“Beach Slice “是一个离墨尔本一小时车程的度假屋，步行到西港湾的海岸只需五分钟。它坐落在一个灌木丛中，简陋而轻松，专为度假而设计。它是一个可以悬挂帽子的地方，也适合作为一个退休的地方。

“Beach Slice” is a holiday home an hour’s drive from Melbourne, and a five-minute walk to the shore of Western Port Bay. Sitting on a bush block, it is humble and relaxed, designed to holiday. A place to hang your hat, it is also suitable as a place to retire.

离家出走有两个主要目的：享受另一个地方，以及逃避日常事务：自然而非城镇，星星而非灯光，安静而非噪音，休闲而非组织，社交而非闭塞（或反之），休闲而非工作。鉴于度假屋位于黄金地段，有一种诱惑，即从传统的纤维棚屋转向超大的 “实质性 “建筑，展示精致的细节和豪华感，这可能是人们试图逃离的地方的延伸。

A home away from home serves two main purposes: enjoying a place somewhere else, and escaping daily routines: nature instead of town, stars instead of lights, quiet instead of noise, casual instead of organised, social instead of insular (or vice versa), leisure instead of work. Given that holiday homes sit on prime real estate, there is a temptation to move away from the traditional fibro shack towards an oversized ‘substantial’ building showcasing sophisticated details and a sense of luxury that may as well be an extension of the place one is trying to escape from.

“海滩片 “抵制了这种诱惑。我们的建筑几乎隐藏在它的灌木丛中，看起来毫不费力和简单–尽管它远非如此。它是 “安静的建筑 “的一种表现：这种建筑在第一眼看到时可能不会被注意到，但随着时间的推移，会逐渐显示出自己，并被人欣赏。

“Beach Slice” resists that temptation. Our building almost hides in its bush setting and appears effortless and simple – although it is far from that. It is a manifestation of ‘quiet architecture’: a building that may go unnoticed at first sight but reveals itself gradually and becomes appreciated over time.

我们打算将 “海滩片 “打造成 “作为背景的建筑”，这是维也纳建筑师赫尔曼-捷克创造的一句话。捷克说，”建筑不应强加于你。用户必须不注意它，它应该看起来一直是这样的。

We intended ‘Beach Slice’ to be ‘Architecture as Background’, a phrase coined by the Viennese architect Hermann Czech. Czech said, ‘Architecture shall not impose on you. The user must not notice it, it should appear to have always been like this.’

Architects : Steffen Welsch Architects
Area : 188 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Tatjana Plitt
Manufacturers : Kingspan Insulated Panels, Britton Timbers, BUNURONG LAND COUNCIL ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, The Brick Recyclers
Structural Engineering : Maurice Farrugia and Associates
ESD Consultant : Blue Lotus
Builder : FrankBuilt
Architects : Steffen Welsch Architects
Building Surveyor : Metro Building Surveying
Cabinet Maker : Woodcraft Mobiliar
Country : Australia