Garden House LGA Architectural Partners

2014-12-11 01:00

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架构师提供的文本描述。在多伦多西区的爱德华式住宅住了多年之后，这位客户认为是时候改变了。她想留在她的邻居，但她热衷于一个更小的家，以减轻她的生活，她兴奋地参与设计一所房子的创造性过程。帕尔默找到了一小部分距离她的历史家只有一个街区，她接触了LGA建筑合作伙伴，以帮助她建立一个新的家与一个适度的预算和当代的态度。

Text description provided by the architects. After years of living in an Edwardian house in Toronto’s west end, the client decided it was time for change. She wanted to remain in her neighbourhood, but she was keen for a smaller home in order to declutter her life and she was excited to engage in the creative process of designing a house. Palmer found a small lot only a block away from her historic home and she approached LGA Architectural Partners to help her build a new home with a modest budget and a contemporary attitude.

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简单和实用是最重要的。LGA设计了一个整齐堆叠的梯形盒子，使狭窄地段的空间最大化，并在相邻巷道的慷慨范围内呼吸。他们用不保养的雪松包住前面和后面的门面，热情地迎接街道，两边用一个黑色的水泥板，在视觉上“把”私人住宅从共用的车道上“移开”。

Simplicity and practicality were of prime importance. LGA designed a neatly stacked trapezoidal box that maximizes the space of the narrow lot and breathes within the generosity of the adjacent laneway. They clad the front and back façades in no- maintenance cedar to warmly greet the street, and the sides with a dark cement board to visually “remove” the private house from the shared laneway.

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LGA采用了许多策略来创造一个宽敞的内部，掩盖了它的小足迹和适度的街道海拔。他们通过巧妙地定义房间而不关闭大部分空间来组织开放的概念内部。厨房和入口的前厅和三层楼梯之间隔开了一个低矮的柜台，作为座位，通向宽敞的下陷的起居室。

LGA employed a number of strategies to create a spacious interior that belies its small footprint and modest street elevation. They organized the open concept interiors by cleverly defining rooms without closing off most spaces. A low counter separates the kitchen and entry vestibule and three stairs serving as seating lead down to the generous sunken living room.

 Ground Floor Plan

 Second Floor Plan

二层平面图

通过把早餐室放在房子前面，面对着一扇俯瞰街道的大窗户，LGA创造了一个双倍的区域，作为一个室内门廊，Palmer和她的家人可以坐在那里观看街道生活，或者为隐私而拉开窗帘。在客厅里，内置的储藏室提供额外的座位，使房间保持开放和整洁。滑动玻璃门向后院敞开，扩大了外面的室内空间。

By placing the breakfast room at the front of the house facing a large window overlooking the street, LGA created an area that doubles as an indoor porch where Palmer and her family can sit and watch the street life, or draw the curtain for privacy. In the living room, built-in storage provides additional seating and leaves the room open and uncluttered. Sliding glass doors open to the backyard extending the interior space outside.

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在二楼，在房子的交汇处，帕默的图书馆/办公室利用自然光线和最佳景观，她的桌子放在一扇从地板到天花板的窗户前，俯瞰成熟的后院树木。在一个小楼梯上，主卧室和普通的三件式浴室感觉很受保护，但不像大窗户用自然光清洗室内。通往二楼的开放式提升管楼梯上方的天窗将自然光线吸引到房子里，减少了地下室对人工光线的需求。

On the second floor and at the nexus of the house, Palmer’s library/office takes advantage of natural light and prime views with her desk placed in front of a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking mature backyard trees. Up a small stairway, the master bedroom and modest three-piece bathroom feel protected, but not cramped as big windows wash the interiors with natural light. A skylight above the open riser stairwell leading up to the second floor draws natural light down into the house, reducing the need for artificial light in the basement.

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内饰巧妙地平衡了帕默对颜色、纹理和图案的热爱，以及她对中性空间的需求，以清晰地思考，展示她的书籍、艺术和艺术品。入口前厅里欢快的绿色口音墙与主要明亮的白色墙壁形成了鲜明的对比。厨房橱柜里面有一堆绿松石，令人惊喜。

The interior artfully balances Palmer’s love of colour, texture and pattern with her need for neutral spaces to think with clarity and to display her books, art and artifacts. The cheerful green accent wall in the entry vestibule playfully contrasts the primarily bright white walls. Pops of turquoise on the inside of the kitchen cabinets delightfully surprise.

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帕默的合作伙伴，一位照明设计师，在楼梯边的宽阔的白色墙壁上设计了LED灯库，把房子本身变成了一个不断变化的灯光秀的画布。帕尔默把家具从她以前的房子里拿来，她的古董作品在新的当代环境中得到了更新。这座房子是一部对比戏-新旧的、微妙而大胆的、嬉戏的、实用的、小而又宽敞的。

Palmer’s partner , a lighting designer, programed the LED light bank along the expansive white wall by the staircase, transforming the house itself into a canvas for an ever-changing light show. Palmer brought the furniture from her previous house and her vintage pieces are refreshed in their new contemporary setting.  The house is a play of contrasts – old and new, subtle and bold, playful and practical, small yet spacious.