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Good morning.In the last few lectures I've been talking about the history of domestic building construction.
早上好，在過去的幾堂課里，我一直在介紹國內(nèi)房屋構(gòu)造的歷史。
But today I want to begin looking at some contemporary,experimental designs for housing.
但是今天我想介紹一些當代的房屋實驗設計。
So,I'm going to start with a house which is constructed more or less under the ground.
所以，我將從或多或少的地下房屋建造開始說起。
And one of the interesting things about this project is that the owners - both professionals but not architects - wanted to be closely involved,
關于這個項目的一件趣事是房主想要密切加入，他們是專業(yè)人士但不是建筑師，
so they decided to manage the project themselves.
所以他們打算自己管理這個項目。
Their chief aim was to create somethere that was as environmentally-friendly as possible.
他們的主要目的是把某處建造得盡可能的有益于環(huán)境。
But at the same time they wanted to live somewhere peaceful - they'd both grown up in a rural area and disliked urban life.
但是同時，他們想住在寧靜的地方，他們都在鄉(xiāng)村長大，厭惡城市生活。
So the first thing they did was to look for a site.
所以他們做的第一件事是找地點。
And they found a disused stone quarry in a beautiful area.
他們在一片美麗的地方找到了一個廢棄的采石場。
The price was relatively low,and they liked the idea of recycling the land,as it were.
價格相對便宜，他們喜歡再利用這片土地的這個想法。
As it was,the quarry was an ugly blot on the landscape,and it wasn't productive any longer,either.
事實上，這個采石場是這片風景區(qū)的敗筆，它早就停產(chǎn)了。
They consulted various architects and looked at a number of designs before finally deciding on one.
他們咨詢了各類建筑師，看了許多設計后才最終作出決定。
As I've said,it was a design for a sort of underground house,and it was built into the earth itself,with twostoreys.
正如我說的，這是設計地下房屋，它建在地里，有兩層。
The north,east and west sides were set in the earth,and only the sloping,south-facing side was exposed to light.
北面、東面和西面建在地下，只有朝南的斜坡曝露在陽光之下。
That was made of a double layer of very strong glass.
它由雙層強硬的玻璃制成。
There were also photovoltaic tiles fixed to the top and bottom of this sloping wall.
斜壁的頂部和底部還裝有光電的瓷磚。
These are tiles that are designed to store energy from the sun.
這些瓷磚用于儲存來自太陽的能量。
And the walls had a layer of foam around them too,to increase the insulation.
而且墻的四周還有一層泡沫，用來增強隔熱。
