Patio House位于安大略省多伦多的Nortown地区，是一个简约的两层木结构房屋，它仔细地回应了三个主要问题：居民的需求、场地的情况和环境问题。由于位于一个转角地段，该建筑为住宅街保持了一个漂亮的立面，同时控制了来自西方的阳光照射。这一策略是通过在白砖外墙插入一系列动态的线性窗户，并从整体几何形状中提取一个盒子来创造天井来实现的。

Patio House, located in the Nortown area in Toronto, Ontario, is a minimalist two-storey wood structure house, which carefully responds to three major questions: the needs of the residents, the situation of the site, and the environmental concerns. Being located in a corner lot, the building maintains a presentable façade for the residential street while controlling sun exposure from the west. This strategy has been achieved by inserting a dynamic series of linear windows in the white brick façade and extracting a box from the monolithic geometry to create the patio.

天井作为西侧立面和房屋内部空间之间的缓冲空间，同时允许自然光进入房屋，并在内部分区之间建立起视觉联系。天井的可操作玻璃将该区域添加到房屋的内部房间，即一楼的厨房和家庭室以及上层的主卧室。天井区域模糊了外部和内部之间的边缘，同时在冬季和夏季的恶劣天气条件下创造了一个中间的情况。它成为一个远离室内空调空气和室外恶劣温度的地方，让你决定自己是在屋内还是屋外。

The patio acts as a buffer space between the west façade and the interior spaces of the house while allowing natural light to travel into the house and creating a visual connection between the interior divisions. The operable glazing in the patio adds the area to the interior rooms of the house i.e. kitchen and family room on the ground floor and the master bedroom on the upper level. The patio zone blurs the edge between the exterior and the interior while creating an in-between situation in severe weather conditions of winter and summer times. It becomes a getaway from the conditioned air of inside and the severe temperature of outside leaving you to decide whether you are inside or outside of the house.

在一楼，一个被自然光洗过的连续的通风空间被分成四个公共区域，当它到达房子的尽头时，这些区域逐渐变得更加私密。天花板上的直线型橙色装饰灯与天井的橙色瓷砖和厨房的橙色石英背板相呼应，通过强调其连续的线性设计和客厅、厨房和家庭室之间的联系来装饰房子的内部。入口门厅、服务室、楼梯和天井被小心翼翼地堆放在一个线性行中，以避免对房屋的其余部分造成任何干扰。

On the ground floor a continuous airy space washed with natural light is divided into four public zones, which gradually become more private as it reaches the end of the house. A linear orange accent light on the ceiling responds to the orange tiles of the patio and the orange quartz backsplash of the kitchen decorating the interior of the house by emphasizing its continuous linear design and connection between the living room, the kitchen, and the family room. The entry foyers, service rooms, staircase and the patio are carefully stacked in a linear row to avoid any disturbance to the remainder of the house.

由未完成的热轧金属板建造的独立楼梯看起来像一个独立的雕塑，并通过在整个房子里创造一个悬浮的运动体验而使空间变得生动。在楼梯周围循环的钢化玻璃片走向天花板上的天窗，在那里它们发现了自然光，并小心翼翼地将舞动的光线带到地下室的地板上，在那里它变成了一个由盘旋的玻璃片保护的柔软的光毯。天井住宅是rzlbd对叙述生活方式的空隙和实体、使空间有活力的光井以及唤醒思想的空间接触的又一宣言。

The detached staircase built by unfinished hot rolled metal sheets appears as a stand-alone sculpture and animates the space by creating a suspended movement experience throughout the house. Tempered glass sheets circulating around the stairs travel towards the skylight in the ceiling where they discover natural light and carefully carry the dancing light to rest on the basement floor where it transforms into a soften blanket of light protected by hovering sheets of glass. The patio house is yet another manifesto of rzlbd’s obsession with voids and solids that narrate a living style, light wells that animate spaces, and spatial engagements that awaken minds.

Architects: Atelier RZLBD
Area : 2000 ft²
Year : 2012
Photographs :borXu Design
City：TORONTO
Country：Canada