项目的业主是一位经营着自己建筑公司的建造商，本项目也是由业主自行建造的。项目的场地坐落于剑桥郊外某村庄的庄园里，庄园内有着大量的、被列为一级国家历史建筑遗产的大型砖砌谷仓。1999年起，这些谷仓被逐步改造为住宅。

The client runs his own construction company, which built the project. The site is part of a range of heavy brick built barns that sit within the curtilage of a Grade 1 listed manor house in a village outside Cambridge. The barns were originally converted to residential in 1999.

▼建筑外观，external view of the project ©Matthew Smith

根据业主的需求，APA事务所对谷仓住宅进行了扩建设计，将先前的厨房与餐厅空间扩大了一倍，并增设了换鞋间、公共空间以及储藏室，同时，扩建的部分将原本阴暗的室内空间向外部环境打开，在最大程度上优化了室内采光，并充分利用了花园提供的优美景观视野。

He approached us to add a small extension that would double the size of the space that was currently serving as both his dining space and kitchen, add a bootroom, a utility space and a larder and to open up the rather gloomy interior and maximise the daylight and the views to the mature garden.

▼扩建部分宛如飘浮着的玻璃盒子，The extension is like a floating glass box ©Matthew Smith

▼屋顶与遮阳构件细部，Detail of roof and shading elements ©Matthew Smith

▼屋顶的金属材质与原始石墙的对比， Contrast of the metal roof with the original stone walls ©Matthew Smith