这块朝南的沿海地块距离高潮标线只有20米，位于海平面以上2米至5米之间，有一条横跨该地块的陆上流道，每当有大雨时就会发生洪水。随着海平面的上升和气候变化带来的雨量和频率的增加，在这个沿海地区建房是否合理？
This south facing coastal site is only 20m from the high tide mark and sits between 2m and 5m above sea-level with an overland flow path across the site that floods whenever there is significant rain. With sea-level rising and climate change bringing serve rain events at increasing magnitude and frequency, is it even sensible to build a house on this coastal site?
这种挑衅激发了一个实验性的房屋项目，在这个气候不确定的世界里，在我们脆弱的新西兰海岸线上进行建设。
This provocation has inspired an experimental house project that engages in the act of building on our vulnerable coastline of New Zealand in this climate uncertain world.
整体构图大胆而简单，让人联想到漂浮在陆地之上的一艘船或方舟。它坐落在延伸到地面12米的桩上，以抵御风暴淹没、海平面上升或内陆流对海岸的侵蚀。占用不依赖于静态的地面条件。一个干涸的河床已经形成，以控制流动路径，本地植被作为毯子延伸到房子下面的自然景观。自然界可以改变房屋下面的海岸环境，而占用可以持续到未来几代。
The overall composition is bold but simple and reminiscent of a boat or ark floating above the land. It sits on piles that extend 12m into the ground to resist coastal erosion from storm inundation, sea-level rise or overland flow. Occupation is not reliant on a static ground condition. A dry riverbed has been formed to control the flow path and native vegetation extends the natural landscape as a blanket under the house. Nature can alter the coastal environment below the house while occupation can continue for generations to come.
正如新西兰海岸线的典型特征–土地通常被本地灌木丛所包含，然后向广阔的海洋开放。该概念寻求一种由场地限制和占用机会产生的形式；抬高地面以防止洪水，缓缓上升到海滩上的宽阔高处，轻触土地朝向道路以接收船只，并控制与公共保护区和邻居的隐私。解决方案–2个交替排列的矩形放置在场地的两端，一个框架像道路边界的老普里里树一样高，但像船一样窄，另一个框架像海的地平线一样宽。墙壁、地板和屋顶将它们之间的空间包围起来，形成一个对立的长方体。
As is typical of the coastline of New Zealand – land is often contained by the native bush and then opens to the expanse of the ocean. The concept sought a form that was generated by the site constraints and opportunities for occupation; lifting off the ground for flooding, gently rising to the wide elevated view over the beach, touching the land lightly toward the road to receive a boat and controlling privacy from the public reserve and neighbours. The solution – 2 alternately orientated rectangles placed at each end of the site, one frame tall as the old puriri tree at the road boundary but as narrow as a boat and the other frame stretching wide like the horizon of the sea. Walls, floor and roof enclose the space between them forming an opposing rectangular cuboid.
Architects: RTA Studio
Area: 170 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Patrick Reynolds
Manufacturers: AutoDesk
Design Team:Richard Naish, Mitchell Round
City:Auckland
Country:New Zealand