The homeowners of Bilateral House are a married couple with three girls. They purchased a lot with a 116-year-old Period Revival home in a mature picturesque neighbourhood in the city. As avid collectors of contemporary art and vintage furniture, they wanted to build a modern gallery-inspired home with high ceilings to display their collections artfully. However shortly after purchasing their property, the house was designated as Heritage and could not be demolished.

双房的房主是一对已婚夫妇，有三个女儿。他们在市里一个风景如画的成熟街区买了一套有116年历史的复兴住宅。作为当代艺术和古董家具的狂热收藏家，他们想要建造一个现代画廊启发的、天花板很高的家，以艺术的方式展示他们的收藏品。然而，在购买他们的财产后不久，这所房子被指定为遗产，不能被拆除。

Responding to the homeowners’ vision and the City’s requirement to keep the front half of the original house, Audax sensitively restored and rebuilt the heritage façade, and designed a modern addition in the rear. However, the design solution ensured that both sides of the house could still relate to each other.

为了响应房主的愿景和伦敦金融城保留原房子前半部的要求，奥达克斯敏锐地修复和重建了遗产外墙，并在后面设计了一个现代化的附加设施。然而，设计方案确保了房子的两边仍然可以互相联系。

To begin, Audax faithfully reconstructed the main façade with restored brick, new stucco and wood trim. Audax also rebuilt the roof to mirror the original design. The main façade materials were then used to clad the new addition on the rear. Black metal was introduced as a new material on both sides of the house to contemporize the look, and to help further tie both façades together.

首先，奥达克斯忠实地用修复过的砖、新灰泥和木材装饰重建了主立面。奥达克斯还重建了屋顶，以反映原来的设计。主要的外墙材料然后被用来包覆新增加的后部。黑金属作为一种新的材料被引入到房子的两侧，以使之成为当代的外观，并有助于进一步将两面的外观连接在一起。

The original house featured traditional residential windows with mullions and low ceiling heights, which were restored and maintained. On the contrary, the modern addition was designed with expansive floor-to-ceiling windows and high ceilings. To ensure a seamless stitching of old and new portions, the roofline of the addition was strategically positioned to not overwhelm the existing roofline. Audax also reused the brick from the demolished part of the house in the rear, to build a new integrated garage on the main façade.

原来的房子的特色是传统的住宅窗户，多层屋顶和较低的天花板高度，这些都得到了修复和维护。与之相反，现代的附加设计是由膨胀的地板到天花板的窗户和高高的天花板。为了确保旧的和新的部分的无缝拼接，添加的屋顶被战略性地定位，以不压倒现有的屋顶。奥达克斯还从被拆除的房屋后部重新使用了砖块，在主立面上建造了一个新的综合车库。

Using traditional principles of architecture, Audax designed the rear façade with a balanced composition by framing the modern glass windows with metal wrapping and using the stucco on opposite ends. The new expansive windows were carefully placed to optimize views of the backyard with some of Toronto’s oldest trees. The design also incorporated a peaked roof with a gable end to pay homage to the traditional architecture of the neighbouring homes.

利用传统的建筑原理，奥达克斯设计了一个平衡的结构后立面，采用金属包装的现代玻璃窗，并在两端使用灰泥。新的宽阔的窗户被精心地放置在多伦多一些最古老的树木上，以优化后院的景观。该设计还包括一个尖顶屋顶与山墙端，以表示敬意的传统建筑的邻居家。

The interior design strategy followed suit with a design that both honoured the original character of the house and satisfied the homeowners’ affinity for a modern gallery aesthetic. To achieve this duality, Audax integrated old and new elements throughout both portions of the home. For example, the traditional wood flooring in the heritage portion of the house is extended into the modern addition through the centre axis of the house but is then contrasted with contemporary polished concrete flooring on either side.

室内设计策略遵循的设计既尊重了房子的原始特征，又满足了房主对现代画廊审美的亲和力。为了实现这一二重性，奥达克斯将新旧元素整合到了整个家庭的两个部分。例如，传统的木地板在房子的遗产部分被延伸到现代加法，通过房子的中轴，然后与当代抛光混凝土地板在两侧对比。

Similar juxtapositions of raw and rough materials with refined and smooth materials are overtly expressed throughout the home. The main staircase is placed at the intersection where the old and new portions of the building meet, and also features a mix of rough materials and finer materials. An exposed concrete wall with a steel beam is left unfinished, to contribute to the home’s loft-like gallery feeling, and to artfully highlight the exact location of where both halves of the house are stitched together.

相似的原材料和粗料并列的精良和光滑的材料在整个家庭中都得到了公开的表达。主楼梯设置在交汇处，旧的和新的部分的建筑物相交，还具有粗糙的材料和更精细的材料的混合。一个暴露的混凝土墙与钢梁留下未完成，以促进住宅阁楼般的画廊的感觉，并巧妙地突出了准确的位置，其中两部分的房子是缝合在一起。

Architect: Audax Architecture Name of the project: Bilateral House Location: Toronto, Canada Photographer: Shai Gil

建筑师：奥达克斯建筑项目名称：双边房屋位置：多伦多，加拿大摄影师：Shai Gil