这座四层的水塔位于汉普郡的新森林内，最初建于20世纪初，用于向相邻的弗里瑟姆府提供重力供水。附属的平房建筑安置了柴油发电机，将水抽到塔顶用于储存。塔楼的维修状况非常糟糕，一些单层玻璃的木制和金属框架的窗户已经恶化到漏水的程度。

Located within the New Forest, Hampshire, this four storey water tower was first constructed in the early 1900s to gravity feed water to the adjacent Fritham House. The attached cottage building housed the diesel generators which pumped water up to the top of the tower for storage. The tower was in very bad state of repair with a number of single glazed timber and metal framed windows which had deteriorated to the point of leaking.

PAD在翻新工程开始时，将现有的家具和装饰剥离，露出水塔的历史结构，然后提出了一些现代的干预措施，包括一个大的突出的窗户和雕塑般的钢楼梯。前者就像一个相机镜头，在一楼穿透建筑，将人们的视线集中到花园和其他地方。窗边的座位也创造了一个坐的空间，吸收光线和前景。后者是一个新的雕塑般的钢制楼梯，被设计成日间的工业特征，通过双层高度的空间上升到四楼的浴室。在其他地方，设计并安装了新的最小框架的Crittall窗户，以最大限度地利用自然光并改善建筑的热性能。

PAD began the refurbishment by stripping away the existing furnishing and decor to reveal the water towers historic fabric, before proposing a number of contemporary interventions, including a large protruding window and sculptural steel staircase. The former acts like a camera lens, puncturing the building at first floor level, focusing one’s view out to the garden and beyond. A window seat is also formed creating a space to sit, soaking up light and prospect. The latter, a new sculptural steel stair, was designed as an industrial feature in the day room, rising up through the double height space to the bathroom on the fourth floor. Elsewhere, new minimally framed Crittall windows were designed and installed to maximise natural light and improve the buildings thermal performance.

作为改造的一部分，精心挑选的材料与现有的砖块相辅相成，使原有的建筑风格在新增加的建筑中得到清晰的体现。此外，还进行了广泛的清洁工作，以刷新建筑物的外墙，并恢复原有砖的颜色。

As part of the renovation, a carefully selected pallet of materials complements the existing brick allowing the original architecture to be clearly expressed against the new additions. Furthermore, extensive cleaning was undertaken to refresh the buildings external walls and bring back the original brick’s colour.

Architects: PAD Studio
Area : 58 m²
Year : 2016
Photographs :Nigel Rigden
Manufacturers : LITTLEHAMPTON WELDING, ILLIAM HOLLAND, LORDRITE, MONK METAL WINDOWS, SKIN FLINT DESIGN
Structural Engineers : BUILT ENGINEERS
Construction Manager : Rice Projects, Edward Rice
Country : United Kingdom