Project: Cornerstone House Architect: Merrett Houmøller Architects Location: London, United Kingdom Area: Gross internal floor area 262m² / Gross (internal   external) floor area 287m² Structural engineer: Michael Hadi Associates Landscape consultant: Field - Waite Design Completion December 2017 Photographer: Alan Williams

项目：基石房屋设计师：MerrettHoumingler建筑师地点：伦敦，英国区域：总内部楼层面积262m（内部外部）建筑面积287m，结构工程师：MichaelHadiAssociates景观顾问：现场

Cornerstone House project is an extensive refurbishment, rear extension and landscaping works to o large terraced house in North London. Responding to a brief to modernise the historic house, Merrett Houmøller has reorganised the domestic layout and removed floors and walls. The project aims to mediate between the distinctive character of the existing house, and the new extension.

基石屋项目是一项大规模的翻新，后方延伸和景观美化工程，在北伦敦的大型梯田房屋。作为对这座历史建筑现代化的回应，梅雷特·胡默勒(Merrett Houm Ller)重新组织了住宅布局，并拆除了地板和墙壁。该项目的目的是在现有房屋的独特特性和新扩建之间进行协调。

“Creating visual connections between rooms was important for this young family. Carving out walls and windows in the home’s new interconnected and layered spaces work both for practical purposes and to create a sense of dynamism throughout a once stale period property. Rooms are visually linked but physically separated, letting in light and visual movement, yet retaining privacy and spatial divides.” says Robert Houmøller, director of Merrett Houmøller Architects

“对这个年轻的家庭来说，在房间之间建立视觉联系是很重要的。在房子的新的相互连接和分层的空间中凿出墙壁和窗户，既能达到实用目的，又能在一段一度陈腐的房产中创造出一种活力感。房间在视觉上是连在一起的，但在物理上是分开的，让光线和视觉运动，但保留隐私和空间隔阂。Merrett Houm ller建筑师主任Robert Houm ller说

Cooking, dining and living spaces have moved to the basement floor, while bedrooms and living areas are on the ground and first floors. The ground and lower-ground floors are connected visually through a newly cut out mezzanine, with a timber and black steel staircase inserted between the two. The kitchen sits level with a garden beside an enclosed dining area which has views out through an oriel window.

烹饪、餐饮和起居空间已迁至地下室，而卧室和起居室则位于地面和一楼。地面和底层是通过一个新切割的阁楼，与木材和黑色钢楼梯之间插入视觉连接。厨房和花园平坐，旁边是一个封闭的就餐区，可以透过一扇朝前的窗户向外眺望。

The first floor is accessed via the refurbished Edwardian central staircase. Elsewhere doorways, windows and stairs are lined with black steel or painted timber, designed as a ‘nod to Edwardian design restraint’. The scheme also includes two home working spaces, one in the basement and the other in a rubber-clad cabin at the rear of the garden.

一楼通过翻新的爱德华中央楼梯进入。在其他地方，门廊、窗户和楼梯两旁都是黑色的钢或油漆木料，设计的目的是“尊重爱德华式的设计约束”。该计划还包括两个家庭工作间，一个在地下室，另一个在花园后面的一个橡胶包厢里。

“Marking tension between the existing Edwardian house and the new addition was important to us. Using different materials but applying them in the recurring chevron pattern allows the old and the new to have distinct identities but for the whole house to read as one entity.” says Robert Houmøller

“在现有的爱德华式住宅和新增加的房子之间的紧张关系对我们来说是很重要的。使用不同的材料，但将它们应用在反复出现的雪佛龙模式中，可以让旧的和新的都有不同的身份，但整个房子可以作为一个整体来阅读。“罗伯特·胡默勒