这座房子位于以红砖为主的邓多克镇外几英里处的海滨村庄布莱克洛克。 客户是一对退休的夫妇，他们寻求一个大小适中、低能耗、温暖而温馨的住宅，以享受全天的阳光。
所选地点是一排地块中的最后一块，这些地块正在以零星的方式出售以前的农业用地。因此，在设计的时候，没有直接的建筑环境，只有周围的草地，被划分为未开发的区域，以及一条不完整的通道。 从地形上看，该地块从后往前向南倾斜，可以俯瞰西边的草地，并在东边与未来的邻居相邻。
The house is situated a few miles outside the predominantly red-brick town of Dundalk in the seaside village of Blackrock. The clients, a retired couple, sought a modestly-sized, low-energy, warm, and welcoming home that enjoyed sunlight all day long.
The selected site was the last in a row of plots that were being sold off in a piecemeal fashion on former agricultural land. As such, at the time of design, there was no immediate built context, only the surrounding meadow, zoned to remain undeveloped, and an incomplete access road. Topographically the site sloped down to the south from back to front, overlooked the meadow to the west, and would adjoin future neighbors to the east.
房子已经嵌入了一块面向西南方向草地的田地。它的定位首先是在斜坡的中间建立一个平整的空地，在这个空地周围分布着最适合其方向和地形情况的形式。 这片空地后来变成了L型的生活空间，围绕着一个低墙砖砌的天井，在人与自然之间进行调解。
The house has embedded a field facing southwest towards the meadow. It's positioning first emerged with the establishment of a leveled clearing midway up the slope, around which forms are distributed as best befits their orientation and topographic situation. This clearing later materialized as L-shaped living spaces around a low-walled brick patio mediating between man and nature.
房屋的公共面孔聚集在东面，与发展中的个人住宅社区相接。 阁楼式的窗户让早晨的阳光从更私密的东面立面照射到倾斜的白色石膏天花板上。 主卧室享有一个有墙的院子，从清晨到傍晚都能捕捉到阳光。 东立面的窗户位置不明显，使居住者可以从室内随意观察不请自来的访客。
The more public face of the house gathers scale to the east where it adjoins the developing community of individual houses. Clerestory windows allow morning sunlight to wash the sloping white plaster ceiling from the more private east-facing elevation. The master bedroom enjoys a walled courtyard that captures the sun from early morning to late afternoon. Discretely positioned windows on the east elevation allow the occupants to casually observe unannounced visitors from the interior.
从西面看去，房子低矮，扎根于地面，与环境融为一体。泥土色调和天然材料使房子扎根于景观中，而房子强烈的几何形状，被冲刷过的砖缝放大，以及紧绷的齐平玻璃板加强了它的绝对物质性和人造存在。
Viewed from the west, the house sits low to the ground, rooted, and blends with its environment. Earth tones and natural materials root the house in the landscape while the strong geometric stature of the house, amplified by the flush-struck brick mortar joints, and taut flush panes of glass reinforce its absolute materiality and man-made presence.
在内部，所有的房间都有宽敞的视野，并享有每个房间特有的照明条件。 功用区分布在北面的立面上，除了走廊尽头的玻璃门外，它的开口有限，以尽量减少热损失。 三层玻璃窗、可再生能源和高度绝缘的结构确保全年都有很低的能源消耗。
Internally, all rooms are provided with generous views and enjoy unique lighting conditions particular to each room. Utilitarian areas are distributed on the northern elevation, which is provided with limited openings to minimize thermal loss, save for a glazed door at the end of the corridor that reveals the excavation of the hillside. Triple glazed windows, renewable energy sources, and a highly insulated fabric ensure very low energy consumption all year round.
在开放式厨房、起居室和用餐区的活动，通过特定的光线条件和赋予每个功能的体积包络来区分。 这些空间非正式地聚集在天井周围，当空间的内部玻璃角滑开时，这些空间就与外部完全融合了。南面和东面的全高窗户被一个延伸到室内和室外的木制顶棚所遮挡，它的结构与放置在天井周边的雪松木条相呼应，给天井带来了节奏感和亲密感。
Activities in the open plan kitchen, living, and dining area are distinguished by the specific light condition and volumetric envelope given to each respective function. Gathered informally around the patio, these spaces become wholly integrated with the outside when the internal glazed corner of the space slides open. Full-height windows to the south and east are sheltered by a timber canopy that extends inside and outside, its structure echoed in the placement of cedar battens that lend rhythm and intimacy to the patio perimeter.
从里面看去，缺乏中间地带，这使观众与西边的草地产生了直接的关系。 通过室内外不同规模的占用空间（壁炉边的砖制长凳阅读区，厨房边的3-4人的窗边座位，室外的砖制长凳受益于壁炉的热量），房子被赋予了一种舒适和温暖的欢聚气氛。
The lack of middle ground in the view from the inside engenders the viewer an immediate relationship with the meadow to the west. Through variously scaled spaces of occupation both inside and outside (a brick bench reading niche at the fireplace, a 3-4-person window seat by the kitchen, an outdoor brick bench benefitting from the heat of the hearth) the house is imbued with a quality of comfort and warm conviviality.
Architects: Scullion Architects
Area : 200 m²
Year : 2018
Photographs :Aisling McCoy
Manufacturers : Nordan, Ibstock
Main Contractor : EMSM Construction
General Engineering : GFM Engineering Consultants
City : Blackrock
Country : Ireland
