My House project was recently completed by Melbourne-based Austin Maynard Architects.

我的房子项目最近由墨尔本的奥斯汀梅纳德建筑师完成。

From the architect: Most clients ask for more natural light. In my own home I decided to have far too much natural light. “Let’s wear sunglasses inside” I proclaimed to my partner. Let’s bathe in sunlight and drench ourselves in vitamin D. She thought I was joking.

来自建筑师：大多数客户要求更自然的光。在我自己的家里，我决定拥有太多的自然光。“让我们在里面戴太阳镜吧”我对我的搭档说。让我们沐浴在阳光下，沐浴在维生素D中。她以为我在开玩笑。

Prelude : Masochists, in the boring way. Some architects are readily self-destructive, not in a fun adventurous way, but in a very boring “I’m over-worked, exploited and unfulfilled” way. As research emerges, it appears working conditions can lead to some significant mental health issues within the profession.

前奏曲：受虐狂，以无聊的方式。有些建筑师很容易自我毁灭，不是以一种有趣的冒险的方式，而是以一种非常无聊的“我工作过度，被剥削和没有实现”的方式。随着研究的出现，工作条件似乎会导致该行业内一些重大的心理健康问题。

Many of the issues surrounding working conditions are spelled out in my surprisingly popular essay Work/Life/Work Balance published on Parlour, Archdaily and the AMA website. I did not make public at the time that the essay was a result of my own struggles with mental health. In many ways the essay was not just a rant about working conditions, as much as it was a catharsis. It was an analysis of working with mental health challenges.

围绕工作条件的许多问题在我在Parlour，ArchDaily和AMA网站上发表的令人惊讶的流行文章“工作/生活/工作平衡”中被阐明。当时我没有公开这篇文章是我自己与精神健康斗争的结果。在许多方面，这篇文章不仅是对工作条件的咆哮，更是一种宣泄。这是对应对心理健康挑战的分析。

“In Australia, it’s estimated that 45 per cent of people will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. In any one year, around 1 million Australian adults have depression, and over 2 million have anxiety.” Beyond Blue

“在澳大利亚，据估计，45%的人在一生中将经历精神健康状况。在任何一年中，大约有100万澳大利亚成年人患有抑郁症，超过200万人患有焦虑。“超越蓝色

My home My-House is my own home. It is also the office of Austin Maynard Architects. My family and I live upstairs, whilst Austin Maynard Architects occupies the shopfront downstairs. The kitchen, dining and garden are shared between my family and the Austin Maynard team between 9am and 5pm.

我的家我的房子是我自己的家。它也是奥斯汀梅纳德建筑师办公室。我和我的家人住在楼上，而奥斯丁·梅纳德建筑师则住在楼下的店面上。厨房、餐厅和花园在上午9点到下午5点之间由我家人和奥斯汀梅纳德队共用。

My-House is an experiment that I live in. It is a home that I dare not impose on my clients. It breaks many important rules, often not in a good way. My-House lets in sunlight where a house should not. Whilst it is a very sustainable home, My-House is not as thermally efficient as the homes I design for others. Issues of privacy and personal comfort are often challenged in My-House. It is for these reasons that my family and I also love it.

我的房子是我住的一个实验。我不敢把这个家强加给我的客户。它打破了许多重要的规则，往往不是一个好的方式。我的房子让阳光照在房子不应该的地方。虽然这是一个非常可持续的家庭，我的房子没有我为其他人设计的住宅那么热。隐私和个人舒适的问题经常在我家受到挑战。正是出于这些原因，我和我的家人也喜欢它。

Making things seem effortless Architects tend to work excessively hard to make the things we do seem effortless and straightforward. This is definitely the case here at Austin Maynard Architects. It is an interesting instinct to work tirelessly to make something disappear or become unnoticeable. Yet architects do it by default. Often we are at our happiest when people don’t notice the work we have done. We revel in the hidden services, the masked joins and the concealed lighting.

让事情看起来不费吹灰之力，建筑师往往会过度努力，使我们所做的事情看起来毫不费力和直截了当。奥斯汀梅纳德建筑师事务所就是这样。不知疲倦地工作使某物消失或变得不引人注意是一种有趣的本能。然而，建筑师们在默认情况下是这样做的。当人们没有注意到我们所做的工作时，我们常常感到最快乐。我们陶醉于隐藏的服务、蒙面的连接和隐秘的灯光中。

This is problematic for architects, as most of our efforts are unseen, whilst the process of thought and action are difficult to describe to a paying audience. Hence most people/clients are unable to measure the value of the architects’ unseen efforts.

这对建筑师来说是个问题，因为我们的大部分努力都是看不见的，而思考和行动的过程很难向付费观众描述。因此，大多数人/客户都无法衡量架构师的无形努力的价值。

I have made the mistake of employing the same design logic to my life. I have made my work and my life seem effortless, easy and joyful. In many ways this is a fiction. People are often surprised when I confess that I have always had anxiety issues. I am introverted and I get easily stressed. Many Australians suffer mental health issues yet never seek help. Many are self-medicating to cope with the stresses of modern life, whether it be with alcohol, or something a little more interesting. I decided to self-medicate through architecture.

我犯了一个错误，在我的生活中使用了同样的设计逻辑。我使我的工作和我的生活看起来毫不费力，轻松和快乐。从很多方面来说，这都是虚构的。当我承认我一直有焦虑的问题时，人们常常感到惊讶。我性格内向，压力很大。许多澳大利亚人精神健康问题，但从未寻求帮助。许多人在自我治疗，以应付现代生活的压力，无论是酒精，或更有趣的东西。我决定通过建筑进行自我治疗。

Vitamin D is good for your brain. I was in a dark place. I was having trouble coping. It was the end of winter and I visited my doctor to discuss my increasing levels of anxiety, stress and sadness. Whilst discussing the complex issues of mental health my doctor pointed out that he experiences a sharp spike in patients seeking help with mental health issues during the late-winter/early-spring months. My doctor and I discussed a number of issues related to my mental heath. One of his questions was particularly intriguing. He asked me what my house was like. I informed him that it was a typical unrenovated terrace with small windows and internalised living spaces disconnected from the rear yard. We would turn the lights on at 4pm during winter and some rooms needed artificial lighting even on the brightest summer days. My doctor suggested that a common contributing factor to his increase in mental heath patients during late-winter/early-spring may be the lack of access to sunlight and vitamin D. Whilst there were many, complex, reasons for my declining mental health, I could not argue that access to sunlight was a contributing factor. Further research into vitamin D revealed numerous links with mental health, and significant deficiencies in Australians despite our climate.

维生素D对你的大脑有好处。我在一个黑暗的地方。我很难应付。冬天快结束了，我去看了我的医生，讨论我的焦虑、压力和悲伤。在讨论复杂的精神健康问题时，我的医生指出，在深冬早春的几个月里，寻求心理健康帮助的病人数量急剧增加。我和我的医生讨论了一些与我的心理健康有关的问题。他的一个问题特别耐人寻味。他问我的房子是什么样的。我告诉他，这是一个典型的未装修的露台，窗户小，生活空间内化，远离后院。我们会在冬天的下午4点打开灯，有些房间甚至在最明亮的夏天也需要人工照明。我的医生建议，导致他在冬季末/早春期间精神健康患者增多的一个常见因素可能是缺乏阳光和维生素D。尽管我的心理健康下降有许多复杂的原因，但我不能争辩说，获得阳光是一个促成因素。对维生素D的进一步研究揭示了许多与精神健康的联系，以及澳大利亚人的严重缺陷，尽管我们的气候。

Wearing sunglasses inside I decided that as part of my return to mental wellbeing I would renovate my home. I would use my skill set to maximise my mental health. I was living in a dark terrace, and I decided that I didn’t just want to get more light. I decided to create the complete antithesis of the original terraces spaces. I aimed to create a dichotomous home. The original terrace remains with all of its problems and charms, yet the new extension is a bright, elaborate greenhouse. The terrace has high ceilings and small windows. The extension has a clear Thermoclick roof and we sometimes wear sunglasses inside to deal with the sunlight, which is a wonderful problem to have in a Victorian terrace. A large glass wall opens the kitchen/dining area out onto the sun drenched garden. On the hottest of days a large blue external blind covers the clear Thermoclick roof to create a cool shaded interior. There is a box in the centre of the house that has a bathroom, kitchen and a utility area for Austin Maynard Architects. Above is an open platform, full of plants, that we lounge around on.

带着太阳镜，我决定，作为我恢复精神健康的一部分，我将翻修我的家。我会用我的技能来最大化我的心理健康。我住在一个黑暗的露台上，我决定我不只是想得到更多的光。我决定创造完全对立的原始梯田空间。我的目标是建立一个两分为二的家。原来的露台仍然有其所有的问题和魅力，但新的延伸是一个明亮，精心设计的温室。露台有高高的天花板和小窗户。扩建有一个清晰的热点击屋顶，我们有时戴太阳镜内处理阳光，这是一个很好的问题，有一个维多利亚时代的露台。一堵大玻璃墙把厨房/就餐区打开，通向阳光普照的花园。在最热的日子里，一个巨大的蓝色外部盲盖，清晰的热点击屋顶，以创造一个凉爽的阴影内部。房子中央有一个盒子，里面有一个浴室、厨房和一个供奥斯丁·梅纳德建筑师使用的公用设施。上面是一个开放的平台，到处都是植物，我们可以在上面闲逛。

Sustainability Glass has the worst thermal performance of any material in any home. Even a standard stud wall will drastically outperform the best double glazing. Hence a transparent roof was going to be a challenge. The performance of My-House exceeds expectation in the colder months. The hydronic heated slab provides an ideal thermal mass to stabilise internal temperatures. The clear Thermoclick roof consists of 2 x 40mm layers with a 140mm air gap. The winter performance of this roof far exceeds calculations (which is a relief). With the windows and the skylight closed, the clear roof creates an ideal greenhouse effect which heats the house during the day. The exposed concrete floor and concrete block walls store this build up of heat and keeps the temperature stable at night time.

可持续性玻璃的热性能是任何家庭中最差的。即使是标准的螺柱墙，也会大大超过最好的双层玻璃。因此，一个透明的屋顶将是一个挑战。在寒冷的几个月里，我家的表现超出了人们的预期.水合加热板坯提供了稳定内部温度的理想热质量。清晰的热键屋顶由2×40毫米的层和140毫米的气隙组成。这个屋顶的冬季表现远远超出计算(这是一种解脱)。随着窗户和天窗关闭，清澈的屋顶创造了一个理想的温室效应，使房屋在白天加热。裸露的混凝土地板和混凝土砌块墙储存了这些热量，使夜间温度保持稳定。

Things are a bit trickier in summer, however we are again pleasantly surprised by the stable internal temperatures. A skylight high in the ceiling passively vents any excess heat, which travels up the skillion roof and naturally exits without need for mechanical ventilation. A stack effect can be created to quickly ventilate the house by opening up the garden doors to draw cool air in whilst venting hot air out of the skylight.

夏天的情况要复杂一些，但是我们还是对稳定的内部温度感到惊喜。天花板上的天窗被动地喷出任何多余的热量，这些热量沿着斯基利屋顶向上移动，自然不需要机械通风就能离开。通过打开花园的门来吸引冷空气，同时将热空气从天窗中释放出来，可以产生一种堆栈效应，使房子迅速通风。

Most importantly this is a small house with a very small footprint. We have created spaces that are constantly in use. Australian homes are the biggest in the world, and most of them are empty during the work day. My-House has maximum usage with minimum space. We have not spread our footprint. We have kept things small, simple and sustainable.

最重要的是，这是一座占地很小的小房子。我们创造了不断使用的空间。澳大利亚的房子是世界上最大的，而且大部分在工作日都是空荡荡的。我的房子有最大的使用空间和最小的空间。我们没有扩大我们的足迹。我们把事情做得很小、简单和可持续。

Why yellow? There is some interesting data regarding the emotional effects colour has on human mind. Was this the reason that we chose yellow? No, we simply found some colourful taps and this infected us with the need to add the same colour everywhere. I asked my instagram followers what colour we should use and yellow was the absolute winner.

为什么是黄色？有一些有趣的数据，关于色彩对人类心灵的情感影响。这就是我们选择黄色的原因吗？不，我们只是发现一些五颜六色的水龙头，它感染了我们，需要在任何地方添加相同的颜色。我问我的Instagram粉丝，我们应该使用什么颜色，黄色是绝对的赢家。

Has it worked? Yes, it has worked for us. It’s not for everyone, but our strange home, with far too much sunlight, has transformed the way we feel. I love that we have at least two extra hours of daylight each evening after the neighbouring terraces have turned on their lights. I feel liberated from the dark isolation of terrace house living. I feel connected with my climate and my environment. I feel great. I feel healthy.

成功了吗？是的，它对我们有用。这并不适合每个人，但是我们陌生的家，阳光太多，改变了我们的感觉。我很高兴，我们每天晚上至少有两个小时的日光，因为附近的露台已经打开了他们的灯。我从露台屋的黑暗隔离中解脱了出来。我觉得与我的气候和环境有关。舒服极了。我感觉很健康。

Architects: Austin Maynard Architects Project: My House / The Mental Health House Location: Melbourne, Australia Photography: Tess Kelly

建筑师：奥斯汀梅纳德建筑师项目：我的房子/心理健康之家的位置：澳大利亚墨尔本摄影：泰丝凯利

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