架构师提供的文本描述。由建筑师保罗·拉夫设计的万花筒别墅，是为位于多伦多市中心卓别林庄园社区的一个四口之家建造的。

Text description provided by the architects. Kaleidoscope House, designed by architect Paul Raff, was built for a family of four located in the Chaplin Estates neighbourhood of central Toronto. © Ben Rahn / A-Frame C.Ben Rahn/A-框架

其鲜明而有力的当代外观被整合成一个绿叶的城市环境，与它的花园空间有强大的视觉和物理联系。从街道上，它被包裹在坚固但微妙的锌覆层，不时的膨胀的窗户，创造了一个轻轻移动的低浮雕的印象。这种感觉继续在后院，因为这些相互连接的结构流畅地连接到光滑的雕刻梯田和播种机床。

Its striking and strong contemporary exterior is integrated into a leafy, urban setting, with powerful visual and physical connections to its garden space. From the street, it is wrapped in robust but subtle zinc cladding, punctuated by expansive windows, creating the impression of a gently shifted low-relief sculpture. This sense continues in the backyard, as these interlocked structures fluidly connect with smoothly sculpted terraces and planter beds.

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斯科特·诺斯沃西

万花筒宫的内部突出了丰富的自然光。在设计这座建筑时，保罗·拉夫夫采用了传统的两层中心装屋的结构，并打开了它，把它改造成一个通风的、阁楼式的空间。

Kaleidoscope House’s interior is highlighted by an abundance of natural light. In designing the building, Paul Raff took the traditional configuration of a two-storey, centre-loaded house and opened it up, transforming it in to an airy, loft-like space.

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斯科特·诺斯沃西

住宅的标志性设计作品是一个非凡的楼梯，把房子从地下室统一到高层。它错综复杂的形式就像一个折纸雕塑，垂直折叠穿过建筑物。楼梯展示了一个反射面，另一个半透明，旨在捕捉和反射光，以及各种观点，以创造一个复杂和动态的三维空间发挥。

The home’s signature design piece is a remarkable staircase, unifying the house from the basement to the upper floors. Its intricate form is like an origami sculpture, folding its way vertically through the building. The staircase presents one reflective face, the other translucent, designed to catch and reflect light, as well as various views, to create a complex and kinetic three-dimensional spatial play.

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