Mo-tel House是为一个年轻的四口之家在伦敦伊斯灵顿的一栋维多利亚式联排别墅的底层进行改造。Mo-tel House这个名字代表了客户对家的期望：从灰暗的伦敦中逃离出来，成为一个快乐、明亮和多彩的地方。Office S&M应邀为客户打造了一个充满惊喜和愉悦的空间，让家庭的每个成员都能享受其中。

Mo-tel House is a remodelling of the lower ground floor of a Victorian townhouse in Islington, London, for a young family of four. The name Mo-tel House signifies the clients’ aspiration for their home: a joyful, bright and colourful escape from grey London. Alongside a brief to transform the previously damp, dark, and cramped area and bring it back into use, Office S&M was invited to create a space full of surprises and delight for each member of the family to enjoy.

重新设计的底层现在有一个开放式的，通过拆除内墙实现的双面厨房和餐厅空间，以及另外两个浴室和实用空间。更不寻常的是，建筑师设计了所有的家具，并部署了颜色，镜子和照明，以达到戏剧性的效果。
烹饪和用餐区结合了可以攀爬的基座、可以依偎的柔软表面、可以爬进的微小空间。热带色彩和有色镜面被用于反射和框定景观，扭曲尺度，暗示着外面的世界。
客户Tamsin Chislett是Onloan的联合创始人，Onloan是一个基于借阅时尚而非消费时尚的在线服务。这些借用和再利用的理念在项目中得到了贯彻，每一种材料都被借用、再利用和重新命名，以达到新的目的。Office S&M选择的材料都是曾经存在过的，并且有故事可讲：用熔化的废弃牛奶瓶和砧板制成的表面，在卫生间、浴室和杂物间形成了闪亮奢华的大理石台面；厨房的绿色水磨石是用大理石碎片和下脚料制成的；而灯饰则是用回收的砖渣制成的。

The reimagined lower ground floor now features an open plan, dual aspect kitchen and dining space achieved by removing internal walls, and a further two bathrooms and utility space. More unusually, the architects have designed all the furniture and deployed colour, mirrors and lighting to dramatic effect.
The cooking and dining area incorporates plinths to climb, soft surfaces to nestle in, tiny spaces to crawl into. Tropical colours and tinted mirrors are used throughout to reflect and frame views, distorting scale and suggesting worlds beyond.
The client, Tamsin Chislett, is co-founder of Onloan, an online service based on lending fashion rather than consuming it. These ideas of borrowing and reuse were carried through in the project, with every material being borrowed, reused and reframed for a new purpose. Office S&M chose materials with a previous existence and a story to tell: surfaces made from melted, discarded milk bottles and chopping boards, to form shiny, luxurious marbled worktops in the WC, bathroom and utility room; green terrazzo for the kitchen is made from marble chips and offcuts; and light pendants from recycled brick grog.

建筑师设计的每件家具都有不止一种功能。一个粉色和蓝色的长椅，带着峰顶的顶棚，可以作为用餐的座椅、舒适的阅读台、储物柜、高贵的宝座，以及展示一家人旅行中收集的好奇心的柜子。这让每个家庭成员都能为家具找到新的用途，通过这种重新诠释和多重用途，保证了家具的使用寿命，减少了浪费。
这套坚固的家具作品，每一件都被设计成一个小的建筑，就像一件家具或一个城市的建筑一样，创造了一系列相互联系但又不同的空间。通过玩味地划分平面，家具和色彩既分离又连接，构筑了整个房间的景观，并在居民和角色之间创造了一个建筑对话。山峰和拱门为每一个空间创造了概念上的门槛和围合感，同时也参考了周围的建筑和城市。
为了解决底层日照减少的问题，Office S&M设计了多个方向的照明，以模拟太阳，这样不同的区域就可以有不同的照明方式，业主可以控制光照水平，甚至可以远程调节光色和色调，以应对季节和心情的变化。镜子也被策略性地使用，以反射整个空间的光线，创造出惊喜的元素。

The architects designed each piece of furniture to serve more than one function. A pink and blue bench with crested canopy acts as dining seating, cosy reading nook, storage, regal throne, and cabinet to display curiosities collected during the family’s travels. This allows each family member to find new uses for the furniture, and through this reinterpretation and multiplicity of uses, longevity is secured and waste is reduced.
The suite of robust furniture pieces, each designed to be as much a small piece of architecture as an item of furniture or a building in a city, creates a series of interconnected but distinct spaces. By playfully dividing the plan, the furniture and colours both separate and connect, framing views across the room and creating an architectural dialogue between its inhabitants and the characters. Peaks and arches create notional thresholds and a sense of enclosure to each of the spaces, as well as referencing the surrounding buildings and city.
Countering the reduced sunlight to the lower ground floor, Office S&M designed the lighting to come from multiple directions to mimic the sun, so that different areas could be lit in varying ways, with the house owners in control of light levels and even able to remotely adjust light colours and tones to respond to the changing seasons and mood. Mirrors have also been used strategically to reflect light throughout the space and create elements of surprise.

建筑师：OFFICE S&M
年份：2020年
照片：FRENCH+TYE
城市：伦敦
国家：英国
Architects: OFFICE S&M
Year:2020
Photographs: FRENCH+TYE
City: LONDON
Country: UNITED KINGDOM