架构师提供的文本描述。这所房子是为开普敦隆德博什郊区的一个年轻家庭设计的，它坐落在一个狭长的地方，可以俯瞰魔鬼峰和后餐桌，这是标志性台山的东南边缘。客户的简报呼吁建立一个现代开放的家庭，提供轻松的生活方式，并利用网站和它的观点。

Text description provided by the architects. Designed for a young family in the suburban area of Rondebosch, Cape Town, this house sits on an elongated site with views towards Devil’s Peak and The Back Table, which is the south-eastern edge of the iconic Table Mountain. The client’s brief called for a contemporary, open plan home that provides a relaxed lifestyle and takes advantage of the site and its views.

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其结果是一个极小的白色盒子，内有一楼的卧室宿舍，悬停在地面地板上的起居空间上方。这个盒子是与战略开口，最大限度地利用视野和光线，一个中央庭院与厨房和餐厅旁边，以创造一个焦点。浮箱的质量被打破在街道的正面与戏剧性的屏幕墙，这创造了一个露天露台为客人的房子。屏幕提供了来自街道的隐私，同时也让视野和光线渗透进来，它是由标准的预制混凝土风砌而成，让人想起过去的时代。

The resultant form is a minimal white box containing the bedroom accommodation on the first floor, hovering over the living spaces on the ground floorbelow. This box was articulated with strategic openings maximising views and exposure to light, with a central courtyard carved out adjacent to the kitchen and dining room to create a focal point. The mass of the floating box is broken down on the street façade with a dramatic screen wall which creates an open-air terrace for the guest wing of the house. The screen offers privacy from the street while allowing views and light to permeate and is constructed from standard pre-cast concrete breeze blocks reminiscent of a bygone era.

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一楼的开放式居住空间延伸到院子和北面的露台上，西边有花园和山景。在庭院里种植了一棵人工选择的树，作为一个焦点元素，提供一个遮荫的花园区域，使相邻的空间充满斑驳的光。这棵树作为直射北光的自然屏障，它的树冠从邻居那里为一楼创造了隐私。

The open plan living spaces on the ground floor spill out onto the courtyard and terrace to the North, with the garden and mountain views to the west. A hand selected tree was planted in the courtyard as a focal element to provide a shaded garden area that fills the adjacent spaces with dappled light. The tree acts as a natural screen to the direct north light and its canopy creates privacy for the first floor from neighbours.

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钢和木材楼梯连接两层，并到达一个大的开放式公用空间，在一楼，这将客人的侧翼与主套房，并保持连接的庭院和树下。循环空间被最小化，所有的轴上都有外部视图。

The steel and timber stair connects the two levels and arrives in a large open plan utility space on the first floor which separates the guest wing from the master suite and maintains connections to the courtyard and tree below. Circulation spaces were minimised and were all arranged with external views on axis.

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一个简单的托盘材料允许空间，光和体积优先于装饰完成和精化。底层有一块整体抛光的混凝土地板装饰，在整个过程中模糊了室内和室外生活之间的门槛，利用南非的气候。楼上，实心硬木地板和天然石灰石瓦创造温暖和质感，更亲密的空间这个家。在街道边界和庭院外墙上使用了粗糙的关闭窗混凝土元素，通过纹理对比强调了白色的盒子。

A simple pallet of materials allows space, light and volume to take preference over decorative finishes and elaboration. The ground floor has a monolithic polished concrete floor finish throughout which blurs the threshold between indoor and outdoor living capitalising on the South African climate. Upstairs, solid hardwood timber floorboards and natural limestone tiles create warmth and texture for the more intimate spaces of this home. Rough off-shutter concrete elements were used on the street boundary and the courtyard façade accentuating the white box through textural contrast.

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这个充满光线的家，按时和在预算范围内完成，成功地翻译了客户的简要，是一个仔细考虑的反应，气候和现场的背景条件。客户对一个大胆的概念设计的意愿已经导致了一个强烈的当代形式，不常见于Rondebosch。这种审美挑战周围，传统的城市结构，并鼓励一个新的方法住宅建筑在这个郊区。

This light-filled home, completed on time and within budget, successfully translates the clients brief and is a carefully considered response to the climatic and contextual conditions of the site. The client’s willingness for a bold conceptual design has resulted in a strong contemporary form uncommon to Rondebosch. This aesthetic challenges the surrounding, traditional urban fabric and encourages a fresh approach to residential architecture in this suburb.

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