Project: Breakneck Gorge Oikos Architects: Robert Nichol - sons Lead Architects: Brett Robertson, David Nicholson Location: Elevated Plains, Australia Area 70.0 m2 Project Year 2018 Photographer: Jack Lovel

项目：奇缘峡谷Oikos建筑师：罗伯特·尼科尔

Robert Nichol - sons was engaged by the owners to design a short-term residential building to complement their existing suite of buildings on site, which consists of homestead, another short-term rental, and agricultural outbuildings. These clients had engaged architects with the previous builds, so in their mind this would not be a standard domestic outcome.

罗伯特·尼科尔

The site is one of the most beautiful, spectacular, and highly visible in the area and as such, we knew our design had to respect and connect with this stunning location. This region has a plethora of available short-term stays but given the unique potential this site offered, connection to the landscape was critical.

该网站是最美丽，壮观，高度可见的地区，因此，我们知道我们的设计必须尊重和连接这个惊人的位置。这个地区有大量可用的短期停留，但考虑到这个网站所提供的独特潜力，与景观的连接是至关重要的。

There was also a need for privacy toward the homestead – that guests and owners would each not be aware of the other’s presence so as to enjoy dual occupancy with limited physical interaction and we also looked at the strongest viewpoints, so that the best vistas were achieved while sheltering views back to the homestead.

还有一种对宅基地隐私的需求-客人和房主都不会意识到对方的存在，以便在有限的身体互动中享受双重居住，我们还研究了最强烈的观点，以便在将视野放回宅基地的同时，获得最好的景色。

The decision was made very early on to remove any dedicated circulation space, instead adopting a simple sequence of arrival into the open plan living, transitioning through the dressing and bathing zone and finally into the bedroom. This enabled a tight layout of 70sq/m to present as a series of interesting volumes, each with a strong identity, discovered as one moves through the space.

这项决定是在很早就做出的，目的是移除任何专用的流通空间，而是采用一个简单的到达顺序，进入开放式的生活计划，在更衣室和浴场中过渡，最后进入卧室。这使得一个70平方米的紧凑布局呈现为一系列有趣的书籍，每一卷都有很强的同一性，当一个人在空间中移动时发现。

Because of the site’s exposure to the weathering elements our clients wanted a building that didn’t require ongoing external maintenance, so we then started to explore the various cladding options available. The final outcome for this was very site driven and by our desire to ensure the design would work with the land, not against it. We decided the material for all facets would be the same, as opposed to separate wall and roof finishes, so that the dwelling took on an object quality, like a folded piece of sculpture. Corten was finally selected for its aesthetic appeal and ability to blend and for its quality to evolve and change with time and season.

由于该网站暴露于风化元素，我们的客户想要的建筑，不需要持续的外部维护，所以我们开始探索各种可供选择的包层。最终的结果是非常现场驱动和我们的愿望，以确保设计将与土地，而不是反对它。我们决定所有方面的材料都是一样的，而不是分开的墙壁和屋顶的饰面，这样住宅就具有了一种物体的质量，就像一件折叠的雕塑。科滕最终被选中是因为它的审美魅力和融合能力，以及它的质量随着时间和季节的变化而变化。

The builder, metal fabricator and the installer were engaged during the designing phase, which was critical to achieving a refined finish technical issues. We broke the roof into two forms, creating multiple ridges and a valley not unlike the distant hills – this introduced more angles for the cladding to express itself.

在设计阶段，建造者、金属制造者和安装工被雇用，这对于完成精加工技术问题至关重要。我们把屋顶分成两种形式，形成多个山脊和一个山谷，这和远处的山丘没什么两样-这为包层带来了更多的角度来表达自己。

The resultant form evolved to lift itself as the ground fell away – to counteract this float we developed a long solid masonry wall, of handmade dark bricks, to create a solid anchoring device that grounds the folded form and acts as a counterpoint to the corten finish.

当地面落下时，所形成的形式演化为提升自身，为了抵消这种漂浮，我们开发了一个长的实心的砌筑墙，由手工深色砖组成，以形成一个坚固的锚固装置，该装置以折叠的形式为地面，并作为对CORTEN饰面的一个反作用点。

The Breakneck Gorge Oikos project successfully met all the clients’ expectations and more – they look out to a sculptured mix of corten form and long masonry blade, which reads neatly as a connection to the landscape rather than an inhabited space. Meanwhile, visitors enjoy spectacular framed views from the carefully placed and shaped windows and a level of internal amenity rarely offered on the market.

高耸的峡谷Oikos项目成功地满足了所有客户的期望-他们看到的是一种由圆角形状和长砖石叶片组成的雕塑组合，阅读起来很整洁，是与景观的连接，而不是一个有人居住的空间。同时，游客可以从精心摆放和造型的窗户上欣赏壮观的景致，以及市面上很少提供的内部设施。