我们所面临的场地是非常具有挑战性的，因为它有90%被成熟的pohutukawa树所覆盖，该场地是连续的森林带的一部分，沿着海滩边的道路。
The site with which we were presented was extremely challenging in that it was 90% covered in mature pohutukawa trees, the site being a part of a continuous belt of forest that edges the road along the beach front.
这种情况并不允许，而是要求我们对一座建筑做出敏感的诗意的反应，为了存在，需要破坏大量的成熟树木。为了做到这一点，我们从树木本身寻找我们需要的线索。
The circumstances not so much allowed, but dictated a sensitive poetic response to a building that, in order to exist would require the destruction of a large number of mature trees. To do this we looked to the trees themselves to give us the cues that we needed.
我们将方案松散地分为私人和 “公共 “部分，给我们提供了较小的单独体量，以阐明形式。卧室和车库的私人功能被安置在两个塔楼中，这两个塔楼被理解为被移走的树木的新锯木桩。
We separated the brief loosely into private and “public” components, giving us smaller individual masses with which to articulate the forms. The private functions of bedrooms and garage are housed in two towers which are construed as freshly sawn stumps of the trees that were removed.
为了暗示树桩的树皮，塔楼的外皮是由黑/棕色的粗锯不规则木条包覆的。内部空间被看作是由新切割的木材雕刻而成的，通过对所有墙壁/天花板和橱柜元素的细节处理，实现了相同的浅色木材。
To allude to the bark of the stumps the skins of the towers are clad in black/brown stained rough sawn irregular battens. The interior spaces are then seen as carved out of the freshly cut wood, achieved by detailing all the wall / ceiling and cabinetry elements in the same light timber.
公共空间连接着两座塔楼，并试图通过定义强大的自然环境和建筑形式之间的交叉空间来与周围的pohutukawa森林接触。屋顶形式的平面从塔楼上钉下来，与连续的树冠接触，从一个僵硬的平面解体到一个磨损的边缘，以类似于叶冠的方式过滤光线。
The public space connects the two towers and attempts to engage with the surrounding pohutukawa forest by defining a crossover space between the powerful natural environment and the built form. The plane of the roof form pins off the towers to engage with the continuous tree canopy, disintegrating from a rigid plane to a frayed edge which filters light in a similar way to the leaf canopy.
支撑屋顶的主要结构是一系列的树枝，这些树枝暗指树干和树枝，但在严格的几何排列中被细化，这表明自然在进入和形成建筑时是有序的。
The primary structure holding up the roof is a series of treeelements which allude to the trunks and branches of trees but are detailed in a rigorous geometric arrangement which suggests an ordering of nature as it enters and forms the building.
公共空间的高度与周围树木的高度相呼应，屋顶平面部分是玻璃，以便在树木俯瞰建筑时能感受到它们的全部范围。一条人行道在上层将两座塔楼连接起来，使得人们可以与自然和人造的天幕接触。
The height of the public space with its light glass division responds to the height of the surrounding trees, the roof planeis partially glass to allow the full extent of the trees to be felt as they lean over the building. A walkway links the towers at the upper level allowing engagement with both the natural and man made canopies.
Architects : Herbst Architects
Photographs : Patrick Reynolds
City：AUCKLAND
Country：New Zealand