wǒ men gē wǔ gè dōu shì běi jīng zhè biān de zhí yè jiàn zhù shī

我们哥五个都是北京这边的执业建筑师

Us 5 are certified architects in Beijing

wǒ men jǐ gè dōu hěn shú

我们几个都很熟

We are very close friends

liú yáng zhè rén jiù shì hěn zhàng yì

刘阳这人就是很仗义

Liu Yang is especially fond of

tè bié ài zhāng luó shì

特别爱张罗事

Organizing us together, doing stuff

mín sù dà yǐn yú shì

民宿大隐于世

This B&B hides in the crowds

jiù zhǎo le wǒ men gè rén lái

就找了我们5个人来

He invited the rest four of us

měi gè rén dú lì zuò yī gè yuàn zi

每个人独立做壹个院子

Each designing an independent courtyard

běi jīng qí shí shì yī gè gōng rèn de yā lì bǐ jiào dà de chéng shì

北京其实是壹个公认的压力比较大的城市

Beijing is an acknowledged stressful city

chéng shì de qì hòu huán jìng yě bǐ jiào jí duān

城市的气候环境也比较极端

And the climate of the city is not exactly mild and enjoyable

běi jīng rén hěn yuàn yì dào

北京人很愿意到

So Beijingers often

wǒ men sú chēng de mì huái shùn mì yún huái róu shùn yì dù jiǎ

我们俗称的“密怀顺”（密云、怀柔、顺义）度假

Spend their holidays in Miyun, Huairou and Shunyi

yán qìng qí shí shì yī gè xiāng duì xīn de qū yù

延庆其实是壹个相对新的区域

Yanqing is a relatively new area

wǒ men dì yī cì lái de shí hòu hái shì hěn zhèn hàn de

我们第壹次来的时候还是很震撼的

We were astonished by the place upon our first visit

shì dāng shí míng dài zhǎng chéng de wài bù fáng xiàn

是当时明代长城的外部防线

It’s the outer frontier of the Ming Great Wall

hēi lóng miào cūn jiù zài gǔ dì lǐ miàn yī gè cūn zhuāng

黑龙庙村就在谷地里面壹个村庄

Heilongmiao Village sits outside of the field

dāng shí tè bié yǒu qù

当时特别有趣

Funny story

gè yuàn zi shì jié rán bù tóng de

5个院子是截然不同的

The five courtyards are very different from each other

yǒu yī xiē yuàn zi tā kě néng jiù bǐ jiào xiǎo

有壹些院子它可能就比较小

Some are smaller

yǒu yī xiē yuàn zi qí xíng guài zhuàng de yǒu yī gè fèi xū

有壹些院子奇形怪状的有壹个废墟

Some has a wired-shaped ruin in it

zěn me yàng yī gè gèng gōng píng de bàn fǎ fēn pèi

怎么样壹个更公平的办法分配

How to decide which one belongs to whom in a fair way

hòu lái wǒ men jiù shuō shì zhuā jiū

后来我们就说是抓阄

Our solution was to draw for it

sī le diǎn pò zhǐ jiù bǎ zhè jǐ gè yuàn xiě le

撕了点破纸，abcd就把这几个院写了

We wrote ABCD on several pieces of paper

zhè gè chǎng dì qì chǎng hěn qiáng

这个场地气场很强

The place has a strong mental aura

gēn zhōu wéi gé jué

跟周围隔绝

Separated from the outside

hóng zhuān de yuàn qiáng tào zhù le yī gè

红砖的院墙套住了壹个

The brick walls confine the ruins

lǎo de yuàn qiáng lǐ miàn de fèi xū

老的院墙里面的废墟

In an old courtyard

zuò zhè gè fáng zi hěn xiàng yī gè kǎo gǔ de guò chéng

做这个房子很像壹个考古的过程

Decorating the house is a process of archaeological investigation

jǐn kě néng de ràng gèng duō de yí jì qù bèi bǎo cún

尽可能的让更多的遗迹去被保存

Trying to preserve the relics by all means

wú fǎ àn zhào cháng guī de héng píng shù zhí lái bù jú

无法按照常规的横平竖直来布局

It turned out impossible to design the layout in the conventional manner

nǐ huì kàn dào yī gè fēi cháng xiān míng de

妳会看到壹个非常鲜明的

That’s why there is this arc-shaped glass wall

xiàng yín mù yī yàng de hú xíng qiáng miàn

像银幕壹样的弧形墙面

With a lot of personality

xíng chéng yī gè huán bào de qū yù

形成壹个环抱的区域

Encircling the area

zhǎn shì yí cún de yí zhǐ dà tīng

展示遗存的遗址大厅

A relics hall

dà liàng de gōng gòng de kōng jiān

大量的公共的空间

Lots of public space

chú fáng cān tīng

厨房、餐厅

Kitchen, dinning room

dà gài yǒu gè kè fáng

大概有4个客房

Four guest rooms

píng mǐ zuǒ yòu

200平米左右

About 200 square meters

yǒu diǎn shē chǐ

有点奢侈

A bit luxurious

wǒ men zhè gè fáng zi běn lái shì kě yǐ gài liǎng céng de

我们这个房子本来是可以盖两层的

We could have it built another floor over it

měi yī gè fáng jiān dōu yǒu yī gè dú lì de xiǎo yuàn

每壹个房间都有壹个独立的小院

Every room has an independent garden attached to it

yī xià zi ān jìng xià lái

壹下子安静下来

Where you can relax and quiet down

běi jīng rén běn dǐ shàng yǒu yī zhǒng yuàn zi jī yīn

北京人本底上有壹种院子基因

Beijingers have a loving for courtyard written in their genes

bǐ rú jǐ shí nián qián dà jiā dōu zhù zài yuàn zi lǐ

比如几十年前大家都住在院子里

Like a few decades ago, we all lived in courtyards

wǒ yǒu yī gè duō dà de yuàn zi shì ba

我有壹个多大的院子是吧

How big my courtyard is

wǒ zhè yuàn zi lǐ chū shén me dōng xī

我这院子里出什么东西

What I have in this yard

jiù huì shài gěi běi jīng de péng yǒu kàn

（就会）晒给北京的朋友看

I will show it to my friends living in the city

hù shě shì yī gè hēi lóng miào cūn fēi cháng diǎn xíng de xiǎo yuàn

互舍是壹个黑龙庙村非常典型的小院

Hu She is a typical courtyard in Heilongmiao Village

lín jiē de lì miàn yòng le nà zhǒng dàn lǜ sè cí zhuān

临街的立面用了那种淡绿色瓷砖

The wall facing the street is lined with pale green tiles

wáng lǎo shī dāng shí zuò de yī gè hěn zhòng yào de biàn huà

王老师当时做的壹个很重要的变化

One thing that Wang did

zuò le yī gè hěn shēn de xià wā

做了壹个很深的下挖

Is the sink-in design

zì xíng de gé jú zhí jiē chā rù dào lǎo fáng zi lǐ

t字形的格局，直接插入到老房子里

A T-shaped structure sticks right into the old house

rén men néng gòu zuān shàng wū dǐng rán hòu zài xià lái

人们能够钻上屋顶，然后再下来

You can step onto the roof

rán hòu chuān rù dào fáng jiān nèi bù

然后穿入到房间内部

And come down back into the room

hái zi men tè bié ài zài nà lǐ miàn wán

孩子们特别爱在那里面玩

Children love that place

hǎi fēi huà bù duō

海飞话不多

Haifei doesn’t speak much

dàn hǎi fēi zuò de dōng xī tè bié lì hài

但海飞做的东西特别厉害

But he is a very good designer

zhè gè zuò pǐn

这个作品

His house

wèi zhì shì wǒ men zhè jǐ gè zuì hǎo de

位置是我们这几个最好的

Has the best location of us all

yǒu yī miàn zhèng hǎo néng gòu kàn dào hǎi tuó shān de fēng jǐng

有壹面正好能够看到海坨山的风景

On one side of the house you can see the Haituo Mountain

zuò yī gè fēi cháng de píng huǎn de

做壹个非常的平缓的

His roof has a smooth curve

dài qǐ qiào de wū miàn

带起翘的屋面

Which tilts upward at the end

wū miàn běn shēn shì zài huí yīng zhè gè shān shì

屋面本身是在回应这个山势

The roof is an echo of the mountain

bàn zuò bàn wò huò zhě shì tǎng zài shàng miàn néng gòu huí kàn shān

半坐半卧或者是躺在上面能够回看山

you can see the mountain while lying on the roof

liú yáng shì yī gè tè bié ài yùn dòng de rén

刘阳是壹个特别爱运动的人

Liu Yang is a sporty guy

suǒ yǐ tā yī kāi shǐ yù xiǎng de dì fāng

所以他壹开始预想的地方

In his mind

yě shì yī gè suǒ wèi huá xuě zhě zhī jiā

也是壹个所谓滑雪者之家

He wanted a skier’s house

tā shì wǒ men zhè lǐ miàn wéi èr de liǎng céng jiàn zhù

它是我们这里面唯二的两层建筑

It’s also one of the two two-storey houses

hěn jī zéi dì bǎ zhěng gè jiàn zhù yǔ lǎo qiáng jiān jù

很鸡贼地把整个建筑（与老墙间距）

The spacing between the building and the old walls

suō jìn le mǐ de fàn wéi nèi

缩进了1米5的范围内

Was narrowed down to 150cm

xíng chéng yī gè wán quán yì zhì de bái hé zi

形成壹个完全异质的白盒子

Forming a very different white box

yǒu yī xiē bǐ rú kuà guó qǐ yè de gāo guǎn

有壹些比如跨国企业的高管

Some multinational senior executives

tā men yě huì xuǎn zé wǒ men zhè jǐ gè rén zuò de zhè xiē yuàn zi

他们也会选择我们这几个人做的这些院子

They would stay at our courtyards

gēn tā duì yú suǒ wèi jīng jiāo mín sù

跟他对于所谓京郊民宿

Our courtyards is nothing like

shì wán quán bù yī yàng de rèn zhī

是完全不壹样的认知

The traditional suburb hostels

lái le hǎo duō hàn fú de ài hǎo zhě

来了好多汉服的爱好者

Hanfu lovers are drawn here

chēng yī bǎ sǎn chuān yī gè páo

撑壹把伞，穿壹个袍

Holding an umbrella, clad in a long shirt

gēn wǒ xiǎng xiàng zhōng de wán quán bù yī yàng

跟我想象中的完全不壹样

I couldn’t have imagined their coming

dàn què shí shì rén men huì duì yú nǐ de zuò pǐn

但确实是人们会对于妳的作品

But people would have various understandings

jìn xíng yī zhòng yī zhòng de jiě dú

进行壹重壹重的解读

Of your work

dǒu yīn lǐ miàn de liú yán

抖音里面的留言

Comments in Douyin

hěn duō rén huì shuō zhè shì méi qián gài le shì ba

很多人会说：“这是没钱盖了，是吧？”

Like “you must be low on budget, aren’t you”

gè rén zài yī gè dà de chǎng dì lǐ miàn

5个人在壹个大的场地里面

5 architects in one arena

zuò gè wán quán bù yī yàng de fáng zi

做5个完全不壹样的房子

Making 5 different houses

zhè gè shì běn shēn jiù dài yǒu yī dìng de jìng zhēng guān xì

这个事本身就带有壹定的竞争关系

It’s fundamentally competitive

bǐ rú chéng lǎo shī hěn xì nì tā dōu yòng mó xíng tuī qiāo

比如成老师很细腻，他都用模型推敲

Cheng is a careful man, so he uses models

liú yáng huì yī shàng lái ná chū yī gè fēi cháng qí tè de sī xiǎng

刘阳会壹上来拿出壹个非常奇特的思想

Liu Yang always have fantastic ideas

wáng chōng lǎo shī wǒ men gèng duō de zuò yī xiē píng miàn de gòu chéng

王冲老师我们更多的做壹些平面的构成

Wang Chong and I do graphic design

wǒ men gè rén zài yī qǐ

我们5个人在壹起

We together

tōng guò zhè gè guò chéng gèng jiā shú xī le

通过这个过程更加熟悉了

Become closer through this process

fēi cháng zhí dé wǒ men qù huái niàn

非常值得我们去怀念

It’s a valuable experience