In historic centre of the city of Mérida in Mexico, innovative designers at Taller Estilo Arquitectura have recently completed an impressive revitalization project, transforming an old, abandoned dwelling into a lovely new home called the Diaphanous House.

在墨西哥梅里达市的历史中心，高塔埃斯特洛阿奎图拉的创新设计师最近完成了一项令人印象深刻的振兴项目，将一栋废弃的老房子改造成一个可爱的新家，名为“透明之家”(Diaphanous House)。

From the outset, the main goal of designers was to create a new building that pays proper, authentic homage to the historical surroundings of the plot the home sits on. In creating a fully equipped modern living space that pays respect to local heritage, the architects help play a role in revitalizing the actual city as a contemporary choice for new residents, rather than solely transforming what sits on the specific plot itself.

从一开始，设计师的主要目标是创造一个新的建筑，以适当的，真实的敬意的历史环境的情节，家庭所坐。在创造一个设备齐全的现代居住空间，尊重当地遗产，建筑师帮助发挥作用，振兴实际的城市作为一个当代的选择，为新的居民，而不是仅仅改变什么，在特定的情节本身。

This goal of blending the new dwelling into the historical context of its street was partially met by keeping as much of the original Casa Diáfana’s exterior facade as possible, since this is what passers by see from the street. Rather than building new houses that interrupt the local context and wear down the history of the residential streets, local housing officials have been encouraging projects like this instead to work with what is already there, revitalize historical areas, and renew the city’s housing.

将新住宅与街道的历史环境相混合的目的是通过尽可能多地保留原来的卡萨迪拉姆的外部立面而部分满足，因为这是路人从街上看到的。地方住房官员一直在鼓励像这样的项目，而不是建造新的房屋，这些房屋中断了当地的环境，并磨损了住宅街道的历史，而不是与已经存在的、振兴历史地区和更新城市的住房等项目一起工作。

Once the facade was restored, teams moved onto the interiors. The lobby and guest bedroom area you encounter almost immediately upon entering were actually in such good shape that they have been largely preserved as they were, with only the most minor necessary updates. The blend of old spaces and new amenities creates an atmosphere as though the house speaks two languages; underneath the char, designers hoped their modern renovation of this space will make it more sustainable.

一旦立面恢复，团队就搬到了内部。你刚进入的大厅和客房面积实际上都是这样好的形状，它们在很大程度上被保存，因为它们只有最微小的必要更新。旧的空间和新设施的混合创造了一个氛围，仿佛房子说的是两种语言；在炭的下面，设计师希望他们的现代化改造这个空间将使它更具可持续性。

Towards the public spaces of the house, you’ll encounter a double height living area, kitchen, and dining room. Between this and the stunning floor to ceiling windows that were built into a wall that already needed reconstruction anyways, light is allowed to flow abundantly into the social spaces of the house, helping preserve power and keep things cheerful.

朝向房子的公共空间，你会遇到一个双高的起居室、厨房和餐厅。在这和建在墙上的令人惊叹的地板到天花板的窗户之间，已经需要重建的墙，光线被允许大量地流入房屋的社会空间，帮助保持电力和保持愉快的事物。

The house bears a certain fluidity in its renovation in terms of its materiality as well as its blend of contemporary and historical elements. This is in the contrast between the stone of the yard walls and the outer front facade (which has been repainted its original stunning shade of blue) and the lighter, more organize woods and materials used to transform the interior decor, as well as the modern and more streamline feel of the furnishings and appliances.

这座房子在其物质性以及现代和历史元素的交融方面具有一定的流动性。这是在院子墙壁的石头和外墙(它被重新粉刷了原来令人惊叹的蓝色的阴影)和更轻，更有组织的木材和材料，用于改变室内装饰，以及现代和更流线型的感觉家具和用具之间的对比。

Besides being an absolutely lovely little place for relaxation, the patio pool actually plays a passive role in heating and cooling thhe home’s main living spaces. When the glass patio doors are slid open, the water, cool from the chilly night, helps reduce the temperate in the living and dining area. It then absorbs the heat during the day and gives it back off in those spaces when the temperature drops at night, until dwellers slide the doors closed again to sleep. The wind helps this whole process along too!

除了是一个绝对可爱的小地方放松，露台池实际上是一个被动的作用，取暖和冷却，这是家庭的主要居住空间。当玻璃天井的门滑开时，寒冷的夜晚凉快下来的水有助于减少居住和就餐区的温带。然后它在白天吸收热量，并在夜间温度下降时将它放回这些空间，直到居民们滑动门再次关闭睡觉。风也帮助了整个过程！

Besides being just updated visually and functionally, designers hoped that a new family moving into the house will help update the space and the neighbourhood a little bit socially as well. They wanted the revitalization of the space to be full and thorough, making the home open concept so there’s free flow of movement and energy, as well as space for activities and comfort for bonding.

除了在视觉和功能上进行更新之外，设计师们希望一个新的家庭搬到房子里，也能帮助更新空间和附近的一些社交空间。他们希望恢复空间的充分和彻底，使家庭开放的概念，使得自由的运动和能量流动，以及活动的空间和舒适的联系。

Diaphanous House is truly a practice in blending modern living with urban culture that is thoroughly and authentically centred on the preservation of historical culture and context. Hopefully its success leads to more projects that value and revitalize existing neighbourhoods in the area rather than reducing them to ruins and making new ones that might result in loss of culture.

透明住宅是现代生活与城市文化融合的一种实践，它是以维护历史文化和语境为中心的全面而真实的。希望它的成功会导致更多的项目，价值和重振该地区现有的社区，而不是将其缩小为废墟，并使新的社区成为可能导致文化丧失的新社区。

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