wǒ jiào yè huī

我叫叶辉

My name is Ye Hui

shì gè shī rén yě shì gè jiàn zhù shī

是个诗人，也是个建筑师

Is a poet and an architect

zhè dòng fáng zi miàn cháo nán jīng de shí jiù hú

这栋房子面朝南京的石臼湖

This house faces Shijiu Lake in Nanjing

lí nóng cūn hěn jìn

离农村很近

Very close to the countryside

yuán běn shì wǒ lín jū de fáng zi

原本是我邻居的房子

It was originally my neighbor's house

nián wǒ mǎi xià tā jiā de yī bàn

2015年我买下他家的一半

I bought half of his house in 2015

àn zhào wǒ zì jǐ de xiǎng fǎ zhòng xīn shè jì gǎi zào

按照我自己的想法重新设计改造

Redesign and transform according to my own ideas

zhè dòng fáng zi xiàn zài yī bàn shì wǒ de yī bàn shì lín jū de

这栋房子现在一半是我的，一半是邻居的

This house is now half mine and half neighbor’s

nán biān rù hù shì píng mǐ de yī gè nèi yuàn

南边入户是800平米的一个内院

The south entrance is an inner courtyard of 800 square meters

shì yuán lái jiù yǒu de bǎo liú xià lái hé lín jū gòng xiǎng

是原来就有的，保留下来和邻居共享

It’s the original one, keep it and share it with your neighbors

wǒ de lín jū shì gè lǎo shī huì xiě sàn wén

我的邻居是个老师，会写散文

My neighbor is a teacher and can write prose

wǒ men jīng cháng huì zài zhè lǐ liáo tiān

我们经常会在这里聊天

We often chat here

yǒu shí yě jiē dài shī rén hé yì shù jiā

有时也接待诗人和艺术家

Sometimes also hosts poets and artists

wài guān quán bái de shè jì

外观全白的设计

All white design

yī gòng liǎng céng lóu gāo miàn jī wèi píng fāng mǐ

一共两层楼高，面积为600平方米

A total of two stories high, with an area of ​​600 square meters

wǒ jiā de nà bù fēn yuē yǒu píng mǐ

我家的那部分约有400平米

The part of my house is about 400 square meters

yóu yú běi miàn cháo xiàng shí jiù hú

由于北面朝向石臼湖

As the north faces Shijiu Lake

wǒ zài zuì wài miàn zuò le yī gè lù tiān píng tái

我在最外面做了一个露天平台

I made an outdoor platform on the outside

rán hòu bǎ yuán běn de láng dào gǎi chéng le bàn hù wài de chá shì

然后把原本的廊道改成了半户外的茶室

Then changed the original corridor into a semi-outdoor tea room

jiē zhù bǎ kè tīng de qiáng quán bù dǎ diào

接著把客厅的墙全部打掉

Then knock down all the walls in the living room

yòng bō lí zuò le yī gè kāi fàng de gé duàn

用玻璃做了一个开放的隔断

Made an open partition with glass

fáng zi yuán lái de chuāng hù dōu bǐ jiào xiǎo

房子原来的窗户都比较小

The original windows of the house are relatively small

wǒ huàn chéng le dà miàn jī de bō lí

我换成了大面积的玻璃

I changed to a large area of ​​glass

zhè yàng jiù kě yǐ yǐn rù hú jǐng

这样就可以引入湖景

So you can introduce the lake view

mù dì bǎn shì wǒ cóng chāi qiān gōng dì shàng mǎi guò lái de lǎo mén bǎn

木地板是我从拆迁工地上买过来的老门板

The wooden floor is the old door panel I bought from the demolition site

huì kè zhuō shì yǐ qián táo bǎo mǎi lái de jiù chuáng bǎn jiā gōng ér chéng

会客桌是以前淘宝买来的旧床板加工而成

The reception table is made of old bed boards bought by Taobao

wǒ bǎ jǐ gè yuán lái fèi qì de kōng jiān de wū dǐng yí chú le

我把几个原来废弃的空间的屋顶移除了

I removed the roofs of several previously abandoned spaces

zuò chéng le liǎng gè tiān jǐng zēng jiā cǎi guāng

做成了两个天井，增加采光

Made two patios to increase daylight

wǒ bǎo liú le yuán lái dì miàn de qīng zhuān

我保留了原来地面的青砖

I kept the blue bricks on the original ground

zài shì nèi zhǒng zhí le tiān zhú hái yǒu bā jiāo

在室内种植了天竹还有芭蕉

I planted celestial bamboo and plantain indoors

wǒ de gōng zuò shì jiù zài tiān jǐng páng

我的工作室就在天井旁

My studio is by the patio

zhè sān píng mǐ de kōng jiān shì wǒ cháng dài de dì fāng

这三平米的空间是我常待的地方

The three square meters of space is where I often stay

wǒ rèn wèi gòu le

我认为够了

I think it's enough

kàn kàn shū huò zhě yī tái diàn nǎo jiù xíng le

看看书，或者一台电脑就行了

Just read a book or just a computer

hěn duō zuò jiā shī rén péng yǒu dōu fēi cháng xǐ huān nà zhǒng kōng jiān

很多作家，诗人朋友都非常喜欢那种空间

Many writers and poet friends like that kind of space very much

yīn wèi tā de wài miàn jiù shì hú pō

因为它的外面就是湖泊

Because outside it is a lake

wǎn shàng wǒ dài zài nà biān

晚上我待在那边

I stay there at night

wò shì lǐ yǒu shā fā yǒu chuáng

卧室里有沙发有床

There is a sofa and a bed in the bedroom

rán hòu yī gè hěn xiǎo de kōng jiān

然后一个很小的空间

Then a small space

gǎn jué dào níng jìng jù qì méi yǒu guò duō de dǎ rǎo

感觉到宁静，聚气，没有过多的打扰

Feel the tranquility, gather the energy, without too much interruption

nán biān cǎi guāng hǎo cháo yuàn zi

南边采光好，朝院子

The south side is well lit, facing the yard

wǒ mā mā xǐ huān zài zhè lǐ zuò fàn

我妈妈喜欢在这里做饭

My mother likes to cook here

kāi fàng de chú fáng hái bǐ jiào kuān chǎng

开放的厨房，还比较宽敞

The open kitchen is quite spacious

wǒ mā mā de fáng jiān jiù zài chú fáng gé bì

我妈妈的房间就在厨房隔壁

My mother's room is next to the kitchen

chuāng wài yǒu liǎng kē fēng shù hé chí táng

窗外有两棵枫树和池塘

There are two maple trees and a pond outside the window

hái yǒu mù zhì píng tái

还有木质平台

And wooden platform

yǐ biàn tā liàn tài jí hé shài shài tài yáng

以便她练太极和晒晒太阳

So that she can practice Tai Chi and bask in the sun

wǒ qī zi zài chéng lǐ gōng zuò zhōu mò huì guò lái

我妻子在城里工作，周末会过来

My wife works in the city and will come over on weekends

tā xǐ huān zài zhè lǐ zhāi cài yǒu shí hòu chā huā

她喜欢在这里摘菜，有时候插花

She likes picking vegetables here, sometimes arranging flowers

lóu tī yóu liǎng gēn gāng jīn hé jiù mù bǎn dā chéng

楼梯由两根钢筋和旧木板搭成

The stairs are made of two steel bars and old wooden boards

shàng dào èr lóu yǒu sān gè fáng jiān

上到二楼有三个房间

There are three rooms on the second floor

péng yǒu lái le jiù huì zhù zài zhè lǐ

朋友来了就会住在这里

Friends will live here when they come

lìng wài yī gè fáng jiān wǒ yě zuò le yī gè xiǎo tiān jǐng tōng fēng

另外一个房间，我也做了一个小天井通风

In another room, I also made a small patio for ventilation

zhǒng zhí le cǎo píng

种植了草坪

Planted the lawn

nán fāng rén xǐ huān níng jìng shén mì

南方人喜欢宁静神秘

Southerners like quiet and mysterious

wǒ shì tú cóng jiàn zhù lái tǐ xiàn nán fāng rén de tè zhì

我试图从建筑来体现南方人的特质

I tried to reflect the characteristics of southerners from architecture

wǒ xiě shī sān shí nián le chū bǎn guò liǎng běn shī jí

我写诗三十年了，出版过两本诗集

I have written poems for 30 years and have published two collections of poems

wǒ yǒu yī shǒu shī jiào yíng huǒ chóng

我有一首诗叫《萤火虫》

I have a poem called "Firefly"

wǒ jiā xià tiān yě néng kàn dào yíng huǒ chóng

我家夏天也能看到萤火虫

I can see fireflies in summer

yíng huǒ chóng hū míng hū àn de jiù xiàng wǒ men de rén shēng

萤火虫忽明忽暗的，就像我们的人生

Fireflies light and dark, just like our lives

qí shí hěn duō shēng huó de xì jié yào qù tǐ huì

其实很多生活的细节要去体会

In fact, many details of life need to be experienced

dàn wǎng wǎng shēng huó huì ràng wǒ men jiàn jiàn hū shì le zhè xiē shì

但往往生活会让我们渐渐忽视了这些事

But life often makes us gradually ignore these things

zhè jǐ nián yīn wèi wǒ lí nóng cūn bǐ jiào jìn

这几年因为我离农村比较近

In the past few years because I'm relatively close to the countryside

yě bāng jǐ gè zài nóng cūn yǒu zhái jī dì de péng yǒu zuò guò yī xiē fáng zi

也帮几个在农村有宅基地的朋友做过一些房子

I also helped a few friends who have homesteads in the countryside to build some houses

wǒ shì cóng lái bù shōu fèi de

我是从来不收费的

I never charge

wǒ gǎn jué dào tā men xìn rèn wǒ ràng wǒ lái zuò wǒ jiù hěn gāo xīng le

我感觉到他们信任我，让我来做我就很高兴了

I feel that they trust me and I’m very happy to let me do it

nà biān yuán lái dōu yǒu rén jiā zhù

那边原来都有人家住

There used to be people living there

nǐ kàn wǒ men yǐ qián gǔ dài rén zuò huó zuò duō xì

你看我们以前古代人做活做多细

You see how well the ancient people did their work

ér qiě tā zhè gè fāng shì hěn jié shěng de

而且他这个方式很节省的

And he is very economical in this way

zhè dǐ xià shì chéng zhòng de

这底下是承重的

The bottom is load-bearing

suǒ yǐ tā yòng de zhuān jiù bǐ jiào shì zhè yàng de

所以他用的砖就比较是这样的

So the bricks he used are more like this

nǐ kàn dào shàng miàn tā yǐ jīng shì kōng dòu le

你看到上面它已经是空斗了

You see above it is already empty

yīn wèi chéng zhòng méi yǒu nà me dà le

因为承重没有那么大了

Because the load is not that big

cóng shī rén dào jiàn zhù shī

从诗人到建筑师

From poet to architect

huò xǔ ràng rén jué dé yǒu diǎn yuǎn

或许让人觉得有点远

Maybe it feels a bit far away

qí shí lián xì hěn jǐn mì de

其实联系很紧密的

Actually very closely related

fáng jiān de qū jiān jiù xiàng shī jù yī yàng

房间的区间就像诗句一样

The interval of the room is like a verse

rú guǒ pái liè dé dāng jiù huì yǒu yī zhǒng yú yuè dòng rén de jié zòu

如果排列得当，就会有一种愉悦动人的节奏

If arranged properly, there will be a pleasant rhythm