一对夫妇在根特（比利时）有一栋半独立建筑，他们的梦想可以概括为建筑师的标准问题：争取用扩建的方式获得更多的可用面积，与花园有更多的联系，以及更多的光线。
The dream of a couple with a semi-detached building in Ghent (Belgium) can be summarized as a standard question for architects: striving for a more usable surface using an extension, more connection with the garden, and more light.
现有的房子实在是太小了，无法将一楼的几个功能区（自行车棚、洗衣和熨衣间、储藏室、衣帽间等）与办公室、厨房、餐厅和生活空间结合起来。位于根特的建筑事务所Luchtschip没有采用传统的向后扩大体量的方式（典型的佛兰芒 “扩展”），而是选择在现有的–黑暗的–房屋正面容纳非住宅功能空间，并在花园一侧的生活空间周围的新体量中提供厨房和餐饮区，并结合小型办公家具。
The existing house was just too small to combine a few functional areas (bicycle shed, laundry and ironing room, storage room, cloakroom, etc.) on the ground floor with an office, kitchen, dining room, and living space. Instead of a traditional enlargement of the volume towards the back (the classic Flemish ‘extension’), the Ghent-based architecture office Luchtschip opted to accommodate the functional non-residential spaces in the existing -dark- front of the house and to provide the kitchen and dining area, in combination with small office furniture, in a new volume around the living space on the garden side.
通过这种方式，他们一举两得：一方面，生活空间的采光需求通过一个尽可能透明的新体量得到满足，并与侧边和后花园直接相连；另一方面，通过将生活空间朝向花园，将功能性非住宅空间朝向街道，满足了隐私的愿望。
In this way, they kill two birds with one stone: on the one hand, the demand for light in the living spaces is met with a new volume that is as transparent as possible with a direct connection to the side and back garden – on the other hand, a privacy wish has been met by orient the living spaces towards the garden and the functional non-residential spaces towards the street.
新的体量以L型拥抱现有的房子。新的立面离现有的立面足够远，为厨房和用餐区创造了一个可用的宽度。扩建工程尽可能地保持紧凑，以尽可能地减少城市花园的面积（已经相当有限）。
The new volume embraces the existing house in an L-shape. The new facade is placed just far enough from the existing one, creating a usable width for the kitchen on the one hand and the dining area on the other. The enlargement is kept as compact as possible to lose as little as possible the surface area of the (already quite limited) city garden.
在现有的后墙和侧墙，原有的窗户开口被最大化，这样厨房、书桌和用餐区（在新的体量中）和生活空间（植入现有住宅）在视觉上和功能上都有联系。
In the existing rear and side walls, the original window openings are maximized so that the kitchen, desk, and dining area (in the new volume) and living space (implanted in the existing home) are linked both visually and functionally.
新外墙的具体化揭示了其潜在的功能：厨房和用餐区采用轻型木质框架结构，目的是通过白色窗框中的大量玻璃，尽可能多地透光。外墙的其余部分用木质包层覆盖，随着时间的推移，木质包层会变灰变淡，使整个体量像一个新的抽象体，是现有红砖住宅的一个浅色包装。铝制屋顶边缘巧妙地界定了新的体量。
The materialization of the new facade reveals the underlying functions: the kitchen and dining area are built in a light timber-framed construction, with the aim being to allow as much light as possible through a multitude of glass, placed in white window frames. The rest of the facade is covered with a wooden cladding that will gray and fade over time, making the entire volume read like a new abstract, a light-colored wrapper around the existing red brick home. The aluminum roof edge subtly defines the new volume.
除了厨房、办公室和用餐区，新的L形体量中还提供了要求的自行车棚，这也是清晰可辨的：一个由镀锌钢丝网制成的外墙包层封闭了存储区域，随着时间的推移，将被绿色植物所覆盖。
In addition to the kitchen, office, and dining area, the requested bicycle shed is also provided in the new L-shaped volume, which is also clearly legible: a facade cladding made of galvanized steel wire net closes off the storage area and over time will be overgrown by greenery.
在内部，一个新的混凝土地板从现有的房屋无缝地延伸到新建成的空间。新增的木结构外墙在内部用桦木胶合板装饰，这样一来，白色抹灰的现有体量和新增的木质 “包裹 “之间就有了明显的区别。
Inside, a new concrete floor runs seamlessly from the existing home to the newly built spaces. The added timber-frame facades are finished on the inside with birch plywood so that there is a clear distinction between the white plastered, existing volume and the added new ‘wrap’ in wood.
Architects: Luchtschip Architectuur
Area: 120 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs:Johnny Umans
Lead Architect: Emily Pescod
City: Ghent
Country: Belgium