Yellow Iris House located in The Hague, Netherlands, is a new family house designed by GAAGA Studio.

位于荷兰海牙的黄色虹膜屋是由GAAGA工作室设计的一座新的家庭住宅。

Love at first sight The clients asked several architects to come up with a vision for the design of their house. We made a small draft model which they fell in love with right away. In the leafy neighbourhood of Ypenburg, an outer suburb of The Hague, most plots on Gele Lis street had already been built on. There was one long, narrow plot still available. While it was located on the water, it also had buildings at a distance of only five metres on both sides – so sun, unobstructed views and privacy were hardly a given. The future residents asked various architects to come up with a vision for the plot. They fell in love at first sight – their words, not ours – with the small draft model we produced.

一见钟情，客户要求几位建筑师为他们的房子的设计提出一个设想。我们做了一个小模型，他们立刻爱上了它。在海牙外郊叶彭堡的绿树成荫的街区，格莱里斯街上的大部分地块已经建好了。还有一片狭长的土地。虽然它位于水面上，但它的两侧也只有五米远的建筑物，因此太阳、通畅的视野和隐私是难以确定的。未来的居民要求不同的建筑师对这个情节提出一个设想。他们一见钟情-他们的话，不是我们的-用我们制作的小型选秀模型。

Plot passport The municipality steered urban development by issuing so-called ‘plot passports’ and it looks like the residents here have tested the limits of what’s allowed. Most lots have been built on as much as possible, giving the neighbourhood an almost urban feel. One of the municipality’s requirements was related to the façade: this had to be constructed of at least 50% wood. In addition, the ecological zone on the water side of the plot could be used, but not built on.

地块护照市政府通过发放所谓的“地块护照”来引导城市发展，看起来这里的居民已经测试了允许的限度。大部分的地块都尽可能多的建在上面，这给这个社区带来了一种近乎都市化的感觉。市政当局的一项要求与立面有关：必须至少用50%的木材建造。此外，生态带在水面上的地块可以使用，但不能建立在此基础上。

We located the outdoor space on the sunny longitudinal side of the plot. By partly walling in the garden and raising it slightly, we created a sunny, private garden room as an extension of the interior space. The outdoor space extends to the ecological zone behind the house, forming a comfortable green oasis.

我们把室外空间定位在地块的阳光的纵向一侧。我们在花园里做了一部分墙，稍微抬高了一下，我们创造了一个阳光明媚的私人花园房间，作为室内空间的延伸。室外空间延伸到房子后面的生态区，形成了一个舒适的绿色绿洲。

Ingenious blocks The house is actually formed from two blocks, one on top of the other. The upper block is slightly larger than the lower, and has been shifted slightly to one side. The overhang this creates serves to further enhance the feeling of a private garden room while serving as an attractive awning for the living room.

这房子实际上是由两个街区组成的，一个在另一个上面。上部块略大于下部，并已稍微向一侧移动。这款设计的悬垂使人们进一步增强了私人花园房间的感觉，同时也为客厅提供了一个迷人的雨篷。

In addition, the placement of the upper block created the possibility of adding a long skylight to the ground-floor ceiling on the other side. Not only does this have an exceptional effect on the light in the room, but it also made openings in the façade unnecessary on that side of the structure – which is an added bonus for privacy.

此外，上层建筑的布置为另一边的底层天花板增加了一个长天窗的可能性。这不仅对房间的灯光产生了特别的影响，而且也使得建筑的那一侧没有必要打开门面-这对隐私来说是一个额外的好处。

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