The project started with an unconventional request from an open minded couple: within a very tight budget, to convert a windowless 200m2 garage into a house. The proposed intervention intended to produce the clearest reading possible of the existing structure, emphasising its strength. While the garage was careless and grey, the house is clean and white; its materiality is flat, its light is abstract. Bathrooms were included behind a curved wall, where a broken corner was before; the walls were painted in white and the floor covered in a continuous polished concrete surface; the existing skylights we’re repaired. No other change felt necessary. Carefully placed elements organize the living areas: a marble kitchen, curtains, potted plants. Along with the furniture, these elements carry the flexible identity of the house, hinting its domesticity while punctuating the abstract volume with color. The garage will remain as such but slowly become more and more a house.

该项目始于一对思想开放的夫妇提出的一个非常规要求：在预算非常紧张的情况下，将一个 200 平方米的无窗车库改建成房屋。建议的干预措施旨在尽可能清晰地解读现有结构，强调其强度。车库是粗心大意的灰色，而房屋则是洁净的白色；它的材质是平面的，光线是抽象的。浴室位于一堵弧形墙的后面，而之前的墙角是一个破损的角落；墙壁刷成白色，地板铺上了连续的抛光混凝土表面；现有的天窗也得到了修复。没有其他必要的改动。精心布置的元素组织了起居区：大理石厨房、窗帘、盆栽。这些元素与家具一起，承载着房屋灵活的特性，暗示着它的家庭性，同时用色彩点缀着抽象的体量。车库将保持原样，但慢慢地会越来越像一座房子。