Project: Granny Pad / Spacious Living Quarters Architects: Best Practice Architecture Location: Seattle, Washington Contractor: Hartman Kable Design Build Year completed: 2018 Photographer: Ed Sozinho

项目：奶奶垫/宽敞的居住小区建筑师：最佳实践建筑位置：西雅图，华盛顿承包商：Hartman Kable设计建筑年完成：2018年摄影师：Ed Soz尼奥

Across the country, many families are struggling with the same difficult question: How can you best support aging family members when you live in a city with minimal housing options? Best Practice Architecture has offered a brilliant solution to issues around multigenerational living and urban density with their latest Seattle project.

在全国各地，许多家庭都在努力解决同样的难题：当你居住在一个住房选择最少的城市时，你如何才能最好地支持年迈的家庭成员呢？最佳实践架构已经为多代人的生活和城市密度问题提供了一个很好的解决方案，他们最新的西雅图项目。

The firm was hired by a Seattle homeowner to create Granny Pad: A spacious living quarters converted from a backyard garage. The residential addition was built to give the aging family member a safe and well-designed home, bring childcare to the growing family, and to maintain privacy for everyone involved.

这家公司被西雅图的一位房主雇来创建“奶奶垫”：一个从后院车库改建而成的宽敞的生活区。住宅的增加是为了给年迈的家庭成员一个安全和精心设计的家庭，为成长中的家庭带来儿童保育，并为每一个参与其中的人保持隐私。

Located just north of Seattle’s University District, Granny Pad is a 571 square foot detached dwelling transformed from an existing garage into a lofty, open living space. The project began when the client couldn’t find appropriate housing for “Granny” in their neighborhood. With a growing family, they didn’t have enough space in their house to accommodate her needs and maintain the privacy everyone in the family wanted. And with a shortage of affordable housing in Seattle, the option of moving to a larger house in the city was out of reach.

GrannyPad位于西雅图大学区的北部，是一座571平方英尺（约合571平方米）的独立住宅，从现有的车库改造成了一个豪华、开放的生活空间。该项目开始于客户无法在其附近找到适合“奶奶”的住房。随着越来越多的家庭，他们的房子里没有足够的空间来满足她的需求，并保持家庭中每个人都希望的隐私。而且由于西雅图缺乏可承受的住房，选择搬到城市中的一个更大的房子是无法到达的。

That’s when Best Practice stepped in. The firm saw converting the client’s existing garage (previously used as storage) as the perfect solution. Design considerations included looking at the project on both a short-term and long-term timeline. First, Best Practice needed to address the immediate needs of the client. They also considered future uses of the space as a possible rental unit, studio, office or other income generating project for the family. And they needed to do all of that using just 571 square feet.

那是最佳实践介入的时候。该公司认为将客户现有的车库(以前用作存储)转换为完美的解决方案。设计考虑因素包括在短期和长期时间表上查看项目。第一，满足客户当前需要的最佳做法。他们还考虑将来使用该空间作为家庭可能的出租单位、工作室、办公室或其他创收项目。他们只需要用571平方英尺就可以完成所有这些。

To accommodate the decreased mobility associated with aging, the living area needed to be one level. Rather than make several small rooms, the team opted to create open, central spaces that can be easily adapted to changing mobility issues. Carefully placed windows and skylights provide lots of daylight. Rafters were left exposed in the ceiling. The existing garage door was removed, and the old structure became the entry, kitchen and sitting room. A short walk through the entryway reveals the bedroom, closet with laundry and bathroom. A lofted space above the bathroom (accessed by a ladder) will be used as storage for the time being, but can easily be transformed into an office or sleeping loft in the future. All of these details come together to create a soaring, open feeling that makes the relatively small footprint of Granny Pad feel much larger.

为了适应老龄化导致的流动性下降，居住区域需要有一个层次。小组没有建造几间小房间，而是选择了创建一个开放的中央空间，这些空间可以很容易地适应不断变化的流动问题。精心放置的窗户和天窗提供了大量的日光。萝卜被暴露在天花板上。现有的车库门被拆除，旧结构成为入口，厨房和客厅。走一小段路就能看到卧室，壁橱里有洗衣房和浴室。浴室上方的空间(通过梯子进入)将暂时用作储藏室，但将来很容易变成办公室或睡觉的阁楼。所有这些细节结合在一起，创造了一种高耸、开放的感觉，让“奶奶护垫”相对较小的脚印感觉更大。

Behind the structure sits a private back deck which connects to the loft space. The yard itself had a natural 6 foot elevation change when Best Practice began the project, which inspired the firm to build Granny Pan into the hill itself. And the bunkering made the loft an easy—and natural—addition.

在结构的后面是一个连接阁楼空间的私人后甲板。当“最佳实践”项目开始时，院子本身就有了6英尺高的自然变化，激发了公司把潘奶奶建在山上的灵感。掩体使阁楼变得简单而自然。

With unique and forward-thinking design, Best Practice was able to provide their client with the perfect solution for their current housing needs and a world of possibilities for their future.

凭借独特且前瞻性的思维设计，最佳实践能够为客户提供完美的解决方案，以满足其当前的住房需求和未来的可能性。