架构师提供的文本描述。客户要求我们在靠近车站和繁忙商业区的一个热闹的社区里设计一座钢筋混凝土房子。然而，这一地区周围的地面条件很差，很软。如果建造一座三层钢筋混凝土建筑，我们需要在支撑层深处安装桩基础，这是不现实的，因为施工成本很高。为了减轻建筑物的重量，我们采用了由钢筋混凝土外墙和传统木材填充(内墙和地板)组成的复合结构体系。

Text description provided by the architects. The client requested us to design a house made of reinforced concrete on a site in a lively neighborhood near a station and a busy commercial district. However, the ground condition around this area is very poor and soft. If building a 3-story reinforced concrete building, we would need to install pile foundations driven deep into the support layer, which would be unrealistic due to the large construction cost. In order to decrease the weight of the building, we adopted the composite structural system comprised of reinforced exterior concrete walls and conventional timber infill including interior walls and floors.

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(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

钢筋混凝土外壳(外墙)承受所有水平荷载，包括地震荷载和风荷载，允许自由规划填充构件而不设承重墙。我们在竖向外墙上安装了“曲柄”，以防止由于中间层缺乏板或梁而导致钢筋混凝土外壳变形，使其结构稳定。

The reinforced concrete outer shell (exterior walls) bears all horizontal loads including seismic and wind loads, allowing for free planning of infill components without bearing walls. We installed “cranks” on vertical outer walls to prevent deformation of the reinforced concrete outer shell caused by a lack of slabs or beams in the middle level and to make it structurally stable.

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(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

这些“曲柄”是结构构件，但也用作支撑木梁、轻型货架、柜台、长凳、屋檐和其他用途的肋骨。

These “cranks” are structural members, but they are also utilized as ribs supporting wooden beams, light shelves, counters, benches, eaves and for other purposes.

 © Seiichi Ohsawa

(C)大川诚一(Seiichi Ohsawa)

外壳包括和整合住宅空间和外部空间，包括梯田和庭院。“曲柄”继续在内部和外部，创造了充分的空间连续性的感觉。同时，曲柄墙创造了钢筋混凝土建筑的一种新的表现形式，突出了空间和建筑物的深浅阴影。

The outer shell embraces and integrates the residential space and the exterior space including terraces and courts. The “cranks” continue throughout the interior and exterior, creating a sense of ample spatial continuity. At the same time, the crank-shaped walls create a new expression of reinforced concrete architecture, and accentuate the space and the building with patterns of deep shadows..