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架构师提供的文本描述。生物群落办公室建在一栋旧建筑上。业主发现上层楼的使用对他们来说是多余的，并正在寻求将其出租出去。为此目的增加了一个发言。该项目为在空间、技术和材料方面应用和测试一些新想法提供了机会。

Text description provided by the architects. The office for Biome is built over an older building. The owners had found the use of the upper floor to be redundant for them and were seeking to rent it out. An additional floor was added for this purpose. The project presented an opportunity to apply and test some new ideas in space, technique and material. 

 Ground Floor Plan

考虑到要在较旧的地基上增加地板，增加的部分应尽可能轻。使用钢柱作为支撑和金属屋顶是以这一理论为指导的。这也允许空间视觉连接各个层次的设计。这样的空间对于生物群落所遵循的设计实践是非常重要的-在那里，办公室里的每个人都知道彼此的设计，并通过对想法的批判和分享来为彼此的设计做出贡献。工作空间也是一种观景台，可以俯瞰附近地点的树叶-在需要的时候，这是一种愉快的消遣。

Given that a floor was to be added to an older foundation, the additions were kept as light as possible. The use of steel columns for support and metal roofs was guided by this rationale. This also allowed for a design where space visually connected across various levels. Such a space was very important to the design practice that Biome follows- where everyone in the office knows of and contributes to each other’s designs through critique and sharing of ideas. The workspace is also a belvedere of sorts, overlooking the foliage of the neighbouring site -  a pleasant diversion from work when needed.

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在波纹金属屋顶下提供热舒适性的第一个想法是提供一个虚假的天花板，进一步的讨论导致了阴影金属屋顶的想法。金属屋顶上的穿孔兵马俑预制板为其提供了遮荫，并在很大程度上消除了降雨带来的噪音。

The first thought to provide for thermal comfort under a corrugated metal roof was to provide a false ceiling, further deliberations led to the idea of a shaded metal roof. Precast panels of perforated terracotta 'jaali' blocks over the metal roof provide it shade and also break the noise of the falling rain to a large extent. 

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清除旧防水层时产生的碎片被用来建造一堵泥浆混凝土墙-一堵墙，用来屏蔽模型制作区域的活动和从主工作楼层进入厕所的途径。其中一个厕所为那些可能通宵工作或骑自行车上班的人提供了开放式淋浴。因此，该项目扩展了生物群落的努力，以建立一种需求为基础的模式，而不是基于增长的范式，通过重复使用被视为废物的材料来降低材料的吞吐量，并在以人为中心的同时创造可持续的空间。

The debris from taking out the erstwhile waterproofing layer has been used to build a wall of mud concrete - a wall that screens the activity of the model making area and the approach to the toilets from the main work floor. An open shower has been provided in one of the toilets, for those who might have worked overnight, or who cycle to the office. The project thus extends Biome's efforts to build on a need- rather than a growth-based paradigm, reduce material throughput through reuse of material considered as waste, and create spaces that are sustainable while being people-centric.

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Architects Biome Environmental Solutions

Location Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Design Team Chitra Vishwanath, Sharath Nayak, Surabhi Pandurangi, Riddhi Panchal

Area 325.0 m2

Project Year 2017

Photographs Vivek Muthuramalingam

Category Adaptive Reuse

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