Greenacres位于新南威尔士州纽卡斯尔的Merewether，距离海洋悬崖仅数米。在他们的简介中，业主Basil和Jo要求有一个能让他们变老的家庭住宅，有电梯、大量的光线、光滑、简洁的线条，而且他们初步要求：”如果可能的话，有一个能看到风景的窗户”。奥斯汀-梅纳德建筑事务所为他们设计了一个住宅，几乎从房子内部和周围的每一个空间都能捕捉到风景。

Greenacres is located only metres from the ocean cliffs in Merewether, Newcastle, NSW. In their brief, the owners, Basil and Jo, asked for a family home that they could grow old in, with a lift, lots of light, sleek, clean lines and, they tentatively requested: “a window with a view if possible.” Austin Maynard Architects designed them a home which captures the views from almost every space within and around the house.

Greenacres对场地和位置都做出了回应。由于无法挽救原来的破旧房屋，在陡峭的街区建造了新的房屋，这种地形设置了新的和令人兴奋的挑战。不同的高度创造了多个平台的机会，使人们可以看到海洋、Merewether海洋浴场和纽卡斯尔市的广阔前景。

Greenacres responds to both site and location. Unable to save the original dilapidated house, a new home was constructed on the steep block, a topography that set new and exciting challenges. The varying heights created the opportunity for multiple platforms to view the expansive outlook over the ocean, the Merewether Ocean Baths, and the city of Newcastle.

在三层的陡峭坡度上，房子与景观配合，顺着山势向街道延伸。车库被埋在房产的底部，入口处的道路和花园在旁边交织，向上延伸，穿过绿色屋顶。车道的设计采用了景观设计，以减少房子前面大片硬地面的影响。 一个简单的白色长方形，支撑在三个巨大的钢 “回形针 “上，容纳了厨房/客厅和用餐区，下面是两间卧室和一个浴室。在房子的后面是父母的卧室，有一个步入式衣柜、套间和一个书房–安静而私密。在车库里，一部电梯可以直接通往所有三个楼层，隐藏在三楼的厨房橱柜里。

Stepping down a steep gradient at three levels the house works with the landscape as it terraces down the hill towards the street. The garage is buried at the base of the property, with the entry path and garden weaving beside, up and over the top, through the green roof. The design of the driveway is landscaped to reduce the impact of a large expanse of hard surface in front of the house. A simple, white rectangular form, propped on three giant steel ‘paperclips’, houses the kitchen/ living and dining area, with two bedrooms and a bathroom beneath. At the back of the block is the parent’s bedroom, with a walk-in-robe, ensuite and a study – quiet and private. In the garage a lift provides direct access to all three floors, concealed within the kitchen cabinetry at the third floor level.

灵感来自于《星球大战：帝国反击战》中的微距望远镜，白色的悬挂式生活区被设计成使景色聚焦，就像一个透镜，框住了视野。顶端是一个轻盈透明的阳台，五面都是玻璃纤维地板和线性排列的木板天花板、栏杆和侧面，吸引着人们的目光。

Inspired by the macrobinoculars in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the white suspended living zone was designed to bring the views into focus, like a lens, framing the vista. Capping the end is a light and transparent balcony, with all five sides – the fibreglass floor and linear arrangement of the battened ceiling, balustrade and sides – drawing the eye out.

把房子建在海的前面，一切都变成了关于风景。在Greenacres，刻意的透明度确保了房子不会妨碍它自己的视野。当你坐在后花园里，在书房里工作，或者在街区的最后一个房间里洗澡时，城市和海洋的广阔景色都不会被阻挡。

Build a house in front of an ocean and everything becomes about the view. At Greenacres the deliberate transparency ensures the house never gets in the way of its own view. Whilst sitting in the back garden, working in the study, or showering in the very last room on the block, the great expanse of city and ocean is unimpeded.

未来主义的科幻联想进一步延伸，因为白色的生活区似乎是一个完全不同的形式，盘旋或停靠在一个工业砖基上。这种对比是很鲜明的。回收的砖块，一个五颜六色的混合调色板，带有大约20%的涂鸦，提供了颜色、特征和过去的感觉。泥土的、有质感的、沉重的和坚固的。在这个砖基上，是一个挤压的形式，一个干净的、白色的钢和镶板的、机器制造的盒子。

The futuristic sci-fi associations extend further, as the white living zone appears to be a different form entirely, hovering or docked to an industrial brick base. The contrast is stark. The recycled bricks, a colourful mixed palette bearing approximately 20% graffiti, provide colour, character and a sense of past. Earthy, textured, heavy and robust. Resting on this brick plinth, is the extruded form, a clean, white steel and panellised, machine-made box.

Architects: Austin Maynard Architects
Area: 310 m²
Year: 2018
Photographs: Tess Kelly, Ayden Sheperd
Manufacturers: Sika, Havwoods, Hub Furniture, Aneeta Windows, Euroluce, Fibreglass, Surface Gallery
Quantity Surveyor: Plan Cost
Builder: CHC Builders
Landscaping: Octopus Garden Design
Engineer:Lewis Engineering
Building Surveyor:BPK Building Approvals
Project Team:Andrew Maynard, Mark Austin, Natalie Miles
Country:Australia