架构师提供的文本描述。科威特的城市结构主要由独立的单身家庭住房组成，突出了城市扩张的一个明显例子。为了适应沙漠气候，建造的房屋之间的距离很小，造成房屋之间的阴影空间。这些空间作为温度调节器工作得很好；然而，这些空间的外观几乎没有隐私，视野也很有限。这就为创建具有个性的项目带来了额外的挑战，而这些项目的基础并不仅仅是在外观设计方面的练习。

Text description provided by the architects. Kuwait’s urban fabric mostly consists of detached single-family homes highlighting a clear example of city-sprawl. To adapt to the desert climate, the distances between the built volumes are minimal, resulting in shaded spaces between houses. These spaces that work well as temperature regulators; however, result in facades with little privacy and limited views. This creates an added challenge to create projects with personality that are not based purely on an exercise in façade design.

在这些情况下，我们的重点是设计一个表达客户需求的住宅，清楚地标明任何客人都能理解的缓冲和过渡。有引导的路线，隐藏的区域，暴露的区域，这些都是通过架构来表达的，而不是标牌。我们希望街道上的房子被看作是一种响亮的、可渗透的体积，这是不透明的，无论多么友好，但却是私密的。

Given these circumstances, our focus was to design a home that expresses the clients’ needs, clearly marking the buffers and transitions that any guest could understand. There are guided routes, hidden areas, exposed areas that are all expressed through the architecture, rather than signage. We want the house from the street to be seen as a resounding permeable volume, that is not transparent, however friendly yet private.

 ©  Nelson Garrido

尼尔森·加里多

有形的障碍在不同程度上可以看到，挡住了视线的上方露台上的大开口，让你可以看到整个房子。从内部看，屏障变成了对客人开放的空间，控制着上层空间的房间，定义了它们下面的空间。寻求对生活在西方生活方式中的伊斯兰家庭文化的性质的理解，形成了概念的重叠，反映在外观、隐私和防晒等主要部分的相关性上。

Physical barriers can be seen in varying degrees, blocking from sight the large opening on the upper terrace that allows you to see through the house. From the inside, the barriers become the volumes that open to the guests, the rooms that dominate the spaces on the upper levels, defining the spaces below them. The search for an understanding of the nature of an Islamic family culture living with a Western lifestyle has shaped the overlap of concepts and is reflected in the relevance of the major pieces in the facade, privacy and sun protection.

 ©  Nelson Garrido

尼尔森·加里多

客户端通常有一个特定的程序和一个实际的站点，我们的工作是使两者相辅相成。在秘密住宅的情况下，客户在一所既不满足他们的审美欲望，也不满足他们的规划需要的房子里占据着给定的地点。这是一个有着巨大潜力的地方，有着美丽的城市景观，也是一个想要隐私的家庭。我们计划设计一套统一这些要求的系统：一座向内看的房子，只有在高层才能看到城市的天际线。

Typically the client has a specific program and an actual site, and our job is to make the two complement one another. In the case of the Secret House, the client was occupying the given site in a house that neither met their aesthetic desires, nor their programmatic needs. It is a place with great potential, with wonderful views of the city, and a family who wants privacy. We plan to design a system that would unify these requirements: a house that looks towards the inside and only at the top level opens up to views towards the skyline of the city.

 ©  Nelson Garrido

尼尔森·加里多

在这种情况下，我们只有一个面向街道的正面，只有从这边才能看到地平线而不被看到。我们在一楼放置了更多的公共活动，当你进入的时候，你会发现一个离其他房间很远的客人起居区。另一方面，在循环缓冲器之后，你可以找到一个家庭生活区，把后院和中央花园连接起来。

In this case we had only one street-facing facade, and only from this side could one look onto the horizon without being seen. We have placed more public activities on the ground floor, where as you enter, you find a guest living area that is distant from the other rooms. On the other side, after a circulation buffer, you find access to a family living area that connects the backyard with the central garden.

在上层，房间的位置根据隐私和重要性而定，与家庭日常使用的区域交替。从这层楼，一个楼梯穿过院子，通向一个更私人的空间，有一个大的有盖的露台，在主门面上打开。这使您既可以享受城市的天际线和海景地平线在一个私人，阴影和郁郁葱葱的景观区域。

On the upper floor, rooms are positioned according to privacy and importance, alternating with areas for daily family use. From this level, a staircase runs through the courtyard and leads up to a more private space with a large covered terrace that opens out on the main façade. This allows you to enjoy both the city skyline and the sea view at the horizon in a private, shaded and lush landscaped area.