吉安尼-博斯福德建筑事务所的 “花园里的房子 “是一个铜顶的亭子，位于一个隐蔽的城市花园中，是一个非常不寻常的住宅，通过一个狭窄的通道进入一个1840年代诺丁山的别墅。该项目涉及到拆除一个1960年代的平房，并将其替换为一个主要是地下的房子。

A copper-roofed pavilion in a hidden urban garden, Gianni Botsford Architects’ House in a Garden is a highly unusual dwelling accessed through a narrow passage alongside an 1840s Notting Hill villa. The project involved the demolition of a 1960s bungalow and its replacement with a largely subterranean house.

从外部看，房子最明显的部分是其亭子般的铜质屋顶。在内部，屋顶由云杉制成的复杂胶合木结构组成，其双曲率最终形成了一个玻璃穹窿。屋顶有一种漂浮的感觉，位于玻璃墙的起居室之上，增强了轻盈感，同时将房子的内部与周围的景观花园以及城市环境联系起来。

Externally the most visible component of the house is its pavilion-like copper-clad roof. Inside, the roof comprises of a complex glulam timber structure made from spruce, its double curvature concluding in a glazed oculus. The roof has a floating quality set above a glass-walled living room that enhances a sense of lightness while connecting the interior of the house to the surrounding landscaped garden as well as to its urban context.

铜在整个房子里反复出现，在一楼厨房的表面和下面房间的细节中，为室内增加了微妙的色调温暖。冷暖色调的花旗松和雕刻的卡拉拉大理石之间的对比，增加了地下空间的感性质量，就像精心研究的光与暗的游戏一样。地面以下有两层。卧室就在地下，而在更下面的一层有一个宽敞的生活/画廊区，有一个10米长的游泳池。采光井和天窗的设计是为了优化日光投射到低层地面墙壁上的顶光。

Copper recurs throughout the house, in surfaces of the ground floor kitchen and in detailing of rooms below, adding subtle tonal warmth to the interior. The contrast between the cool and warm tones of Douglas Fir and carved Carrara marble adds to the sensual quality of the underground spaces as does the carefully studied play of light against darkness. There are two levels below the ground floor. Bedrooms are immediately below ground, while there is a generous living/ gallery area with a 10-meter long swimming pool on a level further below. Lightwells and skylights are designed to optimize daylight casting toplight onto the walls of lower ground floors.

将日光引入到8米深的地方是一个挑战，特别是由于房子的场地狭小且朝北。数字分析工具被用来寻找光线在生成建筑的形式和组织方面的三维可能性。花园中的房子建立在Gianni Botsford建筑事务所早期对全天和四季自然光的操作的关注上，丰富、活跃并最终定义了建筑的性质。Gianni Botsford描述了这所房子。

Introducing daylight to a depth of up to eight meters was a challenge especially as the site of the house is tight and north facing. Digital analysis tools were used to seek out the three-dimensional possibilities that light gives in terms of generating the form and organization of the building. The House in a Garden builds on Gianni Botsford Architects’ earlier preoccupations with the manipulation of natural light throughout the day and through the seasons, enriching, enlivening, and, ultimately, defining the nature of the architecture. Gianni Botsford describes the house,

“用光和暗来建造就是利用环境给你的东西–一套独特的限制和机会。屋顶的形状是由它周围的光和影塑造的，它的帐篷形式为房子创造了一个新的生活场所–它背对着周围的大体量，拥抱着场地”。

“To build with light and darkness is to work with what a context gives you – a unique set of constraints and opportunities. Shaped and informed by the light and shadow that surround it, the roof’s tent-like form creates a new place for life to occur in the house – one that turns its back on the large volumes surrounding it and embraces the site.”

木制屋顶结构的每一块都向三个方向弯曲，是根据Gianni Botsford建筑事务所提供的三维模型在多洛米蒂预制而成的。然后，这些部件被运到现场，用吊车吊到八个部分的位置。Gianni Botsford总结了屋顶的概念：”设计、建模和制作都采用了数字和手工工艺，相互促进，复杂的木制屋顶结构的强度掩盖了其温暖的家庭规模和特征。”

Each individual and unique piece of the timber roof structure is curving in three directions and was pre-fabricated in the Dolomites from three-dimensional models Gianni Botsford Architects provided. The pieces were then brought to the site and craned into position in eight sections. Gianni Botsford summarises the concept for the roof, “Designed, modeled and fabricated using both digital and manual processes each feeding the other, the intensity of the complex timber roof structure belies its warm domestic scale and character.”

Architects: Gianni Botsford Architects
Area: 2722 ft²
Year: 2018
Photographs: Edmund Sumner
Manufacturers: Sky-Frame, TECU®, Cantifix, Dinesen, Roles Broderick Roofing, Züblin, Abbey Pynford, Liquid Design, London Swimming Pools, Sitem srl, SteelOne srl, Tischlerei Lobis
Arboriculturist: Treeprojects
Structural Engineer: Built
Lighting Designer: Isometrix
Services Engineer: Pearce and Associates
Landscape Architect: Todd Longsaffe-Gowan
Design Team:Gianni Botsford, Paulo Martinho, Kate Dar-by, James Eagle, Hiroshi Takeyama, Anahi Copponex
Quantity Surveyor:Leslie Clark
AV:Andrew Lucas Ltd
Approved Inspector:Salus
CDM:Goddard Consulting
Planning Authority:Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
City:London
Country:United Kingdom