这所房子的设计是为了共享。随着内城的房屋所有权变得越来越遥不可及；共享生活安排将变得越来越普遍。这个项目试图拥抱这一点，并创造一种居住环境，将公共生活的最佳元素带入一个更成熟的空间。该战略是提供灵活性和选择；以可持续发展原则为基础。该场地现在有两座独立的建筑，在一个共享的花园里面对面。如果需要更自主的生活，位于中央的低矮的青石墙为高处景观提供了一个自然位置。这使居民能够控制他们所分享的东西和他们的隐私水平。一些可以随着他们不断变化的需求而发展的东西。
This house was designed to be shared. With home-ownership in the inner city becoming increasingly out of reach; shared living arrangements will become increasingly common. This project seeks to embrace this and create a living situation that takes the best elements of communal living into a more grown-up space. The strategy was to provide flexibility and options; underpinned by sustainable principles. The site now has two standalone buildings that face each other across a shared garden. A low bluestone wall positioned centrally provides a natural location for high landscaping should a need for more autonomous living arise. This allows inhabitants to control what they share and their level of privacy. Something that can evolve with their changing needs.
整体战略创造了可持续的结果。在场地后部设计一个独立的建筑，不需要拆除好的建筑，同时提供更高的密度和公共空间，减少居民的个人足迹。鉴于所提供的灵活性，并通过保留原有的房屋，该设计提供了一个可以持续客户一生的解决方案。建筑的主要结构是经济的，小的细节设计提升了整体效果。我们在整个过程中使用了回收的砖块、回收的铁皮柱子和耐用的材料。屏风、百叶窗、内部分区和隔热车库门达到了6.5星级的能源评级，该门在打开几厘米时就能提供良好的交叉通风。
The overall strategy creates sustainable outcomes. Designing a standalone building at the rear of the site removed the need to demolish the good building while providing higher density with communal space that reduces inhabitants’ individual footprints. Given the flexibility provided and by retaining the original home, the design has provided a solution that could last the clients’ lifetime. The main fabric of the building is economical with small details designed to elevate the overall effect. We used recycled bricks, recycled iron-bark posts and enduring materials throughout. A 6.5-star energy rating was achieved with screens, blinds, internal zoning and an insulated garage door, that provides excellent cross ventilation when open just a few centimetres.
灵活性的精神延伸到了室内，适应性强的空间仍然给人以量身定做的感觉。楼下坚固的空间可以作为车库、工作室或生活空间。在其目前作为场地的主要生活空间的情况下，车库门是其替代用途的唯一线索。该房间坚固而简单，采用混凝土，没有固定的细木工制品，空间的质量已经通过切割和抛光地板、宽大的玻璃、木制灯具和出色的保温性能得到提升。楼上可以是一间或两间卧室，高度组织化，丰富的自然光创造了更大的空间感。该住宅是一个经济、坚固、低影响的建筑，给居住者带来了欢乐。这是一个促进社区生活的解决方案，也是在内城提供可负担住房的战略。
The spirit of flexibility extends to the interior with adaptable spaces that still feel tailored and assured. The robust downstairs can function as a garage, studio or living space. In its current guise as the site’s primary living space, the garage door is the only clue to its alternative use. The room is robust and simple, with concrete and no fixed joinery, the quality of the space has been elevated with a cut and polish floor, generous glazing, timber light fittings and excellent thermal performance. Upstairs can be one or two bedrooms and is highly organised with abundant natural light creating an increased perception of space. The home is an economical, robust and low impact building that brings joy to the occupants. A solution that promotes communal living and a strategy to provide affordable housing in the inner city.
Architects: Foomann Architects
Area: 99 m²
Year: 2016
Photographs: Willem-Dirk Du Toit
Manufacturers: B&D, Lysaght, Palram, Academy Tiles, Suntuf, Tidy Timber
Lead Architects: Jamie Sormann, Jo Foong
Builder: Visioneer Builders
Energy Consultant: Urban Digestor
Engineer:D.M. Landy
Stylist:Esme Parker
City:Carlton North
Country:Australia