The Basque Pavilion deisgned by Estudio Galera, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photography: Diego Medina

Estudio Galera Architecture has designed an extension to an existing house in Buenos Aires for a growing family with a penchant for gastronomy. An expanded kitchen – with more space for socialising, storage and seating – was required, and a pavilion in the garden opened up many more creative possibilities. Architect Ariel Galera describes the project as a ‘re-functionalisation’.

Estudio Galera建筑公司设计了一个扩展到布宜诺斯艾利斯现有的房子，以满足一个越来越多的家庭对美食的爱好。一个扩大的厨房-有更多的空间用于社交、存储和座位-是必需的，花园里的一个展馆提供了更多创造性的可能性。建筑师ArielGalera将该项目描述为“重新功能化”。

Using a bold approach to architectural form, the existing house was elevated into a space with a totally new look and feel. This was partly done by the strong use of long protruding concrete beams that define both the new extension and pavilion design.

采用大胆的建筑形式，现有的房子被提升为一个空间，一个全新的外观和感觉。这在一定程度上是通过使用长而突出的混凝土梁来完成的，这些梁定义了新的展区和展馆的设计。

For Galera, it was important to build a visual connection between the two – the aim was for the design to not look like an adaptation or a reproduction, yet to have its own identity in its own right. While the structures do not use the same geometry or arrangement, they are echoes of each other converse through scale, shape and materiality.

对Galera来说，在两者之间建立一个视觉联系是很重要的-设计的目的是使设计看起来不像一种改编或复制，而是以自己的权利来拥有自己的身份。虽然结构不使用相同的几何学或排列，但它们通过规模、形状和物质性相互呼应。

Located at the back of the site, a short walk from the house and surrounded by aged trees, the concrete pavilion was a chance to be both functional and expressive. The little out-house provides spill-over space for all the activities of the family. It is a sewing room, photography studio, pool house with grilling facilities and sometimes a guest house.

这座混凝土展馆位于遗址的后面，离房子不远，四周环绕着年代久远的树木，这是一个既有功能又有表现力的机会。这个小房子为家庭的所有活动提供了溢出空间.它是一个缝纫室，摄影工作室，游泳池，有烧烤设施，有时是客房。

The pavilion entrance is aligned with the openings in the new extension, and it rests on a high point of sand dune that is in fact level to that of the original house. The shifting level of the ground worked to the advantage of the design, opening up an external play area for the children beneath a cantilevering beam of concrete. §

展馆的入口与新扩建的洞口是对齐的，它位于沙丘的高处，实际上与原来的房子水平相当。地面的移动水平对设计有利，为孩子们在混凝土悬臂梁下开辟了一个外部游乐区。§