一个你真正喜欢居住的城市屋。钢筋混凝土结构，明亮，私密。在一块商业用地上，现有的单层建筑处于混乱和失修状态。西雅图的Hybrid公司与业主接触，合作制定了一个重建计划，以挖掘该地块的巨大潜力–创造四个宽敞的住宅，每个住宅都有一个灵活的空间，以获得额外的收入或生活空间。这不是普通的联排别墅；引人注目的皮质外墙和与新咖啡馆的紧密联系，这些住宅的设计在扎根于街道和社区的同时也很突出。除了灵活的空间，Steel Stacks还提供了一个私人院子，高高的天花板，大量的光线，以及一个宽敞的、封闭的屋顶平台，或称天空室。

A Townhome You’d Actually Like to Live In: Cor-ten Clad, Bright, and Private. On a commercial lot, an existing, single-story building was in disarray and disrepair. Seattle-based Hybrid was approached by the owner to partner on a redevelopment plan to tap into the lot’s high potential– creating four spacious homes, each with a flex space for extra income or living space. These are not your average townhomes; with a striking corten exterior and close connection to a new cafe, the homes were designed to stand out while rooting into the street and neighborhood. In addition to the flex space, Steel Stacks offers a private yard, tall ceilings, lots of light, and a spacious, enclosed rooftop deck, or skyroom.

西雅图正在经历城市逃亡–被前廊、后院、更多空间和光线等郊区生活元素所吸引的潜在房主正在离开城市的核心。该团队听到了一个挑战。在城市环境中提供这些元素。通过Steel Stacks，为业主提供他们所寻求和应得的生活体验。让他们留在这里，扎根于他们熟悉的城市，这个城市了解他们，他们为这个城市增添了特色和故事。重叠的是成本问题–中产阶级的收入能给我买什么？这值得吗？Steel Stacks是一个例子，说明了市场价格的开发也可以建设得很好，并且具有成本效益，为年轻的专业人士和创意人士提供了一个触手可及的选择，避免了流离失所，并提供了一个灵活的设计，以适应未来很长一段时间内的居住环境。

Seattle is experiencing urban flight–prospective homeowners attracted to the elements of suburban living like front porches, back yards, and more room and light are leaving the city’s core. The team heard a challenge: Provide these elements in the urban context. With Steel Stacks, give homeowners the living experience they seek and deserve. Keep them here, rooted in the city they know, which knows them, to which they add character and a story. Overlapping are cost concerns–what can a middle-class income buy me anymore? Is it worth it? Steel Stacks serves as an example of how market-rate development, too, can be built well and cost-effective, offering an option within reach to young professionals and creatives, avoiding displacement and providing a flexible design to accomodate living here for a long time to come.

为了实现这个项目，Hybrid公司做了几个关键的动作–其中最明显的可能就是房屋外部的皮质包层。Robert Humble，Hybrid的负责人：”我们喜欢采用诚实的材料，这些材料可以优雅地老化，并与大多数西雅图排屋项目中的标准’哈迪党’形成鲜明的对比。柯尔特人将永远不需要重新粉刷，并反映了该地块的商业特征。” Steel Stacks距离Nucor钢铁厂仅有半英里远，而Nucor钢铁厂正是该社区的历史和发展的见证者。浪漫化和扎根于工业，Steel Stacks对过去表示尊敬。在纽柯公司，钢材被回收并转化为螺纹钢–在Steel Stacks，这些材料被转化为一个阁楼住宅，充满了商业区特有的机会和怪癖。

Realizing this project, Hybrid made several key moves–none of them perhaps more visible than the corten cladding seen on the exterior of the homes. Robert Humble, Principal of Hybrid: “We like to employ honest materials that can age gracefully and provide a striking contrast to the standard ‘hardi party’ found on most Seattle townhouse projects. The corten will never need to be repainted and reflects the commercial character of the site.” Steel Stacks is just half a mile away from the Nucor steel plant that informs the neighborhoods’ history and development. Romanticising and rooting in the industrial, Steel Stacks honors the past. At Nucor, steel is recycled and turned into rebar–in Steel Stacks, the material is translated into a lofted home full of opportunities and quirks unique only to the commercially zoned context.

该团队用扩大的排水箱来庆祝屋顶水的收集，并将下水管道引向建筑底部的一个连续的生物蓄水池。这个花槽创造了一个植被沼泽，通过木桥进入前门–一个非常具有太平洋西北风格的小景。在室内，团队选择了一个反向的平面图，将起居室放置在房屋的顶部，允许采光、观景和随时进入被包覆的屋顶平台。朝南的窗墙将光线带入住宅深处，前面的两个单元和后面的两个单元交错排列，使角落的窗户可以看到场地的前部和后部。两间卧室和一个大型共用浴室占据了中间一层，最底层是 “弹性空间”，可以作为AirBnB、家庭办公室或主卧室。屋顶平台，或称天空室，结合了完整的10英尺护栏墙，有框架的开口，以提供外部屋顶隐私，并创造一个真正的外部房间。室外串灯将为天空室创造一个虚拟的 “天花板”。

The team celebrated roof water collection with enlarged scupper boxes and routed the downspouts to a continuous bioretention planter at the base of the building. This planter creates a vegetated mote that is crossed by a timber bridge to access the front door–a very Pacific Northwest vignette. Inside, the team opted for a reverse floor plan, placing the living room at the top of the home allowing for light, views and ready access to the enveloped rooftop deck. South-facing window walls bring light deep into the homes, with the front two and rear two units staggered to allow for corner windows to look out to the front and back of the site. Two bedrooms and a large shared bath occupy the middle level, with the lowest level comprising the “flex space” that can serve as an AirBnB, home office or master bedroom. The rooftop deck, or skyroom, incorporates full 10’ parapet walls with framed openings to provide exterior rooftop privacy and create a true exterior room. Outdoor string lights will create a virtual “ceiling” to the skyroom.

负责人Robert Humble说：”我们为我们的空间和材料实验感到自豪，并认为在西雅图没有其他联排别墅能像这个一样。此外，地面上的灵活空间使建筑可以随着居住者需求的变化而变化，解决住房可负担性、流离失所和密度等问题。为重视设计和社区联系的人深思熟虑地设计，Steel Stacks体现了Hybrid公司的一个核心目标：创造美丽的密度。通过与原业主的合作，Hybrid为现有居民提供了获得股权的机会，结果不是流离失所，而是增长，这是对一个快速绅士化的城市的愿景，很容易得到支持。

Robert Humble, Principal: “We take pride in our spatial and material experimentation and feel there is no other townhouse in Seattle that looks anything like this one. Plus, the ground-level flex spaces allow the building to change over time as the needs of its occupants evolve, addressing issues such as housing affordability, displacement and density.” Thoughtfully designed for people who value design and community connection, Steel Stacks embodies a central Hybrid ambition: creating beautiful density. By partnering with the original property owner, Hybrid is providing access to equity to existing residents, resulting not in displacement but growth–a vision for a rapidly gentrifying city that’s easy to get behind.

Architects: Hybrid
Area : 6600 ft²
Year : 2020
Photographs :Rafael Soldi
Manufacturers : Color Cord, Corten.com, Ritchlite, Stile and Rail, WAC Lighting
Construction : Hybrid Assembly
Design Lead : Robert Humble
Project Designer : Thomas Gesslin
Interior / Spec : Alex Herbig
Kitchen Design : Akkarawin Valinluck
Landscape : Glenn Takagi
Engineering : Malsam Trang
City : Seattle
Country : United States