架构师提供的文本描述。这所房子坐落在一个巨大的起伏的生活街区上。

Text description provided by the architects. The house is sited on a large undulating lifestyle block.

为了确定一个人类居住的区域，使人们可以从多变的天气中得到休息，该建筑已被安排在一个庭院周围。

In order to define a zone for human habitation that offers respite from the changeable weather the building has been ordered around a courtyard.

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四合院与它的一系列相连的亭子围绕在它的三面是开放的第四。

The courtyard with its series of linked pavilions bounding it on 3 sides is open on the 4th.

这个开放的终端集中了居住者的注意力在一个广泛的田园景色。

This open end focuses the occupant’s attention on a sweeping bucolic scene.

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展馆的庭院侧有一层雪松百叶窗，这给了隐私的空间，可以随意调整。

The pavilions have a layer of sliding cedar shutters on the courtyard side which give the spaces behind privacy that can be playfully adjusted.

一个轴向元素刺穿院子。该单元与其相关的屋顶和凸起的地面平面构成入口处的入口，并在出口处与现场建立正式联系。

An axial element punctures the courtyard. This element with its associated roof and raised ground plane forms the entry on arrival and a formal connection with the site on exit.

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