一个花园的家。一个有故事的家。为了减少对环境的影响，我们决定搬到Bowral镇，以减少汽车的使用。我们选择了一个位于保护区的世纪之交的木制小屋，并在其中度过了四季；我们敏锐地感受到了它的挑战。由于它的朝向，南面的居住空间在冬天很冷，而西面的外墙和大面积的黑色混凝土车道在夏天又让人感到闷热，所以很不舒服。
A home for a garden. A home for stories. This move into the township of Bowral, was driven by a conscious decision to reduce car use, for a smaller environmental footprint. A turn of the century timber cottage, in a conservation precinct, was chosen and lived in through the seasons; and its challenges were keenly felt. Uncomfortable due to its orientation, with southerly living spaces frigid in winter, and a western facade and extensive black concrete driveway compounding sweltering heat in summer.
然而，这栋别墅结构紧凑，在越来越多的新 “时代住宅 “中，它的深度后退是不寻常的，在街上有一种温和的保证。在发现大面积的木蛀虫破坏和地基问题后，重新利用别墅原有核心部分的策略在现场受到了挑战。需要进行更广泛的翻新。业主是一位热衷于澳大利亚文学的学者，一位在本土景观方面有专长的园丁，以及一位善于纺织的人。 因此，设计要求包括一个花园的家和一个故事的家，两者相互交织。
Yet the cottage, compact, and unusual in its deep setback amongst growing newer ‘period homes’, had a gentle assured presence on the street. The strategy to reuse the original core of the cottage was challenged on site after the discovery of extensive wood borer damage, and foundation problems. A more extensive renovation was required. The owners – are an academic with a passion for Australian literature, a gardener with expertise in native landscapes, and an adept weaver. Thus the brief is augmented to include a home for a garden, and a home for stories, interwoven.
基本的设计策略在早期就被提炼出来，并推动了整个决策。现有的平房被澄清了，去掉了不美观的附加物、附属建筑和大量的车道，内部规划被颠覆，将生活带到北方，并将内部的生活与街道的生活联系起来，屋顶上的一个槽将光线引入平房深处。从阳台上可以欣赏到著名的直布罗陀山的景色，以及被阳台屋顶接纳的冬季阳光。
Essential design strategies were distilled early on and drove decisions throughout. The existing cottage was clarified, removing unsympathetic additions, outbuildings, and a substantial amount of driveway, internal planning reversed, to bring living to the north and to connect life within to the life of the street, and a slot in the roof admits light deep into the cottage. From the verandah, a celebrated view of Mount Gibraltar and winter sun admitted by a brise soleil verandah roof can be enjoyed.
阳台继续向西延伸，在那里，车棚和入口坡道欢迎游客，并保护他们免受西方阳光的照射。在一个天窗下的入口通道，将光线引入室内深处。在后面，一个可打开的阳台连接着一个下沉的花园房间。这是一个创造性的撤退，用于织布、写作、阅读和谈话。它拥抱着一个花园，内敛而反思，居住着一丛本地马利树。凉亭和工作台面形成了可居住的边缘。室内与花园融为一体。
The verandah continues West, where the carport and entry ramp welcome visitors and protects them from the western sun. Entry circulation, under a skylit fold, invites light deep inside. To the rear, an openable verandah connects a sunken garden room. This is a creative retreat, for weaving, writing, reading, and conversation. It embraces a garden, introverted and reflective, inhabited by a copse of Native Mallee Gum. Arbour and workbench form habitable edges. The Interior merges into the garden.
花园推动了材料的选择–一个柔和的调色板。白色磨光的混凝土砖，沙质色调的骨料，FC板，以及灰色的风化板来收集扩散的阴影，并突出本地色调。布莱克布特的结构化和成品化贯穿始终。柱子和横梁的规模相当于一个经过的身体。榫卯结构由当地制造商制作，坚固而直接。回收的硬木门窗和压条黄铜屏风增加了有框架的花园景观和遮阳层。里面的光线经过过滤。
The garden drove the material selection – a muted palette. White honed concrete bricks, aggregate in sandy tones, FC panels, and grey weatherboards to collect diffuse shadows, and highlight native tones. Blackbutt is structured and finished throughout. Post and beam arrived at the scale of a passing body. Joinery by a local maker, robust and direct. Recycled hardwood windows, doors, and battened brass screens add framed garden views and layers of shade. Filtered light inside.
客厅里的半透明艺术家画布的背光天花板在空间里盘旋，柔软而像云。声音在家具、书籍、陶瓷和挂毯等收藏品的丰富纹理背景下弥漫。黄铜踢脚线、亮点和装置随着时间的推移提供光泽和铜锈。建筑师以积极的方式回应了我们的要求，即在提供必需品以使我们在年老时能住在这里的同时，表达出美和完整。创造性的思维，加上建筑师愿意倾听和交付的能力，造就了一座美丽和宜居的房子。最令人满意！
A backlit ceiling of semi-translucent artist canvas in the living room hovers in the space, soft and cloud-like. Sound diffuse against a background of rich texture in collections of furniture, books, ceramics, and tapestries. Brass skirting, highlights, and fixtures provide luster and patina over time. ‘The architects responded in a positive way to our requests for a house which expresses beauty and integrity whilst delivering necessities to enable us to stay here in our advancing years. Creative thinking, together with the architects’ willingness to listen and ability to deliver has resulted in a beautiful and liveable house. Most satisfying!’
Architects: Takt Studio
Area : 162 m²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Ingvar Kenne
Manufacturers : Austral Bricks, Cemintel, Cutek, Lysaght, Astra Walker, Coach House Timber, Murobond, Sydney Canvas Company, Vulcano Terrazzo, Whittle Waxes
Builder : Bricon Projects
Design Team : Brent Dunn, Katharina Hendel, Tom Gray, Adam Hogan
Engineering : Geoffrey Pryke
Joinery : Forest Furniture
Windows And Doors : AHJ Architectural Hardwood Joinery
City : Bowral
Country : Australia