住在繁华的、充满活力的、波西米亚风格的菲茨罗伊，我们的客户要求我们在不改变邮政编码的情况下帮助她改变树形。她的首要任务是拥有一个大的蔬菜花园和一个农舍，同时又能留在城市里。在我们的帮助下，她在一个有社区精神的飞地找到了一个有巨大后院的内郊别墅。我们在街区的后部为她建造了一个新家，并翻新了前面的原有房屋，供她儿子一家居住。在这两座别墅之间有一个大型的生产性花园和一个公共亭子。由于共享和私人空间的微妙组合，这是一个与众不同的多代同堂的家。

Living in bustling, vibrant, bohemian Fitzroy, our client asked us to help her with a tree-change, without changing postcode. Her priority was to have a big veggie garden and a farm house, while remaining in the city. With our help, she found an inner suburban cottage with a huge backyard in a community-spirited enclave. We built a new home for her at the rear of the block and renovated the original house at the front for her son’s family to live in. Between the two cottages there is a large productive garden and a communal pavilion. With the subtle mix of shared and private spaces, this is a multi-generational home like no other.

从本质上讲，Terracotta之家是一个公共生活的家庭 “大院”–类似于一个乡村广场，主人和她儿子的家人分别住在一个共享街区的房子里。作为一家建筑公司，我们一直致力于将空间最大化，将内部空间与花园联系起来，拥抱街道并充分利用巷道。贝琳达购买的场地提供了实现所有这些想法的潜力，甚至更多。

Terracotta House is, essentially, a communal-living family ‘compound’ – akin to a village square, with the owner and her son’s family living individually in homes on a shared block. As an architecture practice we always aim to maximize space, relate internal spaces to the garden, embrace the street and make the most of laneways. The site that Belinda purchased offered potential to achieve all of these ideas and more.

原来的房子面向街道，有一个北方的方向，通过周到的内部装修和一些维护，房子的特点被保留和加强。这座维多利亚时代的工人小屋，内部被重新安排，将生活区（厨房/餐厅/客厅）从房子的后面移到前面–向街道和前花园望去，面向阳光。墙壁被拆除，安装了一个新的厨房和浴室，创造了一个简化的循环。

The original house, facing the street, has a northern orientation and with a thoughtful internal renovation and some maintenance, the home’s character was retained and enhanced. A timber clad Victorian workers cottage, the home was internally re-arranged, moving the living zones (kitchen/dining/living) from the rear of the house to the front – looking out onto the street and front garden and facing the sun. Walls were removed and a new kitchen and bathroom installed, creating a simplified circulation.

虽然前花园和阳台在形式上没有太大变化，但在功能上却发生了变化–它现在不再是纯粹的观赏，而是一个生产、工作和娱乐的空间，与这条友好、社区丰富的街道上的生活联系在一起。两间卧室和浴室现在位于住宅的后部，一个更安静和更私人的位置。

Though the front garden and verandah didn’t change in form too greatly, it changed in function – rather that purely ornamental it’s now a productive, working and recreational space that connects to the life on this friendly, community-rich street. The two bedrooms and the bathroom are now located in the rear of the home, a quieter and more private location.

沿着西部的中央边界是共享亭子。这是一个带有洗衣房和厕所的非军事区，具有图书馆、客房、作家工作室、音乐室和一般社交/娱乐空间的功能。

Along the central western boundary is the shared pavilion. A demilitarised zone with laundry and toilet which functions as a library, guest room, writer’s studio, music room and general social/entertaining space.

在街区的后面，有独立的通道通向后方的巷道，这就是赤土楼本身。它不是一般的奶奶公寓，它是建筑学上的，非常细致和美丽，主要由赤土砖建造–这是对主人对园艺的热爱的点头。为了最大限度地利用北面的光线，它由一楼的客厅、厨房/餐厅、浴室和书房/客人室组成，楼上是主卧室和套房。

At the back of the block with independent access to the rear laneway, is Terracotta House itself. Not your average granny flat, it is architectural, highly detailed and beautiful, built largely from terracotta tiles – a nod to the owner’s love of gardening. Built boundary to boundary to maximum northern light, it comprises of living room, kitchen/ dining, bathroom and study/guest room on the ground floor and main bedroom and en-suite upstairs.

Terracotta House接受了多代人的生活，但有一个转折。通常情况下，一个年轻的家庭会寻求安置和照顾他们退休的父母，而在这里，是父母Belinda在帮助她的儿子和他的妻子；让他们有机会住在墨尔本市内郊区充满活力的房子里，靠近他们的工作，否则他们将无法负担。

Terracotta House embraces multigenerational living, but with a twist. Where typically a young family seek to accommodate and care for their retired parents, here it is the parent, Belinda, who is helping her son and his wife; allowing them the opportunity to live in a house in a vibrant inner-city Melbourne suburb, close to their work, they would otherwise be unable to afford.

Architects: Austin Maynard Architects
Area: 255 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Derek Swalwell
Manufacturers: About Space, Barazza, Brightgreen, Brodware, Cutek, Daikin, Designer Doorware, Dulux, Eco Outdoor, Grohe, Hafele, Johnson Tiles, Laminex, Masson for Light, Methven, Qasair, Reece, Westinghouse, Blackbutt, Bosch, +7
Builder: Spence Construction
Project Team:Andrew Maynard, Mark Austin
Traditional Land Owners:Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of The Coolum Nation
Architects:Austin Maynard Architects
Renovation:Sargant Construction
Engineering:OPS Engineers
Building Surveyor:Code Compliance
City:Fitzroy
Country:Australia