Apartment – House Kochi Architect’s Studio

2015-08-27 21:00

 © Kazuyasu Kochi

c.Kochi Kazuyasu

架构师提供的文本描述。这是一个独居住宅的翻新项目，最初用作典型的两层公寓楼，在日本东京郊区有八个小出租单元。这套旧木屋有一半以上是空的，所以业主想先把它拆掉，然后再建一栋新的独户住宅(父母和两个女孩)。然而，我提议将这座现有的建筑改造成一栋独栋住宅，而不是拆除它，因为我认为，以他们的预算，如果客户建造了一栋新的房子，那么他们只能获得现有建筑的一半面积，而这对他们没有好处。(鼓掌)

Text description provided by the architects. This is a renovation project of single-family house, originally used as a typical two-story apartment-house with eight small rental units in the suburban area of Tokyo, Japan. More than half of the units of this old wooden apartment were empty, therefore the owner wanted to demolish it and then build a new single-family house (parents and two girls) at the beginning. However, I proposed to renovate this existing building into a single-family house instead of demolishing it, because with their budget I thought the clients could only gain the half area of the existing building if they built a new one, which does not benefit them.

日本的人口减少始于10年前。住户人数也减少了。我想说的是，理论上人们可以有更多的空间在他们的住宅。日本人住在小房子里的时代已经改变了。我认为，从对许多人来说有限的空间分割到将现有的被分割的空间联合起来，让更少的人居住，这是一种转变。然而，客户通常仍倾向于将一所房子分成多个房间。我描绘了一个新房子的形象，它在内部空间的分割和统一之间保持了很好的平衡。分裂的行为与团结在这里的行为并存。其结果将是动态的、复杂的内部空间，它提供了存在于所有空间的体验，同时又不失去退入空间的感觉。在这个名为“公寓-房子”的项目中，我的目标是在这个小建筑中创造出高密度和丰富多样的景观。

Depopulation in Japan started 10 years ago. The number of householders decreased, too. I would say theoretically people can have more space in their residences. The time of Japanese people living in tiny houses has changed. There is a shift from dividing limited space for many people into uniting existing divided space for fewer people, I think. However, clients generally still tend to divide a house into many rooms. I picture the image of a new house, which is well-balanced between dividing and uniting space inside. The act of dividing coexists with the act of uniting here. The result will be dynamic and complex internal space, which provides the experience of being all the spaces without losing the sense of retreating into the one. In this project called ‘Apartment-House’, my ambition is to create high density and richness of diverse sceneries in this small architecture.

 © Kazuyasu Kochi

c.Kochi Kazuyasu

我开始在公寓里挖一个洞，把八个房间连接起来。现有的建筑有刚性的三维网格，由墙壁和地板组成，系统地将内部空间划分为八个。我从这个网格系统中剪出了二维形状(三角形或四边形，而不是五角大楼)。作为一项规则，我决定这些2D形状不应该遵循三维网格。例如，在第一层和第二层之间划出一个三角形，并将其放置在X和Y坐标平面之外。这八个房间中的每一个都在三维网格上，但2D形状不是。我用不同的生动颜色作为“四色定理”，对每个二维形状，这是不遵循网格，以强调存在。当我们站在里面时，我们可以在相同的空间中找到两种不同类型的深度(=透视视图)。

I started with cutting a hole inside the apartment to connect eight rooms. The existing building has rigid 3D grid, consisting of the walls and floors, which systematically divide the internal space into eight. I cut 2D shapes (triangle or quadrangle, not pentagon) out from this grid system. As a rule, I decided these 2D shapes should not follow the 3D grid. For example, one triangle shape was cut out crossing the grid between the first floor and the second, and placed beyond the X and Y coordinate plane. Each of the eight rooms is on the 3D grid, but 2D shapes are not. I used different vivid colors as “Four color theorem” for each 2D shape, which is not following the grid, to emphasize the presence. As we stand inside, we can find two different types of depth ( =perspective view) in the same space.

 Floor Plan

这一过程的结果显示了一些不同的空间深度，这让我想起了一幅立体主义的图片，它在二维和三维之间存在着透视图的扭曲。我们可以看到风景，其中三角形和四边形聚集，重叠和相交，创造了不同的空间在一个地方。

The result of this process showed some different depth of space, which reminded me of a picture of Cubism, which has distortion of perspective between 2D and 3D. We can see scenery, in which triangles and quadrangles gathered, overlapped and intersecting each other, creating diversity of spaces into one place.

 Before. Image © Kazuyasu Kochi

之前。图片：Kazuyasu Kochi

 © Daici Ano

c.Daici Ano

另一方面，建筑不能脱离三维网格系统，绘画也不能脱离2D。在艺术史上，立体派在他们的二维绘画中发现了一种新的空间深度。同样地，建筑是否能在3D空间中发现它正在显现的深度呢？

Architecture cannot escape from 3D grid system, and paintings also cannot escape from 2D on the other hand. In the history of art, cubist found an emerging depth of space in their 2D paintings. Similarly, may architecture discover its emerging depth in the 3D space?