K屋位于一个密集的城市街区，面对一条繁忙的铁路。客户的家族几代人都住在这里，见证了这个小镇从一个安静的沿海郊区成长为一个受欢迎的旅游目的地。现在退休了，客户希望有一个宽敞的单层住宅，没有曾经为容纳大家庭而需要的额外房间和楼梯。
K House is situated in a dense urban neighborhood and faces a busy railway. The client’s family, who had lived on the site for several generations, saw the town grow from a quiet coastal suburb to a popular tourist destination. Now retired, the client wanted a spacious, single-story home without the extra rooms and stairways that were once needed to accommodate the extended family.
通常情况下，对隐私和隔音的基本需求会导致一个封闭的建筑。在这里，设计试图做相反的事情，尽可能地向周围环境开放。各种形状和大小的窗户被精心放置，以框住那些躲避城市的自然区域：铁路上的天空、半封闭的花园、低矮的窗户外的绿色植物以及深深的屋檐。
Normally the basic need for privacy and sound insulation would lead to a closed building. Here the design tries to do the opposite by opening up to the surroundings as much as possible. Windows of various shapes and sizes are carefully placed to frame pockets of nature that elude the city: the sky over the railway, the semi-enclosed garden, the patches of greenery outside low windows, and deep eaves.
屋顶是钢制的，外墙是用碳化的木头装饰的。它们的外观形成了鲜明的对比–反光的金属和阴影的黑色–突出了屋顶的薄薄的轮廓，同时淡化了黑暗的墙壁。从视觉上看，该建筑更像是一系列的表面，而不是一个具有明确形状的体量。
The roof is clad in steel and the exterior walls are finished with burnt wood. Their contrasting appearance – reflective metal over shaded black – highlights the thin profiles of the roof while de-emphasizing the dark walls. Visually the building is more legible as a series of surfaces than a volume with a clear shape.
天窗上的桁架是建筑中唯一可见的结构元素。它们有助于在两个方向上横跨整个建筑，消除了在开放空间内对柱子的需求。由于桁架看起来没有明显的负载图，它们在建筑的其他精致表达中增加了一个惊喜的元素。
The trusses in the skylights are the only visible structural elements of the building. They help span across the building in two directions, eliminating the need for columns inside the open plan. Because the trusses do not appear to connect with an obvious load diagram, they add an element of surprise amidst the otherwise delicate expression of the building.
从内部看，天窗创造了另一种体验。在铁路上方，它们在为隔音而设计的厚墙上捕捉了大量的光线。在感知上，天空的广泛存在扩大了空间的界限。
From the inside, the skylights create another kind of experience. Oriented above the railway, they capture an abundance of light over the thick walls designed for acoustic insulation. Perceptually, the wide presence of the sky expands the limits of space.
屋顶平面–每一个都以不同的角度倾斜–在加强结构方面发挥了重要作用。它们还为开放空间内的不同空间提供了形状和特征。在美学上，斜面的非正式组合与附近冲突的屋顶线产生了反响。
The roof planes – each one tilted at a different angle – play an important role in stiffening the structure. They also give shape and character to the different spaces within the open plan. Aesthetically, the informal mix of oblique surfaces reverberates with the clashing rooflines of the neighborhood.
Architects: OSO
Area: 96 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Atelier Vincent Hecht
Architects:OSO
Country:Japan