架构师提供的文本描述。格莱贝的旧牛棚是一个令人惊讶的发现；这是一个难得的机会，可以保留这个兼容并蓄的街区的一些性格和魅力，我们鼓励我们的客户在向我们征求购买房产的建议时抓住这个机会。

Text description provided by the architects. The old cowshed in Glebe was a surprising find; a rare opportunity to preserve some of the character and charm of this eclectic neighbourhood and one we encouraged our clients to seize when they sought our advice on purchasing the property.

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牛棚坐落在路边三面的一块小土地上。这座建筑很简单，实质上是一堵长长的砖墙，它占据了街角和街道的城市边缘，回到了以前的摊档的几间卧室里。这是最基本的住宿，但棚子有一个破旧的故事和良好的位置，拥抱南部边界，提供一个私人的，向北的庭院。

The cowshed sat on a small parcel of land bounded on three sides by roads. The building was simple, essentially a long brick wall that held the urban edge of corner and street and returned to house a few bedrooms in the place of the former stalls. It was the most basic of accommodation but the shed had a worn patina of stories and was well situated, hugging the southern boundary with provision for a private, north facing courtyard.

 © Brett Boardman

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我们的客户对社交式的家庭生活有共同的看法，这反映在他们的家庭中。这些空间是真正的“开放计划”，每个房间都与其他房间相连，并连接到阳光明媚的绿色庭院，作为生活空间的自然延伸。

Our clients share a vision for gregarious family life which is reflected in their home. The spaces are truly ‘open plan’, each room connected to the others and to the sunny, green courtyard that acts as a natural extension of the living spaces.

 © Brett Boardman

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这所房子的设计基本上和厨房一样，一直保留到街角，藏在结实的砖头信封后面，溢出到餐厅和客厅里。孩子们的卧室里摆满了必备的吊床，都塞进了L形的设计，在枢轴上有一个鲜活的红色浴室，这是对我们的客户骄傲的委内瑞拉传统的认可。

The plan of the house was kept largely as it was with the kitchen to the street corner, hidden behind the strong brick envelope and spilling over into the dining and living rooms. The kids’ bedrooms, replete with requisite hammocks, were tucked into the return of the L-shaped plan with a vivid red bathroom at the pivot, a nod to our client’s proud Venezuelan heritage.

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通过将大楼的宽度从三米扩大到四米，并将卧室的阁楼设在厨房上方，街道的城市边缘被一个高大的前方元素所占据，就像一排露台尽头的秃顶店面；一种良好的城市反应，将街角建筑标记为城市街景中独特的地标。

By expanding the width of the building from three to four metres and locating the bedroom mezzanine above the kitchen, the urban edge of the street was held by a tall forward element much like the bald face shop fronts at the end of a row of terraces; a good urban response which marks corner buildings as distinctive landmarks in an urban streetscape.

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牛棚坐落在一棵大树下，树叶和花朵遮住了山谷的排水沟，下雨时淹没了现有的房子。作为回应，一架长而陡峭的屋顶飞机在二层卧室上方被拉了起来，然后缩在了工地的后面，目的是防止有机物的积累，并赋予建筑物独特的轮廓。

The cowshed sits under a big jacaranda tree whose leaves and blooms blocked the valley gutters and flooded the existing house when it rained. In response, a long steep roof plane was pulled up and over the second storey bedroom and tucked down at the rear of the site, designed to prevent accumulating organic matter and giving the building it’s distinctive profile.

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一条高高的牧师窗户的丝带，捕捉光线和微风，包裹建筑，爬上屋顶，让家感觉明亮但私密，尽管它是密集的城市环境。

A ribbon of high clerestory windows that capture light and breeze, wrap the building and climb upwards with the roofline allowing the home to feel bright but private, despite it’s dense urban context.

 © Brett Boardman

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在可能的情况下，原有牛棚的现有建筑结构得以保留，但令人遗憾的是，许多建筑结构不健全。重建的建筑带有牛棚的精神，由简单、坚固的材料组成，这些材料同时满足了预算紧张的限制；混凝土板被抛光成地板，回收砖作为内墙和暴露的木材结构的表面。油污的木门、门窗和瓦楞纸，暗示着在这个迅速变得绅士化的地区，澳大利亚的游牧民族现在几乎被遗忘了。

Wherever possible the existing building fabric of the original cowshed was preserved, but sadly much was structurally unsound. What was rebuilt carries the spirit of the cowshed, composed from a palette of simple, robust materials that simultaneously address the restraints of the tight budget; concrete slabs were polished as flooring, recycled bricks left as face for the internal walls and the timber structure exposed. Oiled timber doors and windows and corrugated cladding hint at the Australian pastural vernacular now all but forgotten in this rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood.