架构师提供的文本描述。该项目是一对夫妇的小住宅，只有一个孩子，位于日本奈良。这个社区是由大量的个别房屋决定的，这些房屋分布在一个朝南的缓坡上。在设计过程中，旁边的地块仍然是空的，还不清楚将要建造什么。考虑到这一点，设计必须是自主的，但同时它也应该能够对隔壁的任何建筑做出积极的反应。

Text description provided by the architects. The project is a small residence for a couple with one child, situated in Nara, Japan. The neighborhood is determined by a large number of individual houses spread over a gentle slope facing south. During the design process, the lot right beside was yet empty and it was unclear what was going to be built. With this in mind, the design had to be autonomous, yet at the same time it should be able to react positively with whatever was going to be built next door.

 © Hiroki Kawata

(C)川田广木(Hiroki Kawata)

房子的体积是由不均匀的体积组成的，在地面平面图和立面上都被分割和移动到分体积，这些分区是视觉上分开的，但是通过持续的照明和通风连接起来。

The volume of the house is constituted of an uneven volume, split and shifted both in ground plan and elevation into sub-volumes that are visually separated, but connected through continuous lighting and ventilation.

室内空间的特点是没有门的相互连接的立方体，通过故意的角落和房间之间的缩小来确保隐私。尽管房子相对较小，面积为80.84平方米，但连续的空间感觉却大得让人难以置信。

The interior space is characterized by interconnected cubes with no doors, and privacy is ensured by deliberate nooks and narrowing between the rooms. Even though the house is relatively small with 80.84 sqm, the continuous spaces is feels deceivingly larger.

 © Hiroki Kawata

(C)川田广木(Hiroki Kawata)