在谈及作品时，McLean Quinlan 常常强调一种张力：广阔的自然与亲密的庇护。他们解释道：“我们一直深受宏大景观的吸引，但住宅同样需要让人感到舒适和被庇护。随着时间的推移，我们找到了将两者结合的方法，让建筑安静地融入环境，同时在内部保持温暖与舒适。”在他们看来，正是这种广阔与亲密的微妙平衡，赋予了空间独特而难忘的魅力。

When talking about his works, McLean Quinlan often emphasizes a tension: the vastness of nature and the intimate shelter. They explained: "We have always been attracted by grand landscapes, but residences also need to make people feel comfortable and sheltered." Over time, we found a way to combine the two, allowing the building to blend quietly into the environment while maintaining warmth and comfort inside. In their view, it is precisely this delicate balance of vastness and intimacy that endows the space with a unique and unforgettable charm.

McLean Quinlan 由 Fiona McLean 创立于1982年，擅于将材料美学、匠心工艺与深厚的在地精神融为一体，缔造出兼具温度与永恒感的居所。事务所专注于城市住宅与乡间度假屋的设计，每一个项目都源自对环境的敏锐感知与对居住者生活方式的深刻理解

当话题转向他们反复提及的光线、细节、天然材料与时间感时，他们回应：“我们一直对光线、材料随时间变化的质感，以及细节所赋予建筑的特质感兴趣。能否优雅地老去，对我们来说越来越重要。”在 McLean Quinlan 的理念中，建筑不仅是当下的回应，更是一种能与时间对话、传递长久温度的存在。在他们的新作 Bay House 中，这一设计哲学得到了最为完整的体现。

When the topic turned to the light, details, natural materials and the sense of time that they repeatedly mentioned, they responded: "We have always been interested in the texture of light and materials that change over time, as well as the characteristics that details endow buildings with." Whether we can age gracefully is becoming increasingly important to us. In McLean Quinlans philosophy, architecture is not merely a response to the present; it is an existence that can communicate with time and convey lasting warmth. And in their new work Bay House, this design philosophy is most fully embodied.

YINJISPACE：Bay House 的选址极具特色——一侧临海，另一侧是农田，住宅则顺应地势层层展开，这种流动布局是如何从您早期的设计研究中形成的？

YINJISPACE: The Bay House site is quite exceptional—coastline on one side, farmland on the other. The house gently steps down the slope. How did this flowing alignment emerge from your early design studies?

McLean Quinlan：场地本身就给出了答案。建筑应顺应坡度与曲线，而非与之抗衡。住宅随地势层层展开，每个空间都享有独特的视野——或眺望大海，或凝望田园。每一层都设有与地面相连的露台，使人随时都能步入自然。由此产生的流动动线自然而自由，出入口与行进路径常会有意想不到的惊喜。最重要的是，这种与斜坡契合的布局让房子给人一种从土地中自然生长而出的错觉。

McLean Quinlan: The site told us what to do. The house needed to follow the slope and curve of the site, not fight it. By stepping down, each space finds its own view, sometimes out to sea, sometimes back to the farmland. Every floor is grounded somewhere, so you can always step out. That makes the way you move through and around the house flow. The entries and routes in and out can be unexpected. More than anything, aligning with the slope helps the house feel like it belongs to the site.

YINJISPACE：从橡木细木工到富有质感的金属、陶瓷和地面，Bay House 呈现出极为丰富的触觉体验。在您的作品中，除了工艺本身之外，您如何理解“细节”的真正意义？

From oak joinery to tactile metals, ceramics, and flooring, Bay House feels rich to the touch. In your work, what does “detail” truly mean beyond craft?

McLean Quinlan： 对我们来说，细节关乎一切事物如何交汇——节点、边缘，以及材料之间的并置。这固然涉及技术，但更重要的是，它赋予住宅独特的氛围。我们常常将室外的材料延续到室内，并精心处理玻璃的运用，从而在内外之间营造一种自然的连续性，这种联系至关重要。对我们而言，细节并非繁琐的修饰，而是清晰与用心的体现。正如一位客户所说，我们的建筑“不仅宁静，而且能让人感到安宁”，这正是我们所追求的效果。

McLean Quinlan: For us, detail is how everything meets, the junctions, the edges, the way materials sit together. It’s technical, but it’s also what gives a house its atmosphere and makes it feel cared for and considered. We often bring materials from outside into the interiors and integrate glazing carefully, so there’s a continuous link between inside and out. That connection is critical. Detail isn’t about fussiness, it’s about clarity and care. A client recently described one of our buildings as not just calm, but calming, and that is exactly what we hope to achieve.

Bay House 是一个为热爱冲浪、骑行与漫步并以社区为中心的家庭所量身定制的私人住宅，坐落在陡峭的坡地上，房屋沿道路弯道蜿蜒展开，一侧面向开阔的海岸线，另一侧则俯瞰农田。这个美丽而富有挑战性的地块深刻影响了 McLean Quinlan 的设计理念，使住宅巧妙地顺应地形和地界，形成与环境紧密呼应的独特空间布局。

Bay House was designed for an active, community-focused family who enjoy surfing, cycling and walking in the local area. Bay House is set on a steeply sloping site which curves along a bend in the road beyond. On one side are wide views over the coastline, and the other overlooks bucolic farmland. This beautiful yet challenging location greatly informed McLean Quinlan’s design of the home, which subtly curves in line with the plot boundary.

住宅顺应地块的自然坡势，从一层逐步延伸至三层，并沿着场地层层展开。经过精心考量的朝向设计，使建筑体量在初见时并不明显，仿佛仅占据了一层地面。但随着视线与脚步的推进，房屋逐渐向外与向下展开，呈现出层次丰富的现代居所，空间和视野也逐步展现出来。

The architects designed the home to unfold down the site; levels step down from one to three storeys in line with the natural topography of the plot. Thanks to its thoughtful orientation, the mass of the house is not immediately obvious. On first approach, the house appears to occupy one ground level but stretches out and down to form a layered, modern home, revealing its spaces and views as visitors move through the building.

底层空间充分利用了东西两侧的海洋与山谷景致。开放式的起居室、厨房和用餐区以大面积落地玻璃窗引入充沛的自然光，让人仿佛置身于自然元素之间，却又免受风雨侵扰。起居空间向前后露台敞开，而主卧室则延伸出一方受保护的室外阳台，营造出亲近自然又兼具舒适的生活体验。

The ground floor makes the most of the far reaching ocean and valley views to both the east and west of the home. Vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling glazing through the open plan living, kitchen and dining areas flood the home with natural light, giving a feeling of being simultaneously among the elements yet protected from the prevailing winds and weather. The living space opens onto both front and rear terraces, and further along the main bedroom also enjoys a protected outdoor balcony.

住宅各层由南侧的楼梯厅相连，空间由玻璃立面围合，并以倾斜的橡木遮阳抵御夏季烈日，在石材立面上形成轻盈的开口。定制的橡木楼梯贯穿上下楼层，悬浮踏板让光线自由渗入，使楼梯厅在垂直动线上充满明亮与通透感。

The floors are connected by a stair hall which stands in the south side of the plan. Enclosed by a glazed elevation, the hall is protected from the summer sun by angled oak timber, offering a break in the stone facade of the home. A bespoke oak staircase links the levels, with floating treads which allow light to filter into the stair hall.

McLean Quinlan 亦承担了Bay House 的室内设计，取材于周边景观的 Solid Floor 工程橡木被用于地板与墙板，并与浅色灰泥墙及大型陶瓷地砖形成对比。工作室设计的定制细木工以光滑与粗锯橡木结合刷黄铜五金，兼具实用与美感；而由总监 Fiona McLean 设计的橡木长凳被静置于门厅，以温润质感迎接每一位来访者。

McLean Quinlan was also commissioned to undertake the interior design at Bay House. Drawing on the surrounding landscape, the material palette consists of engineered oak from Solid Floor for the flooring and wall panelling offset against light plaster walls and large ceramic floor tiles. Custom joinery designed by McLean Quinlan gives the home a highly pragmatic and functional appeal, completed in both smooth and rough sawn oak with brushed brass hardware throughout. Director Fiona McLean designed oak bench seating, which stands in the entrance hall to welcome guests.

被动式设计原则，为住宅引入了高效节能系统，打造低能耗居所。建筑以气密性热围护结构为基础，结合地源热泵与机械通风热回收系统提供供暖。屋顶覆盖绿色植被，将大规模光伏太阳能阵列融于环境之中，既环保高效又不破坏整体景观。

Designed with passive principles in mind, McLean Quinlan has included energy-efficient systems to define a low-energy home. The house, which is highly insulated and features an airtight thermal envelope, is warmed by a ground source heat pump and mechanical ventilation heat recovery system. A green roof blankets the home, tucked below a slight parapet, which conceals a vast photovoltaic solar array from view.

如今，Bay House 正以一种低调而深情的方式回应周围的环境：它既是一座现代住宅，也是人与自然和谐共处的栖居之所。建筑顺应坡地“自由生长”，与海岸、田野交织对话；室内空间延展出光与景的律动；可持续策略则将未来的责任融入当下的日常。

Bay House is responding in a low-key and affectionate way: It is both a modern residence and a place where people and nature coexist in harmony. The building follows the "free growth" of the slope and interweaves and converses with the coast and fields. The interior space extends the rhythm of light and scenery. Sustainable strategies integrate future responsibilities into the daily life of the present.