Old Be-al “是对这个位于墨尔本内东地区的经典单层砖混结构住宅后部的美丽的、古老的、虬曲的马利河红树林的爱称。我们对这个房子的设计理念和考虑是基于两个本能的想法：客户对 “Old Be-al “的喜爱，以及希望加强房子和老桉树景观之间的联系；我们对房子的原始砖砌结构的坚定赞赏，我们希望在现有的住宅中庆祝和重新铸造这些东西。
‘Old Be-al’ is the loving nickname given to the beautifully old, gnarled Mallee river redgum at the rear of this classic, single story brick veneer home from the inter-war period in Melbourne’s inner-east. Underpinning our design notions and considerations for this home were two instinctual ideas: that of our client’s fondness for ‘Old Be-al’ and associated desire for an enhanced connection between the house and the old-growth eucalypt landscape; and our own determined appreciation for the house’s original brickwork, something we hoped to celebrate and re-cast within the existing dwelling.
在考虑到客户提出的两室两厅的房屋设计要求的同时，我们的设计设法减少了房屋的整体占地面积，并提供了宽敞的流动生活空间，与郊区的自然景观和现有房屋的遗产有着深刻的联系。在详细的设计中，对老贝勒的参考不断得到加强。定制的入口灯模仿了它的树枝，就像细木家具上的拉手，甚至浴室里的定制毛巾架。动态倾斜的天花板由有节奏的木质横梁组成，延伸到宽阔的木质平台，与周围树木的上部树冠对话。丛林的节奏也在垂直的木梁和水平的支撑梁上得到体现，让人联想到邻近树木的树干和树冠。
While considering the client’s brief of a two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, our design managed to reduce the overall footprint of the house and provide generous flowing living spaces with a deep connection to the natural suburban landscape and the heritage of the existing house. The reference to Old Be-al is constantly reinforced within the detailed design. The custom-made entry light mimics its branches, as does the pulls on the joinery and even the custom towel rails in the bathroom. The dynamically angled ceiling of rhythmically spaced timber cross-beams that extend out to an expansive timber decking is in dialogue with the upper canopy of the surrounding trees. The rhythm of the bushland also finds expression in vertical mullions and horizontal bracing beams, reminiscent of both the trunks and the canopies of the adjacent trees.
建筑的形式也反映了老贝阿的结构，分叉树干的角度反映在新的屋顶形式和相关的护栏和顶棚上。在这个开放空间的周边，有两面砖墙，既是对西方阳光的功能性遮蔽装置，也是对长袍、浴室和生活空间的隐私屏障。通过提供可渗透的元素，它们增强了对材料本身和住宅的独特个性和遗产的欣赏。通过以一种新的和动态的方式合作和挪用典型的建筑材料，这个项目通过鼓励住宅、遗产和景观之间的新联系，为客户的生活注入了活力。
The form of the building also reflects the structure of Old Be-al, with the angles of the split trunk mirrored on the new roof forms and associated parapets and canopies. Two hit-and-miss brick walls at the perimeter of this open space have acted as a functional shading device for the western sun as well as privacy screens to the robe, bathroom and living spaces. Through offering permeable elements they enhance appreciation for both the material itself and for the home’s unique personality and heritage. Through the partnership and appropriation of quintessential architectural materials in a new and dynamic way, this project invigorates the life of the client through encouraging new connections between home, heritage, and landscape.
Architects: FMD Architects
Area : 129 m²
Year : 2017
Photographs :John Gollings
Manufacturers : Ontic Design, Polymath Fabrication, Skantherm GMBH
Lead Architects : Fiona Dunin
Land Surveyor : Breese Pitt Dixon
Builder : Dimpat
Structural Engineer : Perrett Simpson
Building Surveyor : Nelson McDermott
Quantity Surveyor : Construction Planning and Economics
City : Melbourne
Country : Australia