在ZZ Top House，很难说你是在里面还是外面。这种颠覆性的设计有意通过引入户外来混淆视线。自然光通过人字形的百叶窗和天窗涌入高高在上的生活空间，创造了一个迷人的内部世界，房屋的美丽细节就是风景。

In ZZ Top House, it’s hard to tell if you’re inside or out. The topsy-turvy design deliberately confounds perspective by bringing in the outdoors. Natural light pours into the sky-high living spaces through zigzagging louvers and skylights to create a captivating inside world where the home’s beautiful details are the view.

场地–如何在一个不寻常的长条形内向场地内创造出视觉上的兴趣，并以两座仓库为界，实现零距离的视野？这是更新悉尼McMahon’s Point的这个双面维多利亚式排屋所面临的挑战。建筑师CplusC受到两个概念的启发，即象牙和之字形，设计了一个高耸而平易近人的生活空间，在没有外部视野的情况下，让人感到愉悦。

The site – How do you create visual interest inside an unusually long and inward-looking site with zero outlooks bounded by two warehouses? That was the challenge in updating this dual-frontage Victorian terrace house in McMahon’s Point, Sydney. Inspired by two ideas, the geode and the zigzag, architects CplusC designed a soaring yet approachable living space that delights the eye without views to the outside.

活生生的阳极石–由于没有前景可言，CplusC对ZZ Top House的设计从阳极石中获得了灵感，阳极石是一种含有空洞的岩石，里面有参差不齐的水晶，创造出令人眼花缭乱的内心世界。同样地，该住宅从一个不起眼的外表打开，显示出一个迷人的内部空间。大胆的3.8米高的百叶窗和天窗将光线和室外引入这个秘密的世界，创造了一个美丽的光影交响乐，并随着季节和时间的变化而变化。一个手风琴式的节奏压缩并连接着巨大的空间，通过地板、百叶窗，甚至是厨房的长凳上反复出现的人字形图案来巧妙地表达。

A living geode – With no outlook to work with, CplusC’s design for ZZ Top House takes cues from geodes, rocks that contain hollow cavities lined with jagged crystals to create dazzling inner worlds. In the same way, the home opens from an unassuming exterior to reveal a fascinating space inside. Bold 3.8-meter-high louvers and skylights admit light and the outdoors to this secret world, creating a beautiful symphony of light and shade nuanced by season and time of day. An accordion rhythm compresses and connects the vast spaces, wittily expressed by a recurring zigzag motif explored in the floors, the louvered windows, and even the kitchen bench.

设计–CplusC为这个四居室、2.5浴室的住宅所做的设计保留了整个原有的排屋，将大部分底层改造成一个从里到外的巨大生活区。将入口从正面移到建筑的侧面，可以立即进入后部的生活空间，给人以深刻的第一印象。在入口处是厨房和餐厅，高耸的百叶窗、天窗和垂直照明腔强调了大的通风空间。再往下一层，客厅过渡到有顶棚的室外生活空间和花园。一个火盆和定制的长椅是欣赏夜间投射在巨大的仓库墙上的照明壁画的完美场所。

The design – CplusC’s design for the four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom home retained the entire original terrace house, transforming most of the ground floor into a massive living area flowing from inside to out. Moving the entrance from the front façade to the side of the building gives instant access to the rear living spaces for an arresting first impression. At entry level are the kitchen and dining rooms, with lofty louvers, skylights, and vertical lighting cavities emphasizing the big airy spaces. One level down, the living room transitions to the undercover outside living space and garden. A firepit and custom benches are the perfect places to enjoy an illuminated mural projected onto the massive warehouse wall by night.

把房子从里面翻出来–对于进入的客人来说，总是要看两眼：他们是在里面还是外面？该设计通过大量使用玻璃来消除人们在室内的感觉，从而将外界吸引过来。原有的拱门、后部露台房屋阳台和外部露台墙壁在室内创造了丰富的视觉效果，这些外部元素使这个私人世界变得更加突出。这些户外参考点与生活空间的非凡体量相呼应，创造出一种轻盈和开放的感觉。这就像住在外面一样。

Turning the house inside out – For guests entering, there’s always a double-take: are they inside or outside? The design dissolves the feeling of being indoors with ample use of glass inviting the outside in. The effect is heightened by the external elements that look into this private world, with the original arches, rear terrace house balcony, and exterior terrace walls creating abundant visual interest inside. These outdoor reference points conspire with the extraordinary volume of the living spaces to create a light and open feeling. It’s like living outside.

可持续发展 – CplusC设计和建造的ZZ Top House具有该公司闻名的综合可持续性特征。房子有一个10千瓦时的太阳能系统，由特斯拉电池存储支持，并使用交叉通风、热质优化、绝缘和被动式太阳能策略，以实现全年近零电费。回收的地板、干压砖，以及恢复而不是替换遗产特征，减少了项目的体现能源，同时创造了一个无尽的有趣的内部环境。

Sustainable – CplusC designed and built ZZ Top House with the integrated sustainability features the firm is known for. The house has a 10kWhr solar system supported by Tesla battery storage and uses cross-ventilation, thermal mass optimization, insulation, and passive solar strategies to achieve near-zero electricity bills throughout the year. Recycled floorboards, dry-pressed bricks, and restoring rather than replacing heritage features reduced the project’s embodied energy while creating an endlessly interesting interior.

Architects: CplusC Architectural Workshop
Area : 523 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Murray Fredericks and Michael Lassman
Manufacturers : Sydney Kitchen Co
Structural Engineering : Partridge
Electrical : D2E
Plastering : Mick Williams Plastering
Landscaping : Bell Landscapes
Painting : Orange Painting
Glazing : Balmain Glass
Roofing : Tenze, Flash Metal Roofing
Architect & Builder : Clinton Cole
Project Architect : Carmen Chan
Project Manager : Christina Cheng
Architectural Assistants : Hayden Co’burn, Matt Reid
Foreman : Barry Bradley
Leading Hand : Nathan Krstevski
Plumbing : JH Gordon Plumbing
Joinery : Sydney Kitchen Co
Country : Australia