架构师提供的文本描述。哈珀巷(HarperLane)是一个填充式的住宅开发项目，建在一个空置的‘L’形土地上-“剩菜”土地环绕着一个1930年代的电话交换机。客户是Netimo项目和Icon Developments之间的合资伙伴关系。他们的简介是一项商业上可行的住宅开发，使用经济的建筑预算。此外，屋宇署亦着重为占用人提供高质素的设施，以及回应邻近住宅邻舍的关注，为两幢大厦提供65套住宅单位及1套商业租约，高度由3层至6层不等。该地块从北界降至因克曼街(Inkerman Street)，允许将较低的楼层“切割”，在英克曼街(Inkerman St)正面有一家咖啡馆、一座搬迁的变电站和一座地下室上的停车场，而一层公寓则进入后面的花园层。

Text description provided by the architects. Harper Lane is an infill residential development built on a vacant ‘L’ shaped site – ‘leftover’ land wrapping around a 1930s telephone exchange. The client was a joint venture partnership between Neometro Projects and Icon Developments. Their brief was for a commercially viable residential development, working with an economical construction budget. Emphasis was also placed on achieving a high quality of amenity for the occupiers and responding to the concerns of the adjoining residential neighbourhood.The project provides 65 residential apartments and 1 commercial tenancy in 2 buildings, varying in height from 3 to 6 storeys. The site has 3m fall from the northern boundary towards Inkerman Street, allowing the lower levels to be ‘cut in’, with a café, a relocated substation and the upper basement car park on grade at the Inkerman St frontage while first floor apartments access the garden level at the rear.

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建筑响应是一种重复的、经济的设计，它重新审视了带有外部走廊通道的双方面公寓的现代主义模式，创造了自然通风和日光穿透的机会，而这些机会在标准的内双负荷走廊中是无法实现的。一居室公寓的主要规划类型是，浴室紧靠人行道，为卧室提供了一个“缓冲”。入口门上方的可开启窗户可实现交叉通风，而不会失去隐私。

The architectural response is a repetitive, economical design which re-visits the modernist model of dual aspect apartments with external gallery walkway access, creating opportunities for natural ventilation and daylight penetration that are not achievable with standard internal double loaded corridors. The predominant plan type of one bedroom apartments has bathrooms abutting walkways, providing a ‘buffer’ to bedrooms. Openable windows above entry doors achieve cross ventilation without loss of privacy.

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外部黑色细节和地区的天然木材减轻了一个简单的调色板灰色和白色预制混凝土。坚固的高地是由外部百叶窗在两个绿色的阴影，和攀缘藤蔓在正面。Inkerman街的立面是对毗邻Exchange大楼简单的反应，它的水平强调是由突出的“非形式”阳台和西面的水平GRC刀片组成的。在内部，紧凑的公寓布局感觉更宽敞，因为高于标准的天花板高度和使用滑动屏幕作为房间分隔。室内装修用混凝土地板和黑色细木工反映了外部建筑的美学，并提供了作为细节的色彩的“打孔”。

Externally black detailing and areas of natural timber relieve a simple palette of grey and white precast concrete. Robust elevations are enlivened by external blinds in 2 shades of green, and climbing vines on the facades. The Inkerman Street elevation responds to the simplicity of the adjoining Exchange building with a horizontal emphasis created by an asymmetrical composition of projecting ‘off form’ balconies, and horizontal GRC blades on the west façade. Internally the compact apartment layouts feel more spacious due to higher than standard ceiling heights and the use of sliding screens as room dividers. Interior fitouts reflect the external building aesthetic with concrete floors and black joinery, and a ‘punch’ of colour provided as a detail.

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该项目旨在促进发展中的社区意识，并与现有的社区融合。小型咖啡馆在街道一级创造活动，位于入口人行道旁，以最大限度地扩大互动机会。阳台可俯瞰走廊，以改善安全，并将建筑物通道分成3个流通区，以减少走廊长度，每个入口每层最多有5个公寓入口。在北部边界附近建立了一个公共花园，在一排已建的树木下面，这些树木被保存下来，以保持该地点与相邻住宅之间现有的屏障。

The project aimed to facilitate a sense of community within the development and to integrate with the existing neighbourhood. The small café, creating activity at street level, is located next to the entry walkway to maximize opportunities for interaction. Balconies overlook the walkway for improved security, and building access is split into 3 circulation zones to reduce corridor lengths with a maximum of 5 apartment entries per floor from each access point. A communal garden was created along the northern boundary, beneath a row of established trees that were kept to maintain existing screening between the site and adjoining residences.

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6星级能源评级主要是通过使用被动式太阳能设计原则实现的，其中包括许多单元的北面玻璃，以及裸露的混凝土地板和共同的热质量。外部遮阳玻璃和墙壁和交叉通风的所有单位，尽量减少对空调的依赖。在建立期间，收集雨水用于厕所冲洗和耐旱公共花园的灌溉。

A 6 star energy rating was predominantly achieved through the use of passive solar design principles, including north facing glazing to many of the units, and exposed concrete floors and shared thermal mass. External shading of glazing and walls and cross-ventilation to all units minimises reliance on air conditioning. Rainwater is harvested for toilet flushing and irrigation of the drought tolerant communal garden during the establishment period.

 First Floor Plan

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