该地块呈现出一个有吸引力的1910年的回廊式别墅,安静地坐在邻居中间。在后面,一个70年代的附加物阻止了与深层场地和北部景观的联系。客户的简要要求强调了两个核心要求。首先,一个可以支持不断增长的家庭的房子,特别是他们年幼的孩子不断变化的需求。第二,一个散发着温暖气息的房子,通过一系列的空间,促进恢复性生活和远离医生工作要求的生活方式,摆脱临床的白色阴影。

The site presented an attractive 1910 return verandah villa that sat quietly amongst its neighbors. At the rear, a 70s addition prevented connection to the deep site and the northern landscape. The client’s brief was underlined by two core requests. Firstly, a house that could support a growing family, particularly the changing needs of their young children. Secondly, a house that radiated warmth and held a clear sense of home through a collection of spaces that fostered restorative living and a lifestyle away from the demands of working as medical doctors, free of clinical shades of white.

设计大纲要求探索超越姿态形式和实用空间配置的设计过程。为了有意义地解决这个问题,需要一个围绕质地、颜色和材料的过程。 为了追求一个在每一个规模和每一种感觉上都能体现客户的解决方案,我们试图消除背景和内容之间的区别。建筑师对客户的理解不断加深,他们的个人习惯和行为影响了体量的安排,为父母激活了遗产空间,为孩子们激活了第二层的体量。议会对二楼加建的限制促使设计通过空隙和不同的角度来最大化内部空间。坡屋顶,同情现有的遗产,加上山脊线,让阳光进入,视野开阔。天花板和檐口内部有一个双层高的生活区。孩子们的休息空间由一楼有趣的胶合板天花板连接。

The brief grounded a design process calling for exploration beyond gestural form and configuration of pragmatic space. Addressing the brief meaningfully required a process that pivoted around texture, color, and materiality. An attempt to dissolve the distinction between context and content was made in pursuit of a solution that embodied the clients at every scale and through every sense. Form was shaped as the architect’s understanding of the clients grew, with their individual habits and behaviors informing the arrangement of volume, activating heritage spaces for the parents and second story volume for the children. Council restrictions on second-story additions drove the design to maximize internal space with voids and varied angles. Gabled rooflines, sympathetic to the existing heritage coupled with ridgelines reaching up to allow sunlight in and views out. Ceilings and soffits follow internally with a double-height living area at the ground. The children’s breakout space is bound by a playful plywood ceiling on the first floor.

在整个建筑中,所选择的材料和颜色的调色板通过其位置和形式得到了加强。主要的流通路径通过使用材料来加强,在视觉上引导人们通过和进入主要空间,同时给予附属设施适当的隐私。 从入口处开始,暴露在外面的红色砖块以自信和清晰的方式标志着现有结构。邻近的木材衬砌的墙面划出一条柔和的曲线,引导人们从入口处走上楼梯,或通过厨房和餐厅区域。天花板上自由支配的木材得到了支持,并被大胆的细长砖块带到了地面上,鼓励广阔的生活区向北面健康延伸。 银色的顶棚继续向外延伸,形成了一个倾斜的屋檐,它的投影既允许又禁止了阳光的照射,确保了常年的舒适。丰富的热质与板式水力采暖和制冷相配合。

Throughout, the selected palette of material and color is enhanced through its placement and format. Primary paths of circulation are reinforced through the use of material to visually guide one through and into the main spaces which coincide with granting ancillaries appropriate privacy. From the entry, exposed face red brickwork marks the existing fabric with confidence and clarity. The neighboring timber-lined wall traces a gentle curve, leading one around from entry up the stairs or through to the kitchen and dining areas. The free reign of timber over the ceilings is supported and brought to the ground with bold slimline brickwork that encourages the expansive living area to a healthy stretch toward the northern aspect. As the silver top-ash continues out to form a raking eave, its projection both permits and prohibits sunlight seasonally ensuring perennial comfort. An abundance of thermal mass couples with in-slab hydronic heating and cooling.

这种对物质性和触感的赞美在定制设计的固定装置和贯穿其中的细微连接处得到了重复。 在定制餐桌的设计中,黄铜的光泽与木材的温暖相映成趣,还有毛巾架、挂钩、门、细木家具把手、镜子和盥洗室。在室外,通过一条穿过后部草坪的迂回小路,在高高的科腾花盆和石板火坑的衬托下,捕捉到了一种俏皮的感觉。景观设计是为了补充室内培养的生活方式,并通过材料和进一步的纹理细节设计得到加强。

This celebration of materiality and tactility is repeated in the custom design of fixtures and the subtler junctions throughout. The patina of brass counters the warmth of timber in the design of the bespoke dining table as well as towel rails, hooks, doors, joinery handles, mirrors, and vanities. Outside, a playfulness is captured through a circuitous path across the rear lawn framed by raised Corten planters and the slate fire pit. The landscaping has been designed to complement the lifestyle fostered indoors and is reinforced through materials and further textured detailing.

Architects: Archaea Architects
Area: 455 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs:Sam Noonan
Manufacturers: AWS, Centor, PGH Bricks, Radial Sawn Timbers
Town Planner: URPS
City: Kingswood
Country: Australia