考虑到餐厅主人喜欢简洁而干净的空间，建筑师在此次翻新中让平凡的空间变得非凡。该项目位于德克萨斯大学的北部，为了回应周围街景的繁忙与混乱，餐厅采用了简洁的布局。

Guided by the owner’s interest in simple and clean spaces, the architecture of this building renovation was an exploration of how to make ordinary building parts look extraordinary. Located north of the University of Texas, the building’s quiet composition is a reaction to the busy and graphic mess of the surrounding streetscape.

▼项目外观，appearance

现有的餐厅经营了75年，大部分构件已无法使用。下水管道消失了，保温层也在一次次的修缮中损毁。为了获得建筑许可，建筑师保留了部分墙体。因此，现在除了15%的外墙和场地，其他均为新建。德克萨斯州先锋建筑的形式通常是在坡屋顶下做门廊悬挑，该餐厅在此基础之上，将坡屋顶体块与方形体块组合为自己的建筑语言。

At the start of the project, much of the existing 75 year old restaurant was beyond use. Sewer lines had vanished, asbestos was hidden between layers of layers of repairs. What had to remain was the use and some of the structure’s walls to receive a building permit. 15% of the existing exterior walls and footprint were re-used. Everything else is new.The building’s forms are based on the simple shapes of pioneer Texas structures, which were often basic gables roofs with overhangs for porches. The pioneer language here is translated into a composition of two forms: a gable + a box.

▼带悬挑门廊的坡屋顶，basic gables roofs with overhangs for porches

▼项目由坡屋顶和方形体块组成，周围街景繁忙且混乱，the project is composed of a gable and a box，the surrounding streetscape is busy and disordered

每种形式都代表不同的使用功能，坡屋顶体块被用作餐厅，方形体块被用作厨房。餐厅是20英尺宽、260英尺长的无柱空间，松木材质的屋顶框架裸露在餐厅上空。厨房内部低调地隐藏了HVAC暖通空调系统和其他建筑设备。

Each form has a different function as a direct representation of use, the gable (dining room) and the box (kitchen). The dining room is a column free 20 foot x 60 foot space with exposed Douglas Fir wood framed studs and rafters. The box (kitchen) is left understated to conceal the kitchen HVAC and related building systems.

▼餐厅，松木材质的屋顶框架裸露在上空，the dining room with exposed Douglas Fir wood framed studs and rafters