House B123 MOFA Studios

架构师提供的文本描述。在新德里一个熙熙攘攘的地方，在一条住宅区的拐角处，一个由缠绕的电缆、电线杆和一棵无花果树组成的地标，不知不觉地被一个家庭的建筑倒影所取代。这种反映是B 123住宅，它有效地消除了普遍的混乱，并通过其空间流动性将复杂的家庭安排编织在一起。

Text description provided by the architects. Amidst a bustling locality in New Delhi, on the corner of a residential street a landmark constituting of tangled electrical cables, pole and a ficus tree is unconsciously replaced by an architectural reflection of a family. This reflection is the B123 residence that efficiently cuts out the prevailing chaos and weaves a complex family arrangement together through its spatial fluidity.

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房子的形象。

Image of a House.

在一个三代人住在一起的家庭里，这在大都市里是罕见的。在规定的家庭安排中，业主为第一代，其两个儿子各自的配偶为第二代，其子女为第三代；重要的是让每个人都有一种私人领域的感觉，同时在空间和时间上将其联系起来，以鼓励相互交流，这样不断增加的家庭，即使按计划中的楼层划分，整个房子也会通过垂直部分内的多个分割连接起来。

It is a rarity in metropolitan cities to find in a family where 3 generations stay together. With the given familial arrangement where the owner being the first generation, his two sons with their respective spouses being the second and their kids being the third generation; it was important to provide each mindset a sense of private domain yet connect it in space and time to encourage mutual interactions so that the ever increasing families, even though divided by floors in plan the entire house gets connected through multiple cut-outs within the vertical sections throughout.

 Diagram Perspective

图解透视

设计的困难与建筑师的概念一致，形成了房子的形象-一个几乎坚实的外观和非常流畅的内部，解释了客户和建筑师的共同表现形式。在这里，每一层都会看到另一层，形成一系列的双三层高，以弥合各个家庭之间的隔阂，鼓励互动。一个连续的连接将三层楼连接在一起，同时在开阔的庭院中创造出戏剧性的灯光。

The difficulties of the design aligned with architect’s concept in formulating an image of the house - an almost solid exterior with a very fluid interior construed the common manifestation of the client and the architect. Here, each floor looks onto the other creating a series of double and triple heights that bridges the divide between individual families encouraging interactions. A continuous connection unites the three floors whilst creating a dramatic play of light in the open courtyard.

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C.Dev Singh

开放式庭院的眼睛。

The Eyes of the Open Courtyard.

这座房子坐落在一个长方形的场地上，紧靠着东北面的一座现有的房子。这个边缘成为与其余三个穿孔正面相一致的锚墙的底座。每个立面都有多个优化的自然光开口，这是这个项目的一个关键建筑元素。

The house settles in the confine of a rectangular site abutting an existing house from the north-eastern side. This edge becomes a base for an anchor wall in coherence with remaining three perforated facades. Each of these facades have multiple yet optimised openings for natural light which is a key architectural element in this project.

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沿着传统的路线，整个房子被设想在一个庭院周围，在底层形成一个玻璃跳水池。泳池的功能就像一幕光线，因为它从上面的天窗接收自然光线，在露台上，但也给地下室提供了丰富的反射和折射光；把它变成了一个私人画廊，供社交聚会之用。在地下室内，通过在街道上建立一个沉陷的庭院，灯光得到了进一步的增强。在底层，入口由下面护城河上的一座通道桥转换而成。

Treading the traditional route, the entire house is conceived around a single courtyard that forms a glass plunge pool on the ground floor. The pool behaves as a screen of light as it receives natural light from the same sized skylight above, on the terrace but also, gives abundant reflected and refracted light to the basement; turning it into a private gallery for social gathering. The light is further enhanced within the basement by creating a sunken court towards the street. On the ground floor level the entrance is translated by an access bridge over the moat below.

 Longitudinal Section 2

纵向第2节

一座雕塑般的黄色楼梯将地下室与楼层连接起来，作为私人停车设施和机电服务中心。沿着台阶往上走，通往可容纳主餐厅和厨房的凸起的底层，还有主卧室和玻璃池庭院，其中一面墙上有一幅五颜六色的艺术作品，一直延伸到顶上的天窗，每一层都延伸到两个卧室和座位区。同样，上层也变成了卧室和私人休息室，还有连接的桥梁。这些桥梁有独特的钢切割栏杆，这增加了艺术与每一个运动在这些道路上。

A sculpturesque yellow staircase connects the basement level to the floor above that function as a private parking facility and a hub for electromechanical services. Steps leading upwards, to the raised ground floor which accommodates the main dining area and kitchen along with the master bedroom along with the glass pooled courtyard that boasts a colourful art piece on one wall that runs till the skylight on top and branches out at every floor into two bedrooms and seating areas. Similarly, the upper floors transmute into bedrooms and private lounge spaces along with connecting bridges. These bridges have unique steel cut-out railing which adds art with every movement along these pathways.

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在自然照明庭院的指定区域内增添了抒情的内涵，在二楼和三楼之间悬挂着一个玻璃休息室。它偏离了网格计划，成为阅读和其他复兴活动的休闲空间。作为对这一结构元素的补充，悬挂在浮动休息室上方是一项堪称典范的创新-一种带有多根竖井的裸露空调管道，上面装有来自其中的冷空气；这些管道还用作灯具，使其看起来像一件艺术品。

Adding a lyrical connotation within the stated precincts of the naturally lit courtyard, a glass lounge is suspended between the second and third floor. It is skewed from the grid plan and serves as a leisure space for reading and other rejuvenation activities. Complementing this structural element, hanging above the floating lounge is an exemplary innovation – an exposed air conditioning duct with multiple shafts carrying cool air stemming out of it; these also work as light fixtures and make it look like a piece of art.

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C.Dev Singh

就像一个独特的隐喻把所有的层次都捆绑在一起，每一层都有带滑动玻璃门的卧室俯瞰着庭院和它的钢切割；这是一个古老的传统印度式别墅的概念，在这里的现代解释中已经被探索过了。

Like a unique metaphor binding all the levels, on every floor the bedrooms with sliding glass doors overlook the courtyard and its steel cut-outs; this is an age old concept of traditional Indian Havelis that has been explored here in its modern interpretation.

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视觉连接历史记录。

Visual connect to History.

在一个快节奏的城市里，历史很容易被取代，但是如果这些过去的战利品保存得很好，或者在现在被庆祝，那么属于现在的人就可以与过去的人建立联系，而不是见证。与这座城市的历史相似，B 123是三代人的家庭单元，它在露台上冥想，在那里，宁静的花园打开，一面是奎巴姆·米纳尔的令人羡慕的景色，另一边是巴哈寺的令人眼花缭乱的景象。

In a fast-paced city, it is easy for history to be displaced but if these trophies of the past are well-preserved or are celebrated in the present times then one who belongs to the present can form associations with a past one has not been a witness to. Like an analogy to the city’s history, the house B123, a family unit for three generation meditates on the terrace where the serene garden opens to magnify an enviable view of the Qutub Minar on one side and the Bahai temple on other side.

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C.Dev Singh

这两个重要的纪念碑形成了一个视觉连接从一个建筑作品到另一个。与周围环境脱节，但与过去的点相连接，这使得它与更大的背景相关联，而不是眼睛容易感觉到的东西。

These two pivotal monuments form a visual connect from one work of architecture to another. A disconnect from the immediate surrounding yet connecting to the dots in the past making it relevantly contextual to a larger context than what is easily perceivable to the eye.

 Cross Section 1

交叉第1节

材料和设计。

Material and Designing.

由于它是一个内向的房子，从外部到内部的空间叙事之间的平衡也从创造性的材料调色板的角度进行了探索。整个房子被设计成一个平板结构，有裸露的混凝土泡沫和结构元素。外部覆层由定制设计和现场制造的预制混凝土面板和再生木板组成。外面的门窗是Schüco生产的铝制的，带有双层低矮的E-玻璃，以消除主街的眩光和交通噪音。

Since it is an inward looking house, the balance between the spatial narratives from the exterior into the interior is also explored in terms of inventive material palettes. The entire house has been designed as a flat slab construction with exposed concrete soffits and structural elements. The exterior cladding comprises of custom designed and in situ manufactured precast concrete panels and reclaimed wood planks. The external door windows are in aluminium manufactured by Schüco, with double low E-glass to cut out glare and the traffic sounds from the main street.

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所有的外墙设计为空腔墙，空腔内充满聚氨酯泡沫，以控制内外温度。这种效果在露台上得到了加强，采用了夹层板，进一步覆盖了天然土和草的厚厚的隔热层，减少了通过屋顶获得的太阳能，几乎可以忽略不计。在楼梯和通道中使用的玻璃和木头组合为空间增添了独特的个性。抒情地在每一个空间中播放的是悬挂的灯光，它增加了温暖，并将区域绑定成一个有凝聚力的单元。

All external walls are designed as cavity walls with the cavity filled with polyurethane foam to control the inside vs. outside temperatures. This effect is enhanced on the terrace using a sandwich slab which is further covered with a thick insulation of natural earth and grass reducing the solar gains through the roof almost negligible. The glass and wood combination employed within the staircase and passages adds a distinct personality to the spaces. Lyrically playing through every space are the hanging lights that add warmth and bind the areas into a cohesive unit.

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在通道中使用的当代钢切割设计也发现其墙壁内的空间作为艺术作品，通过背光增强，并与不同金属中的长挂灯进一步匹配。

The contemporary steel cut-out design used in the pathways also finds its space within the walls as art pieces, enhanced with back-lighting and further matched with long hanging lights in different metals.