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苏菲·卡尔斯

沃特豪斯位于图尔斯的一个居民区，这是一个中等规模的城镇，位于卢瓦尔河谷。该项目既是对现有房屋的翻修，也是比原建筑更大的扩建工程。年迈的业主要求在街道上有他们的居住空间，希望有一个更绿色的避风港来对比他们不断发展的城镇，同时也希望有能力容纳他们的子女和孙辈，让他们经常来访。

“Fertile House is located in a residential neighborhood in Tours, a mid-sized town located in the Loire valley. The project is, at once, a renovation of an existing house and an extension even larger than the original building. The aging owners asked to have their living spaces at the street-level, desired a greener haven to contrast their ever-developing town, and also wanted the ability to accommodate their children and grandchildren for frequent visits.

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苏菲·卡尔斯

现有的房子坐落在街道的拐角处，与邻里的其他传统房屋相距甚远。传统住宅的入口和几扇窗户面对着街区的内部，而附近的所有其他房屋，更传统地说，都有面向街道的窗户。原来的街道正面实际上是完全光秃秃的。即使是现在，它仍然是最小的，虽然新的建筑物有一个街道边的凹口和一个高层的开放，使晨光。穆设计了新的居住区域，以隐藏在外面的视野，从而确保了一所房子的隐私，这房子原本是单独站在一个农场，但现在站在一个更密集的城市街区。

Situated at the corner of the street, the existing house stands apart from the other traditional houses of the neighborhood. The entry and few windows of the traditional home face the interior of the block, while all other houses in the neighborhood, more conventionally, have windows facing the street. The original street-side façade was actually completely bare. Even now, it remains minimal, though the new building possesses a street-side recessed entry and an upper-story opening which lets in morning light. MU designed the addition to hide the new living areas from outside view and thus ensure the privacy of a house which originally stood alone on a farm but now stands on a denser city block.

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苏菲·卡尔斯

该项目是为一对老年夫妇设计的，目的是重组生活区，以便在必要时只在底层居住。这座建筑现在的形状是“U”型，一边是修缮过的车库，一边是原来的房子。延伸，暴露在南方，连接现有的建筑物，现在托管的生活区。睡觉的地方都集中在那所旧房子里。业主的卧室和浴室位于一楼，毗邻厨房和客厅，上层专门为客人服务。楼上是一间电视房，两间客房被浴室隔开。最后，原来的阁楼已经打开一半，就在它下面的地板上，提供了一个额外的卧室。新的阁楼有一个网络保护，它有趣的颜色是邀请最年轻的家庭成员。

Designed for an aging couple, the project was meant to restructure the living areas so that, if needed, it would be possible to live on the ground floor only. The building now has a ‘U’ shape with the renovated garage on one extremity and the original house on the other. The extension, exposed south, links the existing buildings, and now hosts the living areas. The sleeping areas have all been grouped in the old house. The owners’ bedroom and bathroom are situated on the ground floor, adjacent to the kitchen and the living room, and the upper floor is dedicated to guests. On the upper floor are a TV room and two guest bedrooms separated by a bathroom. Finally, the original attic has been halfway opened to the floor just below it, providing an extra bedroom. The new mezzanine is protected by a net, and its playful colors are an invitation to the youngest members of the family.

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苏菲·卡尔斯

该项目包括非传统的入口空间，窗户和材料，同时它努力保持一些简单的传统房屋。项目的重点是内部和外部的相互作用。在楼上，一扇窗户可以看到屋顶的菜园。同样地，在一楼，当大玻璃墙被收回时，庭院花园成为客厅的一部分。室内起居室中的树脂地板变成了混凝土板，在外面形成了一个露台。在外部，聚碳酸酯衬里周围隐藏的照明装置，使人造光反射到花园在夜间，也出血到内部空间。

The project embraces non-traditional entry spaces, windows, and materials, while it simultaneously strives to preserve some of the simplicity of the traditional house. The project’s key focus is the interaction between the inside and the outside. On the upper floor, a window accesses a view to a rooftop vegetable garden. Similarly, on the ground floor, when the large glass wall is retracted, the courtyard garden becomes part of the living room. A resin floor in the indoor living room becomes a concrete slab forming a patio outside. On the exterior, polycarbonate linings around hidden light fixtures enable artificial light to reflect onto the garden at night, and also bleed into the interior spaces.

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建筑的线条也意味着最大限度地保持室内和室外生活区之间的连续性，以及现有房屋中的空间和附加空间之间的连续性。天井的楼板遵循上面阴影的线条，它本身是通过研究日光与室内居住区域的相互作用而产生的。房子的两层由一个未精炼的钢楼梯连接-其中一部分与外部阴影平行，而另一层则与原房屋的垂直轴线平行。楼梯位于开放式厨房的台面上，邀请客人锚定在欢快的聚会场所，或逃回高耸的客人空间。一楼露台外墙的片岩覆盖部分，在新旧建筑的交界处，为厨房创造了一个隐蔽的入口。

The lines of the building are meant also to maximize continuity between the indoor and outdoor living areas and between spaces in the existing house and the addition. The slab of the patio follows the line of the shade above, which itself emerged from studying the interaction of daylight with the indoor living area. The two floors of the house are linked by an unrefined steel staircase—part of which parallels the external shade, while the other flight aligns the perpendicular axes of the original house. The staircase rests upon the countertop of the open kitchen, inviting guests to anchor in the convivial gathering place or to escape back into the lofty guest spaces. The schist-covered portion of the patio façade on the ground floor angles slightly to create a sheltered entrance to the kitchen, right at the junction of old and new construction.

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尽量减少环境影响是该项目的另一个关键方面。广泛的被动通风使房子在炎热的夏天保持凉爽。屋顶是一个菜园，在炎热的天气里能被动地给房子降温。花园被认为是一个真正的露天房间，在那里，业主们可以享受他们对园艺的热爱。作为绿色空间的土地来自于扩建的地方-一个世纪前，这是一个回到市场花园的地方。土壤中的淤泥含量使其特别适合蔬菜种植。环境设计中还包括地球冷却管和太阳能电池板。

Minimizing environmental impact was another key dimension of the project. Extensive passive ventilation enables the house to keep cool during hot summer days. The roof is a vegetable garden, which cools the house passively during hot weather. The garden was conceived as a real open-air room where the owners can enjoy their passion for gardening. The earth used for green space comes from the very ground where the extension was built—a throwback to the market garden present at the site only a century ago. The silt content of the soil makes it particularly suitable for vegetable gardening. Also incorporated into the environmental design are earth cooling tubes and solar panels.

富饶的房子是一种翻新和补充，它恢复了一种田园式的隐私感，同时想象着城市环境下室内/室外生活的未来。“

Fertile house is a renovation and addition which restores a sense of bucolic privacy while imagining the future of indoor/outdoor living in an urban setting.”