架构师提供的文本描述。这所房子是一座旧的农场储藏室，当时住的是一个贫穷的6口之家，最近，只在一楼，是镇上主要政党的聚会场所。该项目涉及严格的瑞士法律，不允许修改建筑外部的现有洞口和屋顶结构。

Text description provided by the architects. The house was an old farm storage, then residence for a poor 6 person family and recently, only at ground floor, the meeting place for the main political party in town. The project deals with the strict swiss laws that don't allow modifying existing openings and roof structure of the building on the outside.

不过，该项目希望从6x6米的室内空间中挖掘出最多的空间，并强调现有建筑厚厚的旧墙的巨大结构。最后，我认为，对现有建筑的翻修是对瑞士意大利部分日益扩大的城市扩张和土地浪费的一种强制解决办法。

The project though wants to take out the most out of the 6 x 6 meters of the interior spaces and to underline the massive structure of the thick old walls of the existing building. Finally, I believe that renovations of existing building are a forced answer to the increasing urban sprawl and waste of land in the italian part of Switzerland.

历史之家Rizza位于Vacallo，一个3000名居民的村庄，位于瑞士蒂奇诺州，位于意大利边境(科莫省)，依偎在比斯比诺山脚下。VACALLO最初是一个农业村，在二十世纪逐渐发展成为一个住宅区。这栋房屋位于该镇的“历史中心”，部分居民点可以追溯到十七世纪。它们受到当地政府的保护，当地政府制定了严格的修缮规则。

History House Rizza is located in Vacallo, a village of 3000 inhabitants in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, which is situated on the border of Italy (Province of Como), nestled on the foot of Mount Bisbino. Vacallo was originally a farming village, which gradually devolped into a residential area during the twentieth century. The house is in the "historic core" of the town, with a portion of settlements dating back to the seventeenth century.They are protected by the regional government that has set strict rules on renovating.

这座建筑是农场主和牲畜的谷仓和储藏室，然后接待了一个6口之家，成为镇上最有影响力的家庭之一，在大楼的底层建立了当地政党的总部。今天，这座房子已经修复，归瓦卡洛市长所有。

The building was a barn and storage area for the farmers and the beasts, then hosted a family of 6 members that became one of the most influent families in town that has established on the ground floor of the building the headquarters for the local political party. Today the house has been restored and is owned by the Mayor of Vacallo.

Rizza建筑大厦是一层方形的“塔屋”，6×6米，在4层。由于当地建筑法规的限制，信封没有改变：洞口仍然是现有的，屋檐的高度、山脊和倾斜屋顶的类型也没有改变。承重外墙是唯一未被触及的现有构件。室内被完全清空，部分原因是墙壁和地板的不稳定状况，并且完全重建。

The construction House Rizza is a square floor "tower-house" of 6 x 6 m, on 4 levels. Due to restrictions setby local building laws, the envelope has not changed: the openings remained the existing ones, as well as the height of the eaves, the ridge and the type of pitched roof. The load-bearing exterior walls are the only pre-existing elements that remained untouched. The interior was totally emptied, partly because of the precarious condition of the walls and floors, and completely rebuilt.

突出建筑物外部历史背景的投影，其目的是给人们一个更大的空间，然后是每层30平方米的光秃秃的空间：窗户用50厘米的墙结构的内表面冲洗(从外面增加对旧墙的感觉)。

The projectwants to underline the historical background of the building on the outside while on the inside the intention is to give people the perception of a bigger space then the bare 30 square meter on each floor: The windows are flushed with the inner surface of the 50 cm wall structure (to increase the perception of the old walls from outside)

客厅的双高空间增加了空间的垂直感和空间大小。轻量级的金属楼梯可以从所有渴望彼此视觉关系的空间中看到。设备室和厕所位于入口层，厨房和起居室位于一楼，二楼主人小房间和一个俯瞰客厅的书房空间，顶层则是主卧室(带着他的衣帽间和厕所)，俯瞰周围的门德里西奥山谷。

The double height space in the living room increase the perception of verticality and size of the spaces. The lightweight metal stairs is visible from all spaces which yearn for a visual relationship with each other. Equipment room and wc are located at the entrance floor, kitchen and the living area are at 1st floor, the 2nd floor hostsa small room and a wcthe study spacethat overlooks the living room, while at the top floor is located the master bedroom (with his cloakroom an wc) that overlook the surrounding valley of Mendrisio.

 1st floor plan

一楼图则