Burt St Keen Architecture

2017-04-18 17:00

 © Dion Robeson

(迪昂·罗布森)

架构师提供的文本描述。这些年来，列出的1904年遗产进行了多次翻修。我们的客户，想升级现有的房子，增加一个二级车库，增加一个小的工作室空间，并升级一个合理但适度的预算景观。我们给了他们一个草图设计，满足了他们的要求，他们对此很满意，但当我们看到网站的真正潜力时，我们给了他们另一种选择，展示了网站的全部潜力，让他们看到了一种新的生活方式。我们的客户并没有充分考虑到备选方案或可能性，就被这个提议给吹走了，从那里滚雪球般地滚滚而来。我们基本上对整栋房子进行了改造，并重新调整了空间，以适应日益壮大的家庭和更加现代化的生活方式，这是专门为我们的客户量身定做的。最后的预算最终大大提高了，但我们的客户可以看到我们提出的建议的真正价值，并乐于重新审查和增加预算。我真的相信建筑师的工作是超越和超越，以帮助我们的客户认识到他们的网站的真正价值和潜力。客户往往不知道可能的情况，或者，可能需要一点提示来帮助他们重新考虑他们可能有的任何先入为主的想法。在一天的最后，客户吸引我们的意见和经验，但房子首先应该是我们的客户，而不是我们的自我。他们也是梦想中的客户，几乎所有我们扔在他们身上的东西(在合理的范围内)都是他们接受的。他们给了我们绝对的信任，这有点令人望而生畏，但我们绝对尊重，建筑工人和所有的行业现场。最终，我相信他们对这个项目的所有人的信任、支持和热情创造了一个如此令人惊奇和独特的家，我们都为参与其中感到骄傲。

Text description provided by the architects. The heritage listed 1904 house had undergone numerous renovations over the years. Our clients, wanted to upgrade the existing house, add in a secondary garage, add a small studio space and upgrade the landscaping with a reasonable but modest budget. We gave them a sketch design that met their brief which they were happy with but in seeing the true potential of the site we went out on a limb and gave them another option demonstrating the full potential of the site and opening their eyes to a new way of living. Not really having greatly thought of the alternates or possibilities, our clients were blow away by the proposal and it snowballed from there. We basically reworked the whole house and reoriented the spaces to accommodate a growing family and a more modern lifestyle that was specifically tailored to our clients. The final budget ended up significantly higher but our clients could see the real value of what we were proposing and were happy to revisit and increase the budget. I truly believe it’s an architects job to go above and beyond to help our clients realise the true value and potential of their site. Often clients are unaware of the possibilities or, might need a little nudge to help them to reconsider any preconceptions they might have. At the end of the day, clients engage us for our opinions and experience but a house should first and foremost be for our clients, not our egos. These were dream clients too, nearly everything we threw at them (within reason) they took on board. They gave us their absolute trust which was somewhat daunting but we had absolute respect for, as did the builder and all the trades on site. Ultimately I believe their trust, backing and passion in all the people behind the project created such an amazing and unique home that we are all so proud to have been involved in.

 © Dion Robeson

(迪昂·罗布森)

 © Dion Robeson

(迪昂·罗布森)

为了描述这种扩展，它是一个充满光线的宽敞空间，它围绕着家庭互动、娱乐和环境，整合了室内和室外空间。审美有一种现代工业氛围，但从物质形态和弯曲形式来看，却带有一种温暖和柔软的感觉。我们的信念是，模仿复制遗产建筑是徒劳的，所以有一个清晰和明确的对比与‘旧’部分的房子。每个地区都有自己的权利和时代的建筑优点。

To describe the extension itself, it’s a generous light filled space that centres around family interaction, entertaining and the environment with the integration of indoor and outdoor spaces. The aesthetic has a modern industrial vibe but with a touch of warmth and softness from the materiality and curved forms. Our belief is the mock reproduction of heritage buildings is futile so there is a clear and defined contrast from the ‘old’ part of the house. Each area holds architectural merit in its own right and its own era.

 Ground Floor Plan

所有的玻璃，天窗和高高的天花板，大量的光进入房子和周围的光是美丽的发挥。这是一个如此令人惊奇的开放和轻盈的空间。

With all the glass and skylights and high ceilings, the amount of light enters the house and the play of light around the house is just beautiful. It’s just such an amazing open and light filled space to be in.

 © Dion Robeson

(迪昂·罗布森)

弯曲玻璃滑动门是一个真正的特点和焦点。每个人都喜欢试着滑动它。我们还会被问到很多关于木材的问题，因为它是一种非常占主导地位的、柔软的和纹理的特征。这是一个烧灰(热改性)包层，我们设计它的随机模式，以创造一些兴趣，然后加深与丰富的深色乌木色调。我们最喜欢的形式是混凝土，它是生的和工业的，但曲线确实软化了它。这是一种永久的，不可原谅的材料，当它被浇灌，然后当模板被剥去，每个人都屏住呼吸时，总是会有很大的压力。作为最后的结局，我们付出了很大的努力才使每件事都做得恰到好处，值得称赞的是，建筑商做得很棒。

The curved glass sliding door is a real feature and focal point. Everyone really loves having a go at sliding it. We also get asked about the timber a lot as it’s a very dominate - yet soft and textural - feature. It’s a Burnt Ash (thermally modified) cladding and we designed it in a random pattern to create some interest then deepened the tones with a rich dark ebony stain. We love the off form concrete the most, its raw and industrial but the curve really softens it. It’s such a permanent and unforgiving material that there is always a lot of stress when it’s being poured and then when the formwork gets stripped everyone holds their breaths. As a final finish, a lot of effort went into getting everything just right and to everyone’s credit the builder did an amazing job.