Fouad Samara Architects设计的Modulofts公寓有着滑动外墙立面
Sliding walls animate the facade of Fouad Samara Architects' Modulofts apartments

由专筑网李韧，曹逸希编译

Fouad Samara Architects事务所在黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特设计建造了一座塔楼，它的特点是建筑外立面上的巨型钢板能够内外伸缩自如。

建筑师Fouad Samara是Modulofts公寓的主要投资者，建筑师旨在设计一种全新的住宅类型，来满足黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特对于中小型住宅的需求。

该城市Ashrafieh地区的项目开发包含7套复式公寓，建筑共有14层，其中一层是停车场。

Fouad Samara Architects has completed a tower in Beirut, which features huge steel panels that can slide out from reconfigurable apartments and be stored outside the building.
Architect Fouad Samara is a key shareholder in the Modulofts project, which seeks to provide a new residential typology to meet the need for small and medium-sized accommodation in the Lebanese capital.
This development in the city's Ashrafieh district contains seven duplex loft apartments stacked across 14 storeys, above a car-parking area on the ground floor.



建筑师说，建筑设计的灵感来源于传统黎巴嫩住宅的纯净性，以及上世纪60年代和70年代伦敦和曼哈顿城市公寓的灵活性。

通过创造一系列激发传统城市住宅意向的空间形式，建筑师希望通过设计的形式让这座公寓更加惬意与舒适。

According to the studio, the building's design is "inspired by the purity of the traditional Lebanese house – the beit – and the flexibility of urban lofts in London and Manhattan in the sixties and seventies."
By creating a sequence of spaces that evoke the format of traditional homes, the architects sought to imbue these residences with a more familiar and comfortable feel than other apartments.



7个垂直排布的阁楼都有着通高的起居室和餐厅，外部环绕着玻璃幕墙，还有分布在主要空间两侧的2间卧室。

而公寓的上部区域则包含有两个模块化房间，在这里使用者能够俯瞰起居空间。

建筑主立面上设置有滑动墙体，它们将建筑空间分隔成不同的部分，让内部能够满足16种不同的排布方式，从而让功能的设置更加灵活。

The seven vertically stacked lofts each feature a double-height living and dining area lined with full-height glazing, with a pair of rooms that can be subdivided from the main space at either end.
The apartments' upper storeys also contain two modular rooms that overlook the living area.
The sliding walls that project from the main elevation enable the occupants to partition off the various spaces as they require, resulting in an adaptable interior that can be configured in 16 different ways.



厨房位于开放式起居空间的一侧，使用者也可以通过滑动墙壁而启闭，在墙体的另一端则是可以用作书房和观影室的额外空间。

上部开放式夹层的卧室也能够按照需求而启闭，同时与下部楼层保持视线上的联系。

四个面板从每个公寓向外延伸，丰富立面形式的同时，也遮挡了周边视线，这样排列组合下来，这座建筑就会产生多达2.68亿种立面形式变化。

A kitchen at one end of the open-plan living space can be enclosed by sliding across one of the walls, while a wall at the other end can be used to provide additional accommodation or space for a study or TV room.
Bedrooms on the upper floors can be enclosed or left open as part of an open mezzanine connected visually with the floor below.
The four panels that extend outwards from each apartment also help to animate the facade when viewed from the surrounding neighbourhood, producing a possible 268 millions variations for its appearance.



从建筑一侧延伸的空间没有设置窗户，其中主要是诸如浴室、佣人房、竖向交通枢纽等服务设施。

在起居室和服务区域之间有着约80厘米的小空间，其中包含了内置橱柜和连接两个楼层的内部楼梯。

Spaces extending along the side of the building away from the windows accommodate services, including bathrooms and staff accommodation, along with the stairwell and lift.
An 80-centimetre segment between the living spaces and service areas incorporates built-in cupboards and the internal stair connecting the two floors.



混凝土面板、钢材和铝板这些未经处理的原始材料的运用让建筑具有清新的感觉，这种风格参考了黎巴嫩传统住宅以及伦敦、纽约的阁楼。

建筑师将一些结构元素直接暴露在外表面，例如阳台、楼梯、深色扶手，这与白色天花板吊顶和橱柜形成鲜明对比。

Fouad Samara Architects事务所在某个校园建筑中也运用了类似的混凝土与深色钢材的对比手法，该项目位于一片倾斜的场地之中，使用者能够欣赏到远方地中海的景色。

摄影：Nader Mousally

The application of materials including board-marked concrete, steel and aluminium left in their raw, untreated state is intended to reference the styles of traditional Lebanese houses, as well as the lofts of London and New York.
The exposed structural elements and interventions including the balcony, staircase and handrail are painted black to contrast with white-painted suspended ceilings and cupboards.
Fouad Samara Architects applied a similar combination of concrete and black steel at a university building that rises above a sloping site to provide views of the Mediterranean Sea.
Photography is by Nader Mousally.