架构师提供的文本描述。这座位于武马代尔的维多利亚式双正面住宅的装修简介最初要求完全拆除。然而，在见证了现有住宅的可能性后，客户被鼓励保留下来。

Text description provided by the architects. The brief for the renovation of this boom style double fronted Victorian home in Armadale originally called for full demolition. However, upon witnessing the possibilities of the existing dwelling the client was encouraged to retain & restore the front section with the potential that it could enable the project as a whole to provoke a richer response when co-aligned with a newer intervention.

考虑到场地的深度和客户对遮蔽室外空间的要求，决定将新的工程分开而不是附加在后面。这就利用了一条旧的朝北的外部空间。

Given the depth of the site and a client request for sheltered outdoor space a decision was made to separate rather than attach the new works at the rear. This availed a strip of north facing external space between old & new ‘pavilions’. The placement and articulation of which was fundamental to injecting interest within the spatial experience of the home.

最终的结果是一个2‘展馆’的故事-在前面，修复现有的更宏伟的部分维多利亚建筑和后方，一个新的当代双层增加。两者似乎是分开的，但通过一座贯穿庭院区的隐喻桥连接起来-充当一个强大的间隙空间，将这两座建筑和历史融为一体。

The end result follows a story of 2 ‘pavilions’ - at the front the restoration of the existing grander section of the Victorian building and at the rear a new contemporary double storey addition. Both are seemingly separate yet connected via a metaphorical bridge that traverses the courtyard area - acting as a powerful interstitial space mediating the two buildings and history . 

这座玻璃桥经过季节的变换。在寒冷的几个月里，它表现为一种封闭的方式和建筑之间的脐带和弦。在温暖的日子里，它可能会向外开放，帮助扩大庭院的地板，供聚会和户外就餐之用。门的两端允许灵活打开或关闭部分的房子要求。院落还将房屋分成三个强大的规划区-作为主宿舍的现有结构。

This glazed bridge transforms through the seasons. In the colder months it performs as an enclosed way and umbilical chord between the buildings. On warmer days it may open up to become external, helping to extend the floor plate of the courtyards for gatherings and sheltered outdoor dining . Doors at either end allow flexibility to open up or close down sections of the house as required. The courtyards also serve to the break up the house into 3 strong programmatic zones –existing structure as master quarters & Drawing room, newer ground floor for living quarters and children’s quarters upstairs.