A challenge to build the most spacious cabin possible while still small enough to avoid council red tape has spawned a new Northland business venture.
一项建造最宽敞的小屋的挑战所建造的住所很可能仍然足够小来避免市议会的繁文缛节，但是却催生了一个新的Northland商业企业。
spacious：宽敞

The Tube Room started from a discussion between builder Mark Christiansen and businessman Mark Blakelock, who wanted to put some cabins on his Puketona Rd property but didn't want to go through the building consent process.
这幢管道式建筑来自于建筑师Mark Christiansen和商人Mark Blakelock的一次讨论，当时这位商人想要在他Puketona Rd的房产土地上放一些小屋，但不想通过建筑许可程序。
cabin：小屋
consent：许可

Christiansen, who is also a former building consents manager, took up the challenge and designed a tubular room the pair say is easy to build, maximises space, and is flexible enough to be used as a childen's sleepout, office, workers' bunkroom, studio or campground cabin.
Christiansen此前是建筑许可审批经理，他接受了挑战并设计了一个管状房间，他们两个人称这种房间很容易建造，有着最大化的空间，并且足够灵活，可以用作儿童的卧室、办公室、工人的工棚、工作室或者露营小屋。
Bunkroom：工棚

Because the floor area is less than 10sq m, in most circumstances it doesn't need a building consent, while the curved walls means it has a volume 25 per cent greater than a straight-walled building of the same floor size.
由于建筑面积小于10平方米，在大多数情况下不需要建筑许可，而弯曲的墙壁意味着它的体积比相同的直壁建筑大25％。
circumstances：情况
curved：弯曲的

Blakelock said The Tube Room, which is 4.1m long and 3.5m in diameter, was insulated, double-glazed and built to New Zealand building standards.
Blakelock说，管室长4.1米，直径3.5米，采用隔热层，双层玻璃，按新西兰建筑标准建造。
diameter：直径

Advanced DIYers could buy the room as a kitset for $20,000 and assemble it themselves, or the company could built it on site or or deliver it for about $25,000.
高级DIY用户可以以2万纽币的价格购买房间并自行组装，或者公司可以以2.5万纽币的价格在现场制造或将成品运送至目的地。
Advanced：高级的

Builders who wanted to use their own materials could buy the Napier-made round steel trusses.
想要使用自己的材料的建筑师可以购买纳皮尔制造的圆钢桁架。
trusses：桁架

Blakelock said they were keen to expand around the country and had already signed up a partner in Cromwell.
Blakelock 说，他们热衷于在全国范围内扩张，并且已经在Cromwell签署了一份合作伙伴协议。
partner：伙伴

The main interest so far had been from people who wanted to install eco-huts on covenanted land. Others wanted to use Tube Rooms for children's or grandparents' bedrooms or to rent out for extra income, Blakelock said.
到目前为止，感兴趣的人主要是那些想要在自己土地上安装经济适用小屋的人。Blakelock说，其他人香味儿童或者祖父母购买作为他们的卧室或者出租以获得额外收入。
covenanted：有契约的

A Tube Room is on display at the Old Packhouse Market on Kerikeri Rd every Saturday.
一座管状房每周六都在Kerikeri Rd上的Old Packhouse市场展出。

The Tube Room can have plumbing installed but it would then need a building consent. It would also require consent if used as a stand-alone dwelling rather than as extra space for another building.
管室可以安装管道，但需要建筑许可。如果用作独立住宅而不是另一栋建筑的额外空间，也需要建筑许可。
dwelling：住宅

(责编：Frank)

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