Architects: PKdM Arkitektar Project: BHM rural cottage Project Team: Pálmar Kristmundsson, Fernando de Mendonça, Andrew Burgess, Erna Vestmann, Liidia Grinko - Sunna Dóra Sigurjónsdóttir Location: Brekkuskógur, Iceland Floor Area: 87-95 m² Photographs: Rafael Pinho - Bjarni Kristinsson

建筑师：PKdM Arkitektar项目：BHM农村村舍项目小组：Pálmar Kristmundsson、Fernando de Mendon a、Andrew Burgess、Erna Vestmann、Liidia Grinko

Description by architect: In 2012, PK Arkitektar was invited to take part in a competition for vacation rental cottages for the Association of Academics in Iceland. The twenty rural cabins were to be located in Brekkuskogur, in southwest Iceland near Þingvellir National Park The area features picturesque surroundings with uninterrupted views from each cottage to the nearby lake Laugarvatn. The main focus of the design was to create a semi-rural architecture that blends in with the landscape and the surrounding mountains.

建筑师描述：2012年，PK Arkitektar被邀请参加冰岛学者协会的度假租房竞赛。这20个乡村小屋位于冰岛西南部的Brekkuskogur，靠近林格利尔国家公园。这一地区以风景如画的环境为特色，从每间小屋到附近的劳加尔文湖都能看到不间断的景色。设计的主要重点是创造一种与景观和周围山脉融为一体的半乡村建筑。

Leftover earth from the excavation was used to form a wind-protecting bunker for the outdoor terraces and help fuse the roofscapes of the cabins with the surrounding sloping landscape Vegetation from the excavated footprint of each building was preserved throughout the building process and reinstalled on the roofs. The architectural concept was based on a simple and efficient plan, which limits circulation space and minimizes complex detailing. By doing so, material quality could be increased, thus minimizing costly need for maintenance.

挖掘出的剩余土被用来为室外露台形成防风掩体，并帮助将小屋的屋顶景观与周围倾斜的景观结合起来，每栋建筑的挖掘足迹中的植被保存在整个建筑过程中，并重新安装在屋顶上。建筑概念的基础是一个简单有效的计划，这限制了流通空间，并尽量减少复杂的细节。这样做可以提高材料质量，从而最大限度地减少昂贵的维修需求。

A wooden construction on a concrete slab, the rural cottage is clad with burnt hardwood panelling on the outside, utilizing a method well-known in Japan, among other countries, to enhance the durability of the wood. The roof is a grass layer on a wooden frame. This is a traditional method used in the old vernacular turf houses in Iceland. The interior design is composed of a floor finish of smooth-polished concrete, with walls and ceilings cladded in wood panels with the same intervals as on the exterior cladding. Living and dining spaces are located in the heart of the houses, where the kitchen opens into the main space.

在混凝土板上的一种木制建筑，农村村舍外面覆盖着烧焦的硬木板，使用日本等国家著名的方法来提高木材的耐用性。屋顶是木框架上的一层草。这是冰岛古老的乡土草皮屋所采用的传统方法。室内设计由光滑抛光混凝土的地板装饰组成，墙壁和天花板与外部覆层的间隔相同。客厅和餐厅位于房屋的中心，厨房通向主空间。

The bathrooms have direct access to the terrace, where a geothermal hot tub is located. The houses utilize geothermal hydro energy from a specially drilled source inside the site boundary. The overall design is in accordance with recognized ecological standards, with the aim of promoting minimal environmental impact design and construction methods and creating homes with close to zero carbon footprints.

浴室可以直接进入露台，那里有一个地热热水浴缸。这些房屋利用地热能，地热能来源于场地边界内的一个特别钻探的水源。总体设计符合公认的生态标准，目的是推广尽量减少对环境的影响的设计和建造方法，并建立几乎为零碳足迹的住宅。