架构师提供的文本描述。这座小房子位于日本首都京都的狭长地带。

Text description provided by the architects. This small house is located on the long and narrow site in Kyoto, the old capital of Japan.

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阿尔法维尔建筑师

我们在东北和西南的边界点对称地放置了两个V形的凹槽，所有的窗户都设置在这些沟槽中，在房子的每一侧垂直运行。

We put two V shaped grooves at north-east and south-west boundary point-symmetrically and all windows are set in these grooves which run vertically on each side of this house.

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阿尔法维尔建筑师

沟槽在底层形成了两个小的三角形露台，并将光线和空气带入了这座房子的更深的区域。

The grooves create two small triangular patios on the ground floor and bring light and air into the deeper areas of this house.

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阿尔法维尔建筑师

由于这座房子有跳跃层，由两层路面和对面三层组成，所以每个房间都是相连的，但半边却被沟槽挡住了。这“腰部”的房子带来了更深的空间。

As this house has skip-floors which is composed of two floors of the road side and three floors of the opposite side, every room are connected but halfly obstructed by the grooves. This "waist" of the house brings much more depth to the space.

 Plantas / Corte

植物/Corte

此外，7米高的窗户通过烟囱效应和夏季排风来促进空气循环，而冬季则采用壁内竖井进行热循环。

In addition, the windows with 7meter height difference promote circulation of the air by the chimney effect and exhaust heat in summer and the shaft inside of the wall is used for the heat circulation in winter.

我们不仅把这个空间设计成一个房子，而且还把它设计成一个三维窗口，一个楼梯，一个通风装置，以及加速各种活动的体积。

We designed this space not only as a house but also as a three-dimensional window, a staircase, a ventilation device, and the volume which accelerates various activities.