Brick House Clare Cousins

2014-07-15 01:00

架构师提供的文本描述。砖房是这位建筑师自己的房子，它内在地允许放松约束和测试有关生活的想法的能力，这是实践工作的核心部分。它还允许与建筑工人，Cousins的丈夫和景观设计师，她的叔叔里克埃克斯利独特的合作。

Text description provided by the architects. The Brick House is this architect’s own house, which inherently allowed a loosening of constraints and ability to test ideas about living, a core component of the practice’s work. It also permitted unique collaborations with the builder, Cousins’ husband, and the landscape architect, her uncle Rick Eckersley.

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C.Shannon McGrath

其目的是保留原来的爱德华迪亚外观(典型的街景)，移除1980年的一小部分扩建，并扩展到建立一个单层家庭住宅。另一个车库，上面的工作室，在工地的后面，也是设计的，它的双层高度反映了密度的变化在这个9米宽的场地，在那里它被单位和单位包围。

The aim was to retain the original Edwardian façade (typical of the streetscape), to remove a small 1980’s extension, and extend to create a single-storey family home. A separate garage with studio above, at the rear of the site, was also designed, its double-storey height reflecting the change in density at this end of the 9m wide site, where it is surrounded by units and flats.

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C.Shannon McGrath

作为未来房子的主要景观，这间工作室被设想为一种以阿尔托为灵感的雕塑对象，以避免典型的“顶部盒子”的外观，也解决了西方的定位和俯瞰问题。这一解决方案也鼓励了户外空间环绕家居的居住空间。主楼的延伸部分被从北部边界拉回来，以提供充足的自然光，并提供花园景观。这一姿态是通过一个戏剧性的，弯曲的琉璃墙来表达的，这形成了一个对话，与雕塑木料的屏风工作室。

As the main view from the future house, this studio was conceived as an Aalto–inspired sculptural object to avoid the typical ‘box on top’ look, and also solve the problems of western orientation and overlooking. This solution also encouraged the outdoor space to wrap around the home’s living spaces. The extension to the main house is pulled back from the northern boundary to provide plenty of natural light and afford garden views. This gesture is expressed through a dramatic, curved glazed wall, which forms a dialogue with the sculptural timber-battened screen of the studio.

 Ground Floor Plan

住宅规划是由居住者的使用和空间的功能驱动的。它被组织成三个不同的区域，现有的房子现在有了一系列的卧室。沿着狭长的走廊，从旧到新的过渡，巧妙地用材料和光质量的变化来表达，这要归功于线性光阱的插入。

The house plan was driven by occupant use and function of space. It is organised to form three distinct zones, with the existing house now a series of bedrooms. The transition along the narrow corridor from old to new is subtly expressed using a shift in materials and quality of light, thanks to the insertion of a linear light well.

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增加了一个新的起居区，由一个中央服务中心将其与睡区隔开，包括洗衣房/潮湿区和储藏室。它位于厨房的后面，虽然在视觉上与第二个起居区相距很近，但它包括一个内置的书房和隐藏在滑动的穿孔金属屏风后面的小酒吧。在这里，外部访问是允许的，但通过配置U形内置座椅，可以节省空间成为一条通道。这种偏离标准住宅设计规范的做法表明，Cousins是多么敏锐地考虑到了她的家庭现在和未来的需要。

A new living zone has been added, separated from the sleeping area by a central services core, comprising a laundry/wet area and pantry. Located behind the kitchen it is proximate to, though visually apart from, a second living zone, which includes a built-in study and small bar concealed behind a sliding, perforated metal screen. Here, outside access is permitted, but the space is saved from becoming a thoroughfare by the configuration of U-shaped built-in seating. Such diversions from the norms of standard house design demonstrate how acutely Cousins considered her family’s needs, now and for the future.

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C.Shannon McGrath

支撑这一思维过程的是可持续发展的必要条件，被动式太阳能设计从概念阶段就被整合起来。水箱、灰色水系统和太阳能热水系统都是内置的.外部遮阳，策略性使用屋檐和双层玻璃有助于控制内部温度.此外，耐久的，容易获得的材料，以及低VOC材料，虽然使用油漆和密封被减少。

Underpinning that thought-process were sustainable imperatives, and passive solar design was integrated from the conceptual stage. Water tanks, a grey water system and solar hot water system were built-in. External shading, the strategic use of eaves and double-glazing help to control the internal temperature. Furthermore, durable, easily obtained materials were specified, along with low-VOC materials, though the use of paints and sealers was minimised.

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C.Shannon McGrath

在Cousins的实践中，一个关键的探索领域是对原材料的创新使用，在这方面，它们所接受的内容受到了特别的挑战。例如，通常外部使用的材料，如面砖和异形混凝土，都是在内部使用的。木覆盖天花板作为屋面的装饰延伸，抛光的混凝土地板继续延伸到室外庭院，在厨房工作的玻璃砖墙代替传统的瓷砖。

A key area of exploration in Cousins’ practice is the innovative use of raw materials and, here, their accepted context was particularly challenged. For example, materials typically used externally, such as face bricks and off-form concrete, have been used internally. Timber-clad ceilings extend as the eave finish, the polished concrete floor continues to the outdoor courtyard, and glazed brickwork walls in the kitchen work in lieu of traditional tiles.