架构师提供的文本描述。由于全球经济衰退和集中化程度的增加，世界各地的建筑师都面临着设计小型房屋的挑战。设计思想往往与尺寸成比例倒置。

Text description provided by the architects. As a consequence of the global economic recession and increase of centralization, architects worldwide take on the challenge of designing small houses. The design ideas are often proportionally inverted by the sizes.

一座只有15平方米的小建筑比一座5000平方米的巨型建筑更有可能给建筑师一个愉快的任务。大幅度减少规模和预算不一定意味着减少的聪明才智。设计小型房屋甚至给予更大的自由感。他们是理想的年轻建筑师开始他们的职业生涯。

A small building on just 15m2 is just as likely to give the architect a pleasurable task than a ginormous building on 5000 m2. A significant reduction of size and budget is not necessarily synonymous with a reduced ingenuity. Designing small houses even grant a greater sense of freedom. They are ideal for young architects to start of their careers with.

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“我们怎样才能从这个项目中得到最大的好处？”，桑德斯和他的同事们第一次坐下来画出客户想要的额外的室外客房时，他们的脑海中有一个问题吗？他们用工地提供的场地进行工作，这意味着要保护花园里现存的老梅树。因此，梅树现在三角建筑中生长，不受干扰。黑色外部与白色内部的对比颜色有助于给人一种建筑在花园中被分割的印象。

«How can we get the most out of this project?», was the question Saunders and his colleagues had in the back of their minds when they first sat down to draw the extra and outdoor guest room that the client wanted. They worked with the premises given by the site, and that meant preserving the old, existing plum trees in the garden. As a result the plum trees now grow through the triangular building, undisturbed. The contrasting colors of the black exterior against the white interior helps giving the impression of the building being «a slice» in the garden.

艺术家有时在建筑师的地盘上工作，有时建筑师在艺术与建筑的交汇处工作。桑德斯认为，让幻想在小型建筑上散开会更容易。至少成功的机会更大。道格·艾特肯(DougAitken)和奥拉弗·埃利亚松(Olafur Eliasson)等艺术家也建造了小房子。也许这些小房子的雕塑形状就在艺术和建筑之间的边缘？

Artists sometimes work on the architects’ court, and sometimes architects work in the intersection between art and architecture. Saunders believe that it’s easier to let the fantasy run loose on small buildings. At least the chance of succeeding is greater. Artists such as Doug Aitken and Olafur Eliasson have too made small houses. Perhaps the small houses with their sculptural shapes are in an area bordering between art and architecture?

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“片”描述了托德·桑德斯(ToddSaunders)在挪威霍姆索德郊外的Sl ttevik的一个小花园里画的小房子。挑战是：我们如何设计一个15平方米大小的房子，以最令人兴奋的方式？房子本来应该很小，但却有一个完美的设计。

«Slice» describes the little house Todd Saunders drew in a small garden in Slåttevik just outside Haugesund in Norway. The challenge was: how do we design a 15 m2 sized house in the most exciting way possible? The buliding was supposed to be small, yet have a perfect design.

这座房子的基本原理是：它必须是一个美好的地方，可以度过一个下午，度过一个夜晚，也是一个开始一天的好地方。最后，片变得比我们通常期望的房子更多，也更不稳定。

The fundamentals for this house are: it has to be a lovely place to spend an afternoon, spend a night, and a a good place to start the day. In the end, «Slice» became more than what we usually expect from a house, and also more unsual.

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延伸的露台导致了一个更大的房间和雕塑形状，框架整个房子，同时创建一个院子。文字：音调R nning Vike

Stretching out the terrace resulted in a bigger room and a sculptural shape that frames the whole house while creating a yard. Text: Tone Rønning Vike

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