架构师提供的文本描述。默顿大厦是由托马斯温伍德建筑公司与康蒂斯塔公司合作设计的。该项目扩展了维多利亚时代现有的一个角落的房子。重新解释海湾的窗户，规模和内部空间的安排，创造了一个当代厨房和生活空间在房子的后面。

Text description provided by the architects. The Merton House was designed by Thomas Winwood Architecture in collaboration with Kontista + Co. the project extends the existing Victorian house on a corner site. Reinterpreting the bay windows, scale and arrangement of internal spaces creates a contemporary kitchen and living spaces at the rear of the house. 

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漆黑的曲线木墙延续了立面的线条，给原本的房子留下了阴影，它小心翼翼地坐落在花园里。一扇大的弯曲玻璃窗、两扇大滑动窗户和厨房及生活区的长凳座椅创造了现代的海湾窗户布置，让居民们可以坐在阳光下观看花园。

The dark stained curvilinear timber wall continues the line of the facade and creates a shadow of the original house that sits discreetly in the garden.  A large curved glass window, two large sliding windows and bench seats in the kitchen and living areas create contemporary bay window arrangements where the residents can sit in the sun and view the garden. 

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窗户的位置允许太阳从清晨到傍晚进入所有的生活空间，通过树木过滤，从不同的窗户进入同一空间，创造了持续变化的光照条件，标志着白天的时光流逝，并追踪空间的功能安排。

The positioning of windows allows sun to enter from morning to late afternoon into all living spaces.  Filtered through trees and entering from different windows into the same space creates continually changing light conditions marking the passage of time throughout the day and tracing the functional arrangement of spaces.

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考虑到该地区的传统特征，街道上的延伸被看作是一条黑色的木条，使现有的房屋和景观能够确定该财产的主要特征。加厚的墙壁使人产生一种质量感，在开口处创造了深刻的揭示，隐藏了一个储藏室，并建造了壁炉。

Respecting the heritage character of the area the extension is seen from the street as a band of dark timber allowing the existing house and landscaping to define the primary character of the property.  Thickened walls gives the addition a sense of mass, create deep reveals in the openings, conceals a storeroom and houses the fireplace.

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一个新的石板屋顶和广阔的橡木地板贯穿整个房子，把旧的和新的连接在一起，把曾经分开的公寓和车库连接到财产的后面，把对房子的各种附加物合并成一个高度功能和统一的住宅。

A new slate roof and wide oak floorboards throughout the entire house tie together the old and the new and connects the once separate flat and garage to the rear of the property consolidating various additions to the house into one highly functional and unified dwelling.

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开放式的居住和新厨房重新定位了起居空间，取代了一系列独立的房间，让光线、空气和与花园的联系得到加强。室内通过精确定位和设计新的开口，使相邻花园的光线、阴影和景观更加丰富。优质的材料和经过高度考虑的细节，继续了对现有房子中可见的工艺和物质性的欣赏。

The open plan living and new kitchen reorient the living spaces and replaces a series of separate rooms to allow light, air and a strengthened connection with the garden.  The interiors are enriched by the light, shadow and views of the adjacent gardens through precise orientation and design of new openings.  Quality materials and highly considered detailing continue the appreciation of craft and materiality visible in the existing house.

使用高性能的双层玻璃、隐蔽的电动百叶窗和高度绝缘的墙壁和天花板，新的起居空间布置为北方创造了一个更理想的方向，并捕捉了东方和西方的阳光。书房和浴室的天窗为曾经更暗的区域提供了光线。低VOC油漆，LED照明，FSC认证的工程地板和节能电器和水龙头提高了现有房屋的可持续性。

Using high performance double-glazing, concealed electric blinds and heavily insulated walls and ceilings the new arrangement of living spaces creates a more desirable orientation to the north and captures the east and western sun.  Skylights over the study and in the bathroom provides light in once darker areas.  Low VOC paint, LED lighting, FSC certified engineered floor boards and energy efficient appliances and tap ware improve the sustainability of the existing house.

 © Emily Bartlett

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在施工过程中与建设者紧密合作，达到了高水平的细节和完成，创造了一个有价值的补充，通过空间序列的延续和空间的和谐尺度，将新旧结合在一起。

Working closely with the builder during construction achieved a high level of detail and finish to create a worthy addition.  Integrating the new with the old through the continuation of a spatial sequence and harmonious scale of spaces.

 © Emily Bartlett

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尊重，重新解释和振兴传统的特点，在当代，但免费的设计加强了什么是例外的老和新。通过对现有维多利亚式住宅的仔细研究，该项目是对原有住宅的性质和特点的创新重新诠释。

Respecting, reinterpreting and revitalising the heritage character in a contemporary yet complimentary design reinforces what is exceptional about both the old and the new. Through a considered study of the existing Victorian house the project is an innovative reinterpretation of the qualities and characteristics that are so endearing about the original.

 © Emily Bartlett

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质量，形式和存在的原始继续通过黑暗染色曲线木墙，这是一个温和谨慎的姿态，但审慎和自信。

The mass, form and presence of the original continues through the dark stained curvilinear timber wall that is simultaneously a gentle and discreet gesture yet deliberate and confident.

 © Emily Bartlett

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默顿大厦是2014年阿基塔姆奖住宅类别的获奖者。

The Merton House was the winner of the residential category in the 2014 Architeam Awards.

Architects Thomas Winwood Architecture, Kontista + Co

Location Albert Park, Australia

Category Houses

Area 263.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Emily Bartlett