莲花工作室在新德里Panchsheel Enclave社区的一个密集区设计了这所房子，其特点是采光、通风、相互联系和隐私。在一个200平方米的单侧开放的小地块上，Studio Lotus将这个房子设计成两个相互连接的复式公寓，供一个六口之家使用；客户、他的妻子和两个孩子住在一个公寓，他年迈的父母住在第二个公寓。
Daylight, ventilation, interconnectedness and privacy inform the design of this house by Studio Lotus in a dense part of the Panchsheel Enclave neighborhood in New Delhi. Sited on a small one-side-open plot of 200 sq.m area, Studio Lotus has designed this house as two interconnected duplex apartments for an extended family of six; the client, his wife and two children in one apartment, and his elderly parents in the second apartment.
朝西的地块有9米×24米深，三面都被建筑包围，没有退路，较窄的9米面朝向8米宽的支路开放。该团队面临的挑战是创造一个通风的、日光充足的避难所，尽管场地条件有限，但所有房间都能保持自然采光，全天交叉通风。
The west-facing plot is 9m x 24m deep and is enclosed by buildings on three sides with no setbacks, with the narrower 9m face opening towards an 8m wide feeder road. The team took on the challenge of creating an airy, day-lit sanctuary that would remain naturally illuminated, with all rooms cross-ventilated throughout the day despite the restrictive site conditions.
此外，我们还希望在不同的单元之间创造一种强烈的视觉联系，以促进家庭单元的连接生活感。这成为设计工作的出发点，演变成一系列垂直堆叠的体量–四层楼的住宅被表现为围绕中央庭院的两个交错的复式建筑和一个交错的小后院，使光线和通风深入到低层。面向街道的西侧立面、偏置的中央庭院和斜置的第三庭院构成了三条垂直的脊柱，所有的房间都围绕着它找到了自己合适的位置。
There was also the desire to create a strong visual connection between the different units to facilitate a sense of connected living for the family units. This became the starting point for the design exercise that evolved into a series of vertically stacked volumes– the four-storey home is expressed as two staggered duplexes around a central courtyard and a small rear courtyard that is staggered in section, allowing light and ventilation deep into the lower floors. The street-facing west façade, the offset central courtyard, and the diagonally placed third court form the three vertical spines around which all the rooms find their rightful place.
西面由两个单元的客厅和主卧室组成，通过庭院进入后部体量，低层的餐厅和厨房以及高层的卧室分别设在这里。多个阳台和走道将这些生活空间连接起来，创造出一种特色的楼板交错，将内部庭院衔接起来。主要的中央庭院被设计成三层高的浅色墙，作为反射器，将南面的光线反射到周围交错的内部空间。院子的两侧还有阳台，这些阳台是房屋内生活的室外延伸，也是不同的家庭单位能够在他们所占据的空间对面聊天的地方，就像在一个老式的Aangan。
The west front comprises the living rooms and the master bedrooms of the two units, opening through the courtyard into the rear volume, which houses the dining and the kitchen on the lower floors and bedrooms on the upper floors respectively. Multiple balconies and walkways connect these living spaces, creating a characteristic staggering of the floor plates that articulates the internal courtyard. The primary central courtyard has been designed as a triple-height light colored wall to act as a reflector for the South light into the internal spaces that are staggered around it. The courtyard is also flanked by verandahs that are outdoor extensions to life within the house and a place for different family units to be able to chat across from the space they occupy, like in an old fashioned aangan.
干预措施的作用是用新鲜空气和环境照明激活内部的整个垂直体积。为了进一步帮助生活空间的通风和自然光的扩散，连接所有楼层的线性楼梯间被放置在南部立面，因为它的照明水平最低，并且在场地的东南角创建了一个小型的天空照明庭院。绿树成荫的街道的景观使工作室能够根据房子内部的 “分裂 “来设计外部玻璃–西北立面有一个玻璃表面，而西南面则是暴露的砖块。
The intervention serves to activate the entire vertical volume inside with fresh air and ambient lighting. To further aid ventilation and diffusion of natural light in the living spaces, the linear stairwell connecting all floors has been placed along the southern façade, owing to it receiving the lowest levels of illumination and a small sky-lit courtyard has been created at the south-east corner of the site. Views of the tree-lined street have enabled the studio to design the external glazing in accordance with the ‘split’ within the house–the north-western façade has a glazed surface, while the south-western face features exposed brickwork.
为了在这个狭小的空间内最大限度地提高高度，结构工程师BL Manjunath想出了一个创新的混合结构系统，包括一个由梁和柱组成的模块化金属网格，在框架内浇筑混凝土板，将梁放在板内。这最大限度地提高了高度，创造了无缝的视线，没有视觉障碍，并暴露了结构系统，使这个小家成为一个节俭而精巧的材料表达。
To maximize the heights within this tight space, structural engineer BL Manjunath came up with an innovative hybrid structural system, comprising of a modular metal grid of beams and columns with concrete slabs poured within the frame, accommodating the beams within the slab. This maximizes heights and creates seamless sightlines with no visual obstruction and exposes the structural system–making this small home a frugal yet finely crafted expression of its materials.
该设计采用了土黄色的材料调色板来提升外壳的触觉体验，与开放、通风的空间相得益彰。白色石膏墙、裸露的金属制品和白色水磨石地板充斥着这个外壳，促进了制作轻盈和宽敞的体积的总体意图。颠覆了这种密集社区特有的光线不足的排屋原型，”堆叠屋 “的设计为印度城市的住宅开发提出了另一种形态–既借鉴了传统的建筑模式，也借鉴了现代的技术创新。
The design employs an earthy material palette to elevate the tactile experience of the shell complementing the open, airy spaces. White plastered walls, exposed metal work and white terrazzo flooring populate this shell, facilitating the overarching intent of crafting light and roomy volumes. Subverting the archetype of poorly-lit row-houses characteristic of such dense neighborhoods, the design of Stacked House proposes an alternative morphology for residential developments in Indian cities–one that borrows from traditional building patterns as much as it does from modern technological innovation.
Architects: Studio Lotus
Area: 220 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Andre J Fanthome
Manufacturers: Daikin, Kohler, ALCOI, Shades of India
Structural Consultant: Manjunath BL
MEP Consultant: Vineet Lochan Gupta
Interior Contractor: Antrix Construction Pvt. Ltd
Interiors: Antrix Construction
Structural: Baleshwar Mondal
Design Team:Ambrish Arora, Sidhartha Talwar, Anusha Pulapaka, Harshvardhan Kumawat
Lighting Design Consultant:Abhishek Khandelwal
Client:Mr. Darpan Wadhwa
Civil Works:Baleshwar Mondal
Metal Works:DG Enterprises
City:New Delhi
Country:India