这座位于梅里克斯海滩的小房子被设计成可用于短期出租的周游者。它需要是一个经济的建筑，而且要有足够的韧性来应对租赁市场的冲击。它离海滩有两个街区。它没有风景，也没有现有的树木。
This small house at Merricks Beach has been designed as a weekender that is available for short term rental. It needed to be an economical build and tough enough for the knocks of a rental market. It is 2 blocks from the beach. It has no views and had no existing trees on the site.
这里有通常需要的房间阵容，在这种情况下，这是一个适度的清单；但成为一个更有趣的对话的是，你如何以不同的方式生活在周游者。- 没有人需要 "拥有 "一间卧室--没有人需要在早晨迅速洗澡和离开--你需要储存的东西完全不同--你到达后打开行李；你离开后收拾行李--你花更多的时间与他人相处；让客人留宿是很常见的--似乎总是有更多的孩子比成人多！这是一个享受彼此的地方。- 这是一个可以享受彼此的地方
There are the usual line-up of rooms required, and in this instance it is a modest list; but what becomes a more interesting conversation is how you live differently in the weekender. • No one needs to ‘own’ a bedroom • No one needs to shower and leave quickly in the morning • What you need to store is completely different • You arrive and unpack; you leave & pack • You spend more time with others; having guests stay over is common • There always seems to be more children than adults! • It is a place to enjoy each other
庭院式的设计确保了最大限度的隐私和获得北方冬季的阳光，然而在这个直截了当的平面图中，一些 "中间 "的空间也被考虑在内。
A courtyard typology ensures maximum privacy and access to northern winter sun, yet in thisstraight forward floor plan a number of ‘in-between’ spaces have been considered.
位于内部庭院北边的双层房间没有门，特大号单人床位于自己的凹槽内。这个空间给人以黑暗和私密的感觉，当房子里的人越来越多时，它就成了第二个客厅。在这个空间里，有不同的地方可以待。不需要墙壁或门。光线构成了门槛。
The bunk room which is located on the north edge of the internal courtyard has no doors and the king single bunks sit within their own alcove. This spacefeels dark and private and becomes a second living room when the house swells with people.Within this space thereare different places to be. There is no need for walls or doors. Light forms the threshold.
沿海旅行者不仅仅是一个夏天的梦想。在冬天，炉灶是这个房子的中心。位于厨房和客厅之间，一个慢速燃烧的壁炉定义了另一个 "中间 "空间。在寒冷的月份，有时间在这里拉上一把椅子，聊天或阅读。在夏天，这个空间会溶入中央甲板的开放角落。
The coastal weekender is not just a summer dream. In winter the hearth is central to this house. Located between the kitchen and living room, a slow combustion fireplace defines another ‘in-between’ space. There is time here in the colder months to pull up a chair, chat or read. In summer this space dissolves into the open corner of the central deck.
场地的轻微下降使房子有3个层次。生活坑位于中央木制甲板的下面。这是一个柔软的地板，让你可以低下头来，从天顶望向周围的树木。坑边成为另一个这些中间的地方。它是一个可以坐下来的地方，宽度足以容纳一个蒲团，以便在冬天的阳光下午睡。边缘的曲线成为生火的炉灶，最后是一个放电视的壁架。
A slight fall across the site allows for the house to have 3 levels. The living pit sits below the central timber deck. It is a soft floor that allows you to be low and look out over the skillion roof to the trees in the surrounding area. Thepit edge becomes another of these in-between places. It is a place to sit and wide enough for a futon for an afternoon nap in the winter sun. The edge curves to become the hearth for the fire,finishing in a ledge for the television.
建造的材料是这所房子的重要组成部分。它不是一个精确的建筑。它给人的感觉是原始和坚韧。一种砖石、混凝土和木材的语言被开发出来。内部和外部墙壁的白色油漆砖块从未被窗户刺破。它们始终是墙，坚实而直接。有两个地方留下了一个圆圈，讲述了房子是由回收的红砖制成的故事。混凝土结构板、粗锯木包层和混凝土块幕墙也以类似的简单方式表达。
The materials of the build are a big part of what this house is about. It is not a precise build. It feels raw and tough. A language of masonry, concrete and timber was developed. The white painted brickwork to both interior and exterior walls is never punctured by windows. They are always walls, solid and straight forward. There are two moments where a circle has been left, telling the story of the recycled red bricks that the house is made from. The structural concrete slab, rough sawn timber cladding and concrete block screen wall have been expressed with similar simplicity.
Architects: Kennedy Nolan
Area: 155 m²
Year: 2012
photographs: Derek Swalwell
City：Melbourne
Country：Australia
