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建筑师提供的文字说明。在苏拉特的H-cube房子在一个难以形容的城市环境中撞击了一个当代和现代的音符。在口碑积极的帮助下，这个任务几乎立即出现在一个大的别墅项目的后面，这个项目的规模超过了本项目规模的10倍。这正是吸引人和挑战的：它的紧凑尺寸。该网站是一个35英寸x35英寸的角落，位于一个人口稠密的城市苏拉特社区。正方形尺寸指的是不存在可另外用作空间铰接的基座的长轴。因此，这项工作的中心是建立一个良好的空间，向我们自己证明，我们有能力克服小规模的挑战和详细的细节。

Text description provided by the architects. The H-Cube House in Surat strikes a contemporary and modern note in a nondescript urban milieu. Bagged with the help of positive word of mouth, this assignment came almost immediately on the heels of a larger villa project that was more than 10 times the scale of the present project. And that was precisely what was attractive and challenging: its compact size. The site was a 35’ x 35’ corner property in a densely populated community of urban Surat. The square dimension meant the absence of a long axis that could have otherwise been used as a base for spatial articulation. The exercise thus became centered around as much creating a good space as proving to ourselves that we had the capability of surmounting the challenges posed by a small scale and its detailing.

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在剔除监管挫折后，这所房子的足迹约为25‘x25’。在这个广场内建立了一个网格，最终产生了三个矩形区块：10‘x25’中的两个和5‘x25’中的一个，较小的块分配给流通、服务和存储。这座房子可以通过坐落在高架花园街区的墙壁和结构之间的一条隐秘、隧道式、狭窄的楼梯进入，这是一种有意的尝试，目的是离开那些从开阔到公共视野的楼梯，而这些楼梯的设计却很少或根本不考虑。

The footprint of the house, after leaving out regulation setbacks, was approximately 25’ x 25’. Within this square was a set up a grid that finally yielded three rectangular blocks: two of 10’ x 25’ and one of 5’ x 25’, with the smaller block allotted to circulation, services and storage. The house can be accessed via a discreet, tunnel-like and narrow staircase nestled between the wall of an elevated garden block and that of the structure, a deliberate attempt to move away from the open-to-public-view staircases seen otherwise, with little or no thought behind their design.

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在建筑上，形式是通过将结构(特别是居住空间的层次)分解成四个立方体，并将四分之一(在上层)移出，以创建一个悬臂式的块。材料的变化(混凝土，而不是白色油漆)进一步区分了这个体积。里面有主卧室。高度也在坚实和轻盈之间达到平衡；不透明和透明。例如，在主卧室的悬臂混凝土砌块下面，有一个长L形的刺穿，横跨起居室的两面墙。

Architecturally, the form is derived by cutting up the structure (specifically, the levels that house the living spaces) into four cubes, and shifting one quarter (on the upper level) out, to create a cantilevered block. A shift in material (concrete as opposed to white paint) distinguishes this volume further. Within it, is housed the master bedroom. The elevation also strikes an equilibrium between solidity and lightness; opacity and transparency. Below the cantilevered concrete block of the master bedroom, for instance, is a long L-shaped puncture spanning the two walls of the living room.

First Floor Plan

一层平面图