架构师提供的文本描述。这座位于Merricks海滩的小房子被设计成一个平日别墅，可供短期租赁使用。它需要是一个经济的建设和足够强硬的敲打一个租赁市场。离海滩只有两个街区。它没有意见，也没有现有的树木在网站上。

Text description provided by the architects. This small house at Merricks Beach has been designed as a weekender that is available for short term rental. It needed to be an economical build and tough enough for the knocks of a rental market. It is 2 blocks from the beach. It has no views and had no existing trees on the site.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

通常需要的房间是排成一列的，在这种情况下，这是一个适度的列表；但更有趣的是，你在工作日中的生活方式是如何不同的。·没有人需要“拥有”一间卧室。没有人需要在早上洗澡和快速离开。你需要储存的是完全不同的东西。你到达并打开行李；你离开

There are the usual line-up of rooms required, and in this instance it is a modest list; but what becomes a more interesting conversation is how you live differently in the weekender. • No one needs to ‘own’ a bedroom • No one needs to shower and leave quickly in the morning • What you need to store is completely different • You arrive and unpack; you leave & pack • You spend more time with others; having guests stay over is common • There always seems to be more children than adults! • It is a place to enjoy each other

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

庭院类型确保了最大限度的隐私和获得北方冬季阳光，但在这一直线向前的楼层规划，一些“中间”的空间已经被考虑。

A courtyard typology ensures maximum privacy and access to northern winter sun, yet in thisstraight forward floor plan a number of ‘in-between’ spaces have been considered.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

卧铺房位于内部庭院的北边，没有门，国王的单铺位于自己的壁龛内。这个空间感觉很暗，很隐秘，当房子里挤满了人的时候，它就变成了第二个起居室。在这个空间里，有着不同的地方。不需要墙壁或门。光形成阈值。

The bunk room which is located on the north edge of the internal courtyard has no doors and the king single bunks sit within their own alcove. This spacefeels dark and private and becomes a second living room when the house swells with people.Within this space thereare different places to be. There is no need for walls or doors. Light forms the threshold.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

沿海的周末不仅仅是一个夏天的梦想。冬天，壁炉是这栋房子的中心。位于厨房和客厅之间，一个缓慢燃烧的壁炉定义了另一个“中间”的空间。在寒冷的几个月里，有时间拉一把椅子，聊天或看书。夏天，这个空间溶入中央甲板的开阔角落。

The coastal weekender is not just a summer dream. In winter the hearth is central to this house. Located between the kitchen and living room, a slow combustion fireplace defines another ‘in-between’ space. There is time here in the colder months to pull up a chair, chat or read. In summer this space dissolves into the open corner of the central deck.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

一个轻微的下降，通过网站允许房子有3层。活坑位于中央木材甲板下面。这是一个柔软的地板，让你可以低和俯瞰Skillion屋顶周围的树木。坑边成为这些中间的另一个地方。这是一个可以坐的地方，足够宽的地方，可以在冬天的阳光下午睡。边缘曲线成为炉火的壁炉，在电视机的窗台上完成。

A slight fall across the site allows for the house to have 3 levels. The living pit sits below the central timber deck. It is a soft floor that allows you to be low and look out over the skillion roof to the trees in the surrounding area. Thepit edge becomes another of these in-between places. It is a place to sit and wide enough for a futon for an afternoon nap in the winter sun. The edge curves to become the hearth for the fire,finishing in a ledge for the television.

 © Derek Swalwell

德瑞克·斯沃韦尔

建筑材料是这栋房子的重要组成部分。这不是一个精确的建筑。感觉又硬。开发了一种砖石、混凝土和木材的语言。室内和外墙上的白色砖块从来没有被窗户刺穿过。它们永远是墙，坚固而笔直。有两个时刻，留下了一个圆圈，讲述了这座房子所用的回收红砖的故事。结构混凝土板、粗锯木覆层和混凝土砌块幕墙的表达也具有类似的简单性。

The materials of the build are a big part of what this house is about. It is not a precise build. It feels raw and tough. A language of masonry, concrete and timber was developed. The white painted brickwork to both interior and exterior walls is never punctured by windows. They are always walls, solid and straight forward. There are two moments where a circle has been left, telling the story of the recycled red bricks that the house is made from. The structural concrete slab, rough sawn timber cladding and concrete block screen wall have been expressed with similar simplicity.