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架构师提供的文本描述。这片角落坐落在钦奈市中心一个比较安静的地方，与贯穿城市的主要主干道有着密切的联系。这片街角地块在进入附近时享有第一批重要住宅建筑之一的地位，在经过时引起了人们的注意。

Text description provided by the architects. Sited in one of the quieter pockets in the heart of Chennai, with close linkage to major arterial roads that run through the city, this corner plot enjoys the position of being one of the first prominent residential buildings on entering the neighbourhood, garnering attention while being passed by.

“分享和正直定义了一个社区，但重视每个人在社区中的存在，就能实现一个社区的生活”。其意图强调有必要在建筑物内创建一个小型、多样化的社区。建筑面积为17，000平方英尺，为11套专用公寓提供便利，其中5套为宽敞的3卧室复式公寓，6套为紧凑的3卧室单元，其密度取决于该地段的大小和位置。

"Sharing and integrity defines a community, but valuing the presence of every individual within fulfils a community living". The intent emphasizes the need to create a small diverse community within the building.The building’s 17,000 square feet floor area facilitates 11 exclusive apartments, five of which are spacious 3-Bedroom Duplexes; six are compact 3-Bedroom units, with the density limitations determined by the lot’s size and location.

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每个住宅对自己的居民来说都是一种不同的位置感，其大小、体积、方向和在建筑物内的位置各不相同。这些多才多艺的住宅融合在一起以维持完整性，设想一个纯粹的群体来感知整个社区，这是眼前的挑战。

Each dwelling incepts a sense of place to its own resident varying by size, volume, orientation and position within the building. These versatile dwellings fused together to sustain the integrity, conceiving a pure mass to perceive the community in totality, was the challenge at hand.

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通过有意识地干预纯粹的几何学，每一个住所的多才多艺都被包含在形态进化上。在街道轴线上稍微扭曲另一层的地块，加强了对不同边缘的感觉，以显示每一处住宅的突出位置，该建筑利用了路口的景观，利用这一机会创造了一种强有力的视觉表述。

The versatile nature of each dwelling being embraced on the form evolution by consciously intervening the pure geometry. Marginally twisting the alternative floor masses across the street axis strengthens the perception of distinct edges to demonstrate prominence of every dwelling, the building uses the opportunity to create a powerful visual statement, capitalizing on the views from the junction.

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一个强大的视觉锚，一个明确的露在地面上的混凝土质量播种在建筑物的一个象限上加强完整性，因为一个有效编织垂直过渡优雅地交织在每一个住宅内。它创造了一个丰富的视觉地标从十字路口，通过把不同的群众在一起，与地面平面，并消失向天空。

A strong visual anchor, a defined exposed concrete mass seeded to the ground on one quadrant of the building strengthen the integrity as an efficiently weaved vertical transition gracefully intertwine every dwelling within. It creates a rich visual landmark from the intersection, by holding the diverse masses together, engaging with the ground plane and vanishing towards the sky.

为了提高同一性，另一层物质对比，百叶窗的质量插入体积沿稍微扭曲的轴，创造了一个戏剧性的空间分界沿外部，在那里的光明和阴影创造动态的特殊经验，在内部，在每一个单位。双面的双高活生生的体积利用这些百叶窗惊人的质量，创造了改变的模式，在墙壁表面，通过一天。

To heighten the sense of identity, another layer of material contrast, a louvered mass plugged into the volume along the marginally twisted axis, creating a dramatic spatial demarcation along the exterior, where the light and shade creating dynamic special experience internally, varying in every unit. The double-height living volumes in the duplexes take advantage of these louvered staggering masses that create changing patterns on the wall surfaces, through the day.

有意识地创造了空隙，使每个单元都能欣赏到建筑物两侧的景色，使房屋通风良好，光线充足。有角度的地板在上面和下面的地板上产生凹槽和悬臂，在建筑物的门槛处形成阴影带，对环境作出气候上的反应。

The consciously created voids allow each unit to enjoy the views out onto two sides of the building, allowing for well-ventilated and amply lit homes. The angular floor plates create recesses and cantilevers in the floors above and below, giving rise to shaded belts along the threshold of the building, climatically responding to the context.

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住宅建筑倾向于更多地关注居住空间，很少考虑社区互动的机会。在这里，所有单位的入口处都是面对面的，半私人的进入法庭已经建立起来，它们沐浴在邻近的光井中，作为豪华的门厅，让邻居和其他人之间有机会进行互动。

Residential buildings tend to focus more on the living spaces, leaving little thought for opportunities for community interaction. Here, entrances to all units face each other and semi-private entry courts have been created, that are bathed in light from the adjacent light wells, serving as luxurious foyers for chance interaction between neighbours and others.

通过将建筑物置于地面上方，体积可以从眼前的环境中解脱出来，并被空洞包裹，允许直接进入生境和停车，创造了一种外部感觉，使质量得以漂浮，并在普遍的背景下确定了一条强有力的天际线。

By placing the building raised above the ground, the volume provides a relief from the immediate context and wrapped with void, allows direct access to the habitats and parking, creating an external perception which allows the mass to float and define a strong skyline against the universal backdrop.

Architects architectureRED

Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Category Apartments

Design Team Biju Kuriakose, Kishore Panikkar, Kani Pandian, Yasir Azami, Preetha John, Apoorva Madhusudan

Area 17000.0 ft2

Project Year 2014

Photographs Prem, Rajan Gero