Identiti广告办公空间改造
Identiti Advertising Renovation / Meister Varma Architects

由专筑网王沛儒，李韧编译

来自建筑事务所的描述： Identiti是一个由父子三人经营的广告和品牌代理机构，他们希望将家和办公室整合成一个宽敞的生活工作单元。在业主购买了位于270平方米的场地上的一座建筑之后，他们与建筑师取得了联系。现有的建筑是印度喀拉拉邦当地的典型风格，这种建筑大多数采用租赁的形式。采光效率低、面积小是印度传统建筑的一些特征，而狭小的房间尺寸也让项目变得棘手。

Text description provided by the architects. Identiti is an advertising and branding agency run by a father-sons trio who wished to consolidate their home and office in different parts of the city into a spacious live-work unit. By the time we were approached, a building had been purchased for this purpose on a relatively compact 270 sqm site. The existing structure was an archetype of a build to rent style prevalent throughout Kerala with low daylight and even lesser character. Cramped room sizes resulting from a half-baked interpretation of Vastu (traditional Indian system of architecture) made matters worse.

为了满足使用者的功能需求，项目改造极具戏剧性。除了家庭功能之外，建筑中还要容纳约20名员工的办公场所。因此，建筑需要有着与众不同的外观，满足其多种功能用途。建筑师采取了由内向外的设计策略，从内部空间入手，结合不同的功能需求。一楼是无柱办公空间，另外还设置有长辈公寓（带有传统的封闭厨房和公用平台），最后在第二层进入晚辈的开放式公寓。氧化亚铁墙是每个楼层的突出元素，内置照明功能。东边的水泥格栅遮挡了周边的视野，并将光线过滤至生活空间。除了墙壁外，二层楼板也被部分拆除，从而将两座住宅楼层的阳台连接起来。

The renovation had to be dramatic to match its energetic occupants. The building was to cater for an office of 20 employees in addition to an expanding joint family. It also needed a look distinct from its neighbours hinting at its mixed-use avatar. We began with an inside out approach carving out the interior to match the space requirements of each floor. The largely column free office on the ground floor proceeding to the parents’ apartment on the first (with a traditional closed kitchen and utility terrace) and finally onto the sons’ open plan apartment on the second. Ferrous oxide walls feature as prominent elements on each floor with built in lighting features. A cement lattice to the east gives visual privacy from close neighbours and filters light to the living spaces. In addition to the walls, a portion of the second floor slab was also demolished to link the two residential floor balconies.

在建筑外部，建筑师通过石膏和色彩的表面处理将公共与私人功能从视觉上分开。标志性的红色赭石色墙围绕着建筑，将其与周围的居住环境区分开来。大型阳台用抛光水泥建成，横跨两层，向前方伸出。内部的种植装置就如同垂直的厨房花园，其中种植了爬山虎等植物。建筑师的目标是在密集的城市环境中，让这座融合了多种功能空间充满活力。

On the exterior, the public/private functions are visually separated by the surface treatment of plaster and colour. A red ochre wall deriving its colour from the company logo wraps around the building setting it apart from its residential surrounding. Large balconies finished in polished cement and spanning two floors jut out towards the front. Inbuilt planters within act as vertical kitchen gardens used to grow creepers and herbs. The building aims to be a model of invigoration for life in a dense urban environment incorporating a variety of spaces and functions.

建筑设计：Meister Varma建筑事务所
地点：印度，喀拉拉邦
设计团队：Krishnan Varma, Vanessa Meister, Anila Cherian, Sruthi Vijay
结构设计：Rao & Associates
面积：3600平方英尺（334.4平方米）
项目年份：2017年
摄影：Vishnu Raj
制造商：Grohe, Saint Gobain, Schneider, Tata Steel, Bayferrox

Architects: Meister Varma Architects
Location: Kochi, Kerala, India
Design Team: Krishnan Varma, Vanessa Meister, Anila Cherian, Sruthi Vijay
Structural Design: Rao & Associates
Area: 3600.0 ft2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Vishnu Raj
Manufacturers: Grohe, Saint Gobain, Schneider, Tata Steel, Bayferrox