的。大多数窗户面对庭院，而不是外面，创造了一个私人的，但明亮的阳光环境。

Text description provided by the architects. The house is built right in the middle of typical suburb residential quarters found everywhere in Japan. Surrounded by a mixture of one- and two-storey buildings, the house features a courtyard in the middle of the building to secure privacy and has a simple square outer appearance molded in the shape of the lot it is built. Most windows face the courtyard rather than the outside, creating a private yet brightly sunlit environment.

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(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

首先，打开格子门进入院子，在那里你会发现一个花园有树木和一条道路的入口。设计师在这里的重点是立体比例的庭院。为了使庭院面向天空，使居民能够尽可能地感到宾至如归和舒适，屋顶的高度被最小化，以减少压抑的感觉，并最大限度地在观众的视线中的天空部分。

First, open the lattice door to enter the courtyard, where you will find a garden with trees and a path to the entrance. The designer’s focus here is on the stereoscopic proportion of the courtyard. In order to make the courtyard facing skyward a place where residents can feel as much at home and comfortable as possible, the roof height is minimized to reduce oppressive feeling and to maximize the portion of sky in the viewer’s sight.

 © Hiroshi Ueda

(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

庭院设计的另一个焦点是深度感。庭院采用复杂的平面形式，因为墙壁和玻璃板隔开室内外空间。面对庭院的每一面墙和玻璃板都在水平或垂直以外的程度上彼此对齐。因此，你可能会感受到一股水流把你拉向院子深处的感觉。以同样的方式，在院子对面的房子的另一边，你会有一种深度的感觉，就像你在看一个独立的房子。

Another focus of the courtyard design is the sense of depth. The courtyard takes a complicated planar form due to walls and glass panels separating indoor and outdoor spaces. Every wall and glass panel facing the courtyard is aligned next to each other in a degree other than horizontal or vertical. As a result, you may experience the sensation that a flow pulling you towards the depth of the courtyard. In the same manner, a gaze on the other side of the house across the courtyard gives you such a sensation of depth that it may feel as if you are looking at a separate house.

 © Hiroshi Ueda

(C)上田浩史(Hiroshi Ueda)

室内交通线路环绕庭院，在空间范围内实现最长的流量。卧室和客厅面对一个阳台，这也是进入这些房间的唯一通道。在像日本这样一年四季都被欣赏和享受的地方，户外走廊和走廊可以给居民带来愉快的消遣。事实上，这条户外走廊曾经是日本传统房屋的一个非常普遍的特点。

The indoor traffic line surrounds the courtyard to achieve the longest possible flow within the confines of space. Bedrooms and living rooms face a veranda, which also serves as the only access to these rooms. In places like Japan, where four seasons are appreciated and enjoyed throughout the year, the outdoor veranda-cum-corridor may provide the dwellers with pleasant diversion. Actually, this outdoor corridor used to be a very common feature of traditional houses in Japan.