探讨城市休闲的概念，Stepping Stone House是由Craig Tan Architects设计的，并与Custom Co.合作进行室内装修。在一个狭窄的场地上，房子的重点是创造一个培养家庭的家，加强社会互动，以及与自然元素更深入的接触。与传统的前后花园安排不同，设计方案的主要驱动力是将花园整合到物业前部的一个单一的北向空间中。

Exploring the notion of an urban retreat, the Stepping Stone House was designed by Craig Tan Architects, with collaboration on the interiors with Custom Co. On a narrow site, the house focuses on creating a nurturing family home that heightens social interactions, and a deeper engagement with the natural elements. Departing from the traditional front and rear garden arrangement, the key driver of the brief was to consolidate the gardens into a single Northerly orientated space at the front of the property.

这座房子创造了一个具有深而窄的平面的大房子，突出了形式和空间体验感之间的差距。为了提高用户对环境的认识，房子通过一个亭子体量的组合编排了一个叙事，这些亭子体量像踏脚石一样横跨场地。就像自然界的透镜一样，亭子和中间空间之间的框架式相互作用唤起了光井和外部庭院之间的诱人和模糊的相互作用，从而产生了一种体验式的广阔空间感，增加了互动的机会。

Creating a deceptively large house with a deep and narrow plan, the house highlights the gap between form and an experiential sense of space. Seeking to heighten the users’ awareness of the environment, the house choreographs a narrative through an ensemble of pavilion volumes that are composed across the site like stepping stones. Like lenses to nature, the framed interplay between the pavilions and in-between spaces evokes a beguiling and ambiguous interplay between the light wells and external courtyards, resulting in an experientially expansive sense of space and increased opportunities for interaction.

这些小巷式的空间容纳了入口、花园、图书馆、采光井和楼梯，也增加了互动门槛的层次。向上延伸到第二层，亭子参与了一个长的线性体积的睡眠区。作为一个优雅的悬臂梁，房屋的上层由一个紧绷的纤维水泥板雨幕统一起来，无框玻璃和集成通风板将独立的房间统一成一个优雅的体量。白天跟踪太阳的昼夜轨迹，双倍高度的采光井和庭院成为一个持续活跃的光影交响乐，将居住者与自然的循环联系起来。在上层个人空间的墙壁上引入了一个圆形的开孔图案，旨在引入一个更柔和、更亲密的氛围。

Accommodating the entry, garden, library, light wells, and the stair, these lane-like spaces also increase the layers of interactive thresholds. Extended upwards into a second storey, the pavilions engage a long linear volume of sleeping zones over. Articulated as an elegant cantilevered beam, the upper level of the house is unified together with a taut fibre cement panel rainscreen, with frameless glazing and integrated vent panels that unify the separate chambers into an elegant volume. Tracking the diurnal path of the sun during the day, the double height light wells and courtyards become a constantly animated orchestra of light and shade, connecting the occupants with the cycles of nature. A circular aperture motif introduced into the walls of the upper level personal spaces, seeks to introduce a softer, more intimate atmosphere.

这些开孔让人联想到著名的儿童故事 “非常饥饿的毛毛虫”，这些开孔在房子里开辟了一条异想天开的道路，在每个立面上都有终点。这些开口为家庭成员之间的相互联系和与自然元素的接触提供了邀请。

Redolent of the famous children’s story, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, these apertures carve a whimsical path through the house terminating at each façade. These openings offer invitations for interconnections between family members and engagement with the natural elements.

穿过房子的旅程在悬臂式主床区达到高潮，重新连接到街道，并为下面的花园露台提供一个遮蔽区。朝北的主床被罩在一个青铜色粉末涂层的异形金属板立面屏幕中。反映了不对称的屋顶形式，曲折的立面屏风加强了对普遍存在的斜屋顶和网状结构的社区特征的斜向参考。

The journey through the house culminates in the cantilevered master bed zone, reconnecting to the street, and providing a sheltered zone to the garden terrace below. The North facing, master bed is veiled in a bronze powder coated perforated profiled metal sheet façade screen. Reflecting the asymmetrical roof form, the cranked façade screen reinforces an oblique reference to the prevailing neighbourhood character of pitched roofs and fretwork details.

着色的预制混凝土倾斜板和木板饰面的亭子，加强了外部和内部之间的不确定的游戏，并在房子深处注入了原始材料。亭子里的油浸橡木地板与中间采光井的大理石地板相呼应，进一步加强了亭子的节奏感。建筑商客户自行建造，其结果是非常经济的，而且更令人感动的是，客户夫妇在度假时对他们的家充满了期待。

Tinted pre-cast concrete tilt panels with a boarded finish to the pavilions, reinforce the indeterminate play between exteriors and interior, and injects a raw materiality deep within the house. Oiled Oak flooring in the pavilions, works in counterpoint to the marbled stone floors of the interstitial light wells to further reinforce the cadence of the pavilions. Owner built by the builder Client, the outcome was extremely economic for the space achieved, and on a more touching note has the Client couple pining after their home whilst on holidays.

Architects: Craig Tan Architects
Area: 302 m²
Year: 2016
Photographs: Jaime Diaz-Berrio
Architects:Craig Tan Architects
City:Melbourne
Country:Australia