架构师提供的文本描述。尼克·威尔森建筑师(Nick Willson Architect)最近完成了他们自2010年1月建立小型Shoreditch公司以来的第一项建筑工程。我们被客户任命为建筑师，我们的任务是为他们即将到来的家庭设计一套漂亮的、可持续发展的住宅，位于伦敦东南部的布莱克希思(Blackheath)的莫登路(Mews)11号。

Text description provided by the architects. Nick Willson Architects have recently completed their first built work since setting up their small Shoreditch-based practice in January 2010. We were appointed as architects by the clients and our brief was to design a beautiful new sustainable home for their imminent family at 11 Morden Road Mews in Blackheath, south-east London.

 © Gareth Gardner

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“Flint House”的关键部分是将新技术与工艺元素结合起来，而这种技术常常在新建的房屋中丢失。这座房子汇集了丰富的手工元素：材质的燧石墙，铅包层和木材细木工，这些都是手工制作的，雇用专业的贸易人员。我们为客户创造了一个完全定制的家；我们设计了独特的门窗、独特的厨房细木工、特别集成的婴儿门和定制的门把手。一个可持续的预制木材框架创造了一个3毫米的公差使用一个BIM模型，也创造了一个高度绝缘的内部。从这个大元素到无限小的元素，每个细节都经过仔细的考虑，包括一个一次性的厨房餐桌。这种水平的照顾和细节，创造了一个新的家，这既是可持续的，也是一个完美的适合家庭。

The key component of ‘Flint House’ was to combine new technology with an element of craft, which all too often is lost in new build houses. The house brings together a rich mixture of crafted elements: the textural flint wall, lead cladding and timber joinery, which are all made by hand, employing specialist trades people. We have created a completely bespoke home for the clients; we have designed unique windows and doors, distinctive kitchen joinery, specially integrated baby gates and custom-made door handles. A sustainable prefabricated timber frame created with a 3mm tolerance using a BIM model, also creates a highly insulated interior. From this large element to the infinitely small, every detail has been carefully considered, including a one-off dining table for the kitchen. This level of care and detail, creates a new home which is both sustainable and a perfect fit for the family.

 © Gareth Gardner

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对我们来说，建筑是讲故事的，从第一个草图的演变到完成的建筑-客户是这个过程的核心，我们一起发展叙事。在早期阶段，客户热衷于保留一些现有的50年代的小屋，并建造一个传统的房子。然而，在我们追求各种设计方案的同时，我们说服了客户，现有的低效建筑应该被拆除，取而代之的是一座新建造的、可持续发展的房屋。为了回应客户对房子太现代而仅仅是另一个玻璃盒子的担忧，我们提出了一个倾斜的屋顶和使用传统的手工材料。

For us, architecture is storytelling, from the evolution of a first sketch into a finished building – the client is central to this process and we develop the narrative together. During the early stages, the clients were keen to retain some of the existing 50’s cottage and build a traditional-looking house. However, as we pursued various design options, we convinced the clients that the existing, inefficient buildings should be demolished and replaced with a new-build, sustainable house. In response to the client’s concerns over the house being too contemporary and merely just another glass box, we proposed a pitched roof and the use of traditional crafted materials.

 © Gareth Gardner

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按照计划，这座房子分为四个翼-西面两个，东边两个。这四个区域都是通过一个中央流通路线和图书馆空间连接起来的，通过入口旁边的一个大的玻璃元素在视觉上连接起来。在外部，这些不同的元素是用一个微妙的材料调色板来表达的，这些材料与周围的建筑和谐一致，反映了它们的方向和功能。这两只西翼都是用劈开的打火石和打火机混合而成的。统一的整体组成，温暖的渲染是一个不断的背景，打火石，它只涵盖了房子的后方。东高地，集景观，家庭和花园，被包围在一条垂直橡木包层，从底层，沿露台和一楼墙壁。因此，房子有很强的质地和物质元素，从表面粗糙的打火石到光滑的树脂、白色的舌头和凹槽细木工，环绕着内部。外部橡木的垂直线反映在厨房和走廊内部细木工的线条中。

On plan, the house is divided into four wings – two to the west and two to the east. All four areas are linked by a central circulation route and library space, visually connected by a large glazed element next to the entrance. Externally, these different elements are expressed with a subtle palette of materials, which are in harmony with the surrounding buildings and reflect their orientation and function. The two west wings are clad in a mixture of split flint and render. Unifying the overall composition, the warm render is a constant background to the flint, which only covers the rear of the house. The east elevation, which brings together the landscape, home and garden, is enclosed in a ribbon of vertical oak cladding that runs from the ground floor, along the terrace and first floor walls. The house therefore has a strong element of texture and materiality, from the rough flint of the exterior to the smooth resin and white tongue and groove joinery, which wraps around the interior. The vertical lines of the exterior oak are reflected in the lines of the interior joinery within the kitchen and hallway.

 concept sketch

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作为对阿尔瓦·阿尔托的赞许，我们想把外部带入室内，与花园和一楼阳台有很强的联系。为了最大限度地利用自然光，并加强与自然花园的视觉联系，所有的窗户和屋顶灯光都构成了外部树木和植被的框架。这个简单的概念允许随着季节的变化，不同程度的光渗透到房子里。图书馆里的读书座，被认为是一个平静而沉思的空间，面向花园里的大栗树。虽然这所房子坐落在伦敦郊区，但这让人觉得你已经逃到乡下去了。

In a nod to Alvar Aalto, we wanted to bring the exterior into the interior with a strong connection to the garden and first floor balcony. To maximize natural light and to reinforce visual connections with the natural garden, all the windows and roof lights frame a view of the exterior trees and vegetation. This simple concept allows different levels of light to permeate the house as the seasons change. The reading seat in the library, which was conceived as a calm and contemplative space, faces the large chestnut tree in the garden. Although the house is situated just on the outskirts of London, this gives the feeling that you have escaped to the countryside.

 north elevation

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我们的可持续性的关键理念之一是在弗林特大厦实现的，它使用了高度绝缘的木材框架，将芬恩森林一号的托梁和气密性的细节结合在一起。橡木是英式的，按FSC评定为明星。此外，太阳能热板安装了智能仪表，为房屋提供可持续的供暖。这所房子还利用了自然通风和新车库上方的刚玉屋顶。

One of our key philosophies of sustainability was realised in Flint House, with the use of the highly insulated timber frame, combining finn forest I joists and robust details for air tightness. The oak is English and A star rated in terms of FSC. In addition, solar thermal panels were fitted with smart meters to provide the house with sustainable heating. The house also makes use of natural ventilation and a sedum roof above the new garage.