I- MANGO是一个家庭的独立房屋，坐落在大阪市的郊区。这个房屋毗邻该客户父母的房屋，因此，在两所房屋之间建立一种稳固的联系是这个项目的关键。
I- MANGO is an independent house for a single family, located in suburb of Osaka city. The site of this house adjoins the house of the client’s parents, so establishing firm relationship between two houses is the key of this project.
首先，他们寻找两所房屋的物理连接，但是由于规则和它的结构，这是非常困难的。然后，我们决定在这个地点的北部建立新房屋，为了在南侧能有一个小型的阳光明媚的花园，父母的房屋也建在了北侧。这种安排可以在两个房屋的南侧创造出一个大型的独立空间，所以我们提出，建造一个统一的公园让两个家庭共同使用。
At first, they sought physical connection of two houses, but it was difficult due to the regulation and its structure. Then we decided to build the new house on the north of the site, so does his parents’ house in order to have a small sunny garden on the south side. This arrangement creates big single space on the south of both houses, so we proposed a united garden for common use of two families.
但是由于这个共同的花园直面向南部的街道，这样，同一侧的窗户不能很好的保护家庭隐私。通常在这种情况下，在街道之间建造墙壁以及关闭窗帘，可以说是在日本常用的一种解决方法，但是我们不认为这是一种解决问题的明确方法。
But as the common garden directly faces to a street on the south, making windows on the same side was not good to keep privacy of the family. Generally in this case, building a wall between the street and shutting the curtain could be a stereo-typed solution in Japan, but we didn’t think it’s clear way to solve the problem.
所以，我们在车库的平屋顶上引入了私人露台，并通过一个斜坡将它与共用的花园连接在一起。由于斜坡连接着不同的高度，尽管私人露台面向于花园和父母的房屋，它仍然处在路人的视线之外。客厅和厨房在二楼，直接朝向这个私人露台，这有助于在隐私的情况下，得到阳光和新鲜的空气。
So we introduced a private terrace on the flat roof of the garage, and connected it with the common garden through a slope. Thanks to this difference in height connected by the slope, the private terrace is protected from passers-by’s eyes, though it is opened to the garden and the parents’ house. The living room and kitchen are on the second floor and opened directly to this private terrace, which helps getting sunlight and fresh air with privacy.
