youCUBE 5468796 Architecture

2015-07-20 09:00

架构师提供的文本描述。YouCUBE是一个18单元的住宅开发项目，探索在一个狭窄的，63‘x 264’城市地段的密度和负担能力的潜力。该项目位于滨水大道北端，位于一个看似平淡无奇的地方，附近的河流能见度有限，工业环境被忽视。

Text description provided by the architects. youCUBE is an 18 unit housing development that explores the potential for density and affordability on a narrow, 63’ x 264’ urban lot. Located on the north end of Waterfront Drive, the project occupies a seemingly unremarkable site with limited visibility of the nearby river and neglected, industrial surroundings.

 © James Brittain

c.詹姆斯·布里顿

由于预算不高，而且有定制住宅的背景，开发商需要一种可以由住宅承包商使用标准建筑方法建造的设计。作为回应，该项目挑战了传统的多家庭住宅设计，采用模块化和更实惠的个人住宅配置，这超出了简略的范围，包括广泛的室外空间和充满灵感的建筑内部。

With a modest budget and a background in custom home building, the developer needed a design that could be built using standard construction methods by residential contractors. In response, the project challenges conventional multi-family housing design with a modular and more affordable configuration of individual dwellings that goes beyond the brief to include extensive outdoor space and inspired architectural interiors.

 Program Diagram

最后的组合将三层和四层的联排别墅聚集在一个共有的广场上，该广场位于人行道上方六英尺高的地方，可以在不脱离街道的情况下提供隐私和安全保障。广场提供通往所有套房入口和庇护所的通道，一条新的车道可供车辆通行和下面的居民停车。每个单元在屋顶露台上达到顶峰，河川和城市的天际线有着壮观的360度景观。这两个空间合在一起，使居民超越了他们的工业环境，捕捉到了以前无法到达的风景，并将一个永久的社区分割成一个过渡的环境。

The final composition clusters three and four storey townhouses together on a shared plaza, which is elevated six feet above the sidewalk to suggest privacy and security without disengaging from the street. The plaza provides access to all of the suite entrances and shelters a new driveway for vehicular access and resident parking below. Each unit culminates in a rooftop patio with spectacular 360° vistas of the river and city skyline. Together, these two spaces lift residents above their industrial context, capturing formerly inaccessible views and carving a permanent community into a transitional setting.

 © James Brittain

c.詹姆斯·布里顿

为了保持项目的成本效益，设计包括两个标准单元尺寸-18‘x20’或18‘x28’-每个单元都有两个内部布局选项。第一种布局更传统地将居住空间放置在主楼层，而另一种布局则将它们移动到上层，以获得更多的光线和景观。类似于房子，地下室是浇铸混凝土，而上层是传统的木框架组件。

In order to keep the project cost-effective, the design consists of two standard unit sizes – 18’ x 20’ or 18’ x 28’ – that each have two interior layout options. The first layout places the living spaces more traditionally on the main floor, while the other moves them to the upper levels for greater access to light and views. Similar to a house, the basements are cast-inplace concrete, while the upper levels are traditional wood-frame assemblies.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图

立方体穿着简单的白色灰泥，将光线反射到广场，为邻近的建筑提供了一个现代的对立面。除了简化施工流程外，共管公寓的垂直设计还为人行道边的户外设施留出了更多空间，包括绿地、小露台和为居民提供生活机会的商业套房入口。

The cubes are clad in simple white stucco that reflects light into the plaza and provides a modern counterpoint to the neighbouring buildings. In addition to streamlining the construction process, the condominiums’ vertical design also leaves more room for outdoor amenities along the sidewalk edge, incorporating pockets of green space, small patios and entrances to commercial suites that offer live-work opportunities for residents.

 © James Brittain

c.詹姆斯·布里顿

在室内，每个单元都是由一个建筑“包装”来定义的，这是一个设计元素，它将内部雕刻成一个在宽敞的、光线充足的空间内的开放式房间的流畅序列。它一次只触及两堵墙，当它穿过空间时，它会勾勒出地板和中间的线条，形成戏剧性的俯瞰下面的空间。

Inside, each unit is defined by an architectural ‘wrap’, a design element that sculpts the interior into a fluid sequence of open plan rooms within a spacious, light-filled volume. Touching only two walls at a time, the wrap delineates floors and mezzanines as it weaves through the space, creating dramatic overlooks to the spaces below.

 © James Brittain

c.詹姆斯·布里顿

包装与立方体的墙壁反应，折叠回自身，或继续向上形成窗口开口。天花板的高度上升到36英尺，从顶楼一直到底层过滤日光。包装成为建筑外壳的简单性和内部生活的复杂性之间的中介。

The wrap reacts with the walls of the cube by folding back onto itself, or continuing upward to form window openings. Ceiling heights soar up to 36 feet, filtering daylight from the top level all the way to the ground floor. The wrap becomes the mediator between the simplicity of the building’s shell and the complexity of living that occurs within.