开普敦维多利亚路的克利夫顿梯田公寓，由SAOTA设计，在该地区独特的悬崖边环境中，形成了一个引人注目但敏感的综合建筑声明。该项目在一系列阶梯式的梯田中从街道上退去，这些梯田顺着场地的自然轮廓，拥有大西洋和当地地标的全景，如桌山和克里夫顿的一系列遮蔽的海滩。

Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA, makes a striking but sensitively integrated architectural statement in the area’s distinctive cliffside setting. The development recedes from the street in a series of stepped, articulated terraces that follow the site’s natural contours, boasting panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and local landmarks such as Table Mountain and Clifton’s series of sheltered beaches.

克利夫顿梯田可容纳10套公寓，包括四层并排的单层公寓，加上上面一层的复式公寓和一对五层的顶层公寓，位于私人花园后面。停车位分三层：一层地下室，一层临街，一层在上面。接待区包括一个由顶级艺术家Marcus Neustetter创作的大型现场艺术作品，它给人一种独特的感觉，并为该项目环境增加了一层创造性的参与。

Clifton Terraces accommodates ten apartments, including four levels of side-by-side simplexes, plus a level of duplexes above them and a pair of five-level penthouses set back behind private gardens. Parking is accommodated on three levels: one basement, one at street level and one above. The reception area includes a large-scale site-specific artwork by top-tier artist Marcus Neustetter, which imparts a unique sense of place and adds a layer of creative engagement with the development’s setting.

一条中央绿化带将分层建筑垂直分割开来，随着楼层的后退，建筑的每一面都可以独立于另一面，使建筑的形式得到了动态的表达。该地块占据了狮子头的主要高位，整合了三个相邻的房产，两个面向街道，一个在后面的内陆地块。它的位置被认为是对其自然和建筑环境的纹理、沿维多利亚路的风景车道，以及也许最重要的是对邻近房产的视野和隐私的考虑的敏感。场地后面是一个受保护的公共空间绿化带，就在沿Kloof路的风景大道下面，必须要保护好这里的景色。

A central spine of greenery divides the tiered levels vertically, allowing each side of the building to pivot independently of the other as the levels step back, making for a dynamic architectural expression of the building’s form. The site, which occupies a prime elevated position on Lion’s Head, consolidated three adjacent properties, two facing the street and one landlocked site behind it. Its position was considered sensitive in terms of the grain of its natural and architectural context, the scenic drive along Victoria Road, and, perhaps most of all, consideration for the views and privacy of neighbouring properties. Behind the site is a protected green belt of public space just below the scenic drive along Kloof Road, with views it was imperative to preserve.

SAOTA积极与城市和建筑的邻居接触，分析开发对他们每个人的财产前景的影响，并确保他们在建筑正面的横向视野不受影响。在大多数情况下，SAOTA设法改善它们。该建筑的后退梯田和衔接的形式是在这些考虑中产生的，最终将多种限制因素转化为一个真实的、高度积极的设计方案的基础。

SAOTA actively engaged with the city and the building’s neighbours, analysing the impact of the development on the outlook of each of their properties and ensuring that their lateral views across the front of the building would be unaffected. In most instances, SAOTA managed to improve them. The building’s raked-back terraces and articulated form has its genesis in these considerations, ultimately transforming multiple constraints into the basis of an authentic, highly motivated design solution.

建筑物的基座为公共领域做出了贡献。从行人的角度来看，该建筑的比例与现有的街景相融合，与邻近建筑的规模相协调。基座的砂岩饰面是对从地下室突出到人行道上的分解花岗岩巨石的自然颜色和纹理的点头，保留了风景优美的大道的历史和地质特征。(巨石正在分解的事实意味着需要大量的工程来保护它）。

The plinth of the building contributes to the public domain. From a pedestrian perspective at street level, the building’s proportions have been carefully integrated with the existing streetscape, harmonising with the scale of the adjacent buildings. The plinth’s sandstone finish is a nod to the natural colour and texture of the decomposing granite boulder that protrudes from the basement onto the sidewalk, preserving the historical and geological character of the scenic thoroughfare. (The fact that the boulder was decomposing meant significant feats of engineering were required to preserve it.)

在住宅层，堆叠式外墙的退缩层故意不显眼，甚至为该项目创造了一个独特的、视觉上令人愉悦的建筑身份，最终为公共领域做出了积极的建筑贡献。阳台的旋转面和深深的悬垂为每个公寓创造了受保护的户外生活空间，并拥有壮观的景色。同时，磨砂玻璃侧翼墙也被调整了角度，以最大限度地增加海洋景观，并保持居民和邻居的隐私。

On the residential levels, the retreating layers of the stacked facade are deliberately unimposing even as it creates a distinctive and visually pleasing architectural identity for the development, ultimately making a positive architectural contribution to the public domain. The pivoting faces of the terraces and deep overhangs create protected outdoor living spaces for each apartment with spectacular views. At the same time, frosted glass lateral fin walls have been angled to maximise ocean views and maintain the privacy of residents and neighbours.

外墙的精致细节设计，将清晰的白色水平线与深色的叶片状凉棚形成对比（这反过来又补充了深色的门窗带），在整体美学中提供了有趣的时刻，打破了建筑的质量。克制的自然材料调色板与美丽的自然环境融为一体，而每层的种植梯田则软化了建筑的边缘，并与自然环境融为一体，正如贯穿开发项目垂直长度的树木 “脊柱 “一样。该项目保留了场地上现有的25棵树，并增加了101棵大树（加上3000多棵小植物和灌木）。

The refined detailing of the façade, contrasting crisp white horizontal lines with dark, blade-like pergolas (which in turn complement the dark bands of fenestration), fragments the building’s mass while providing moments of interest within a holistic aesthetic. The restrained natural palette of materials blends in with the beautiful natural surroundings while planted terraces on each level soften the building’s edges and blend in with the natural environment, as does the treed ‘spine’ running the vertical length of the development. The development retained 25 existing trees on the site and added 101 large trees (plus over 3 000 small plants and shrubs).

该项目两侧大量的本土绿化景观带缓和了其与两侧公共道路的关系，如Biskop阶梯，这是一条深受慢跑者和步行者欢迎的训练路线。

Generous landscaped bands of indigenous greenery on either side of the property soften its relation to the public thoroughfares on either side, such as the Biskop Steps, a popular training route for joggers and walkers.

Architects: SAOTA
Year: 2018
Photographs: Adam Letch, Niel Vosloo
Manufacturers: Made, OKHA, Oggie Flooring
Project Team:Philip Olmesdahl, Mark Bullivant, Edward Peinke, Jo Nel, Christian Liebenberg, Melissa de Freitas, Peter Harel & Lichumile Monakali
Copy By:Graham Wood
Architects:SAOTA
Developer:Taupo Holdings
Project Managers:SIP Project Managers
Contractors:Haw & Inglis
Structural And Civil Engineers:JG Afrika
Electrical And Mechanical Engineering:Sutherland Engineering
Quantity Surveyors:De Leeuw
Pool Consultant:All Round Pools
Landscape Architecture:Square One Landscape Architects
Interior Design:ARRCC
Bespoke Furniture:OKHA
City:Cape Town
Country:South Africa