来自专筑编辑孙云鹏，刘庆新的报道。youCUBE是一个18单元住宅开发项目，该项目旨在为城市中一个63'×264'狭窄地块探索居住人均密度和经济承受能力的潜在可能性。该项目位于海滨大道的北端，看似不起眼，该地块包含附近的河流和被忽视的工业环境。

From the architect. youCUBE is an 18 unit housing development that explores the potential for density and affordability on a narrow, 63’ x 264’ urban lot. Located on the north end of Waterfront Drive, the project occupies a seemingly unremarkable site with limited visibility of the nearby river and neglected, industrial surroundings.

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该项目的预算有限，且要按照业主的要求建造。设计师需要建立一个合适的施工标准供承包商参考。对此，该项目挑战了标准的传统多户型住宅的设计和人们负担得起的个人住宅，而是超越了简简单单的设计类型，包括宽敞的户外空间和具有灵感的建筑内饰。

With a modest budget and a background in custom home building, the developer needed a design that could be built using standard construction methods by residential contractors. In response, the project challenges conventional multi-family housing design with a modular and more affordable configuration of individual dwellings that goes beyond the brief to include extensive outdoor space and inspired architectural interiors.

Program Diagram/方案分析图

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联排别墅的三四层共享一个广场，该广场是从人行道上提高6英尺而建设的隐避和安全空间，而且不与街道脱离。广场可以有道路通向所有的别墅，而且还搭建起一扇门作为车辆通道入口，下面就是居民停车处。每个单元住房在屋顶露台上都有一个良好的视野，能全方位欣赏到远处壮观的河流和城市天际线。

The final composition clusters three and four storey townhouses together on a shared plaza, which is elevated six feet above the sidewalk to suggest privacy and security without disengaging from the street. The plaza provides access to all of the suite entrances and shelters a new driveway for vehicular access and resident parking below. Each unit culminates in a rooftop patio with spectacular 360° vistas of the river and city skyline. Together, these two spaces lift residents above their industrial context, capturing formerly inaccessible views and carving a permanent community into a transitional setting.

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为了使项目具有成本效益，该设计包括两个标准单元尺寸——18'×20'或18'×28' ——每个都有两种内饰布局选项。第一个布局的生活空间更加传统，它位于主楼层，而其他将它们移动到更高层面上，以提供良好的光线和视野。类似于房子，地下室是混凝土浇铸，而上层是传统的木结构组件。

In order to keep the project cost-effective, the design consists of two standard unit sizes – 18’ x 20’ or 18’ x 28’ – that each have two interior layout options. The first layout places the living spaces more traditionally on the main floor, while the other moves them to the upper levels for greater access to light and views. Similar to a house, the basements are cast-in place concrete, while the upper levels are traditional wood-frame assemblies.

First Floor Plan /一层平面图

该立方体建筑外立面是简洁的白色灰泥以便反射光线进入广场，并与邻近的建筑物提供了一个现代化的搭配。除了简化施工过程，公寓的垂直设计也使户外设施沿着人行道边，结合绿地，小庭院和入口处的口袋商业套房而设计，为居民的生活、工作提供了更多的空间。

The cubes are clad in simple white stucco that reflects light into the plaza and provides a modern counterpoint to the neighbouring buildings. In addition to streamlining the construction process, the condominiums’ vertical design also leaves more room for outdoor amenities along the sidewalk edge, incorporating pockets of green space, small patios and entrances to commercial suites that offer live-work opportunities for residents.

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在内部，每个单元都通过一个建筑“包装”，即将内部刻画成宽敞的开放式客房的流体空间以及明亮的体积内设计元素定义。包装只触及两面墙壁，并勾画地板和阁楼，就像是通过空间编织一样，创造巨大的眺望空间。

Inside, each unit is defined by an architectural ‘wrap’, a design element that sculpts the interior into a fluid sequence of open plan rooms within a spacious, light-filled volume. Touching only two walls at a time, the wrap delineates floors and mezzanines as it weaves through the space, creating dramatic overlooks to the spaces below.

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立方体外墙面通过反射折回，或继续向上形成窗户，依次形成独特的外立面。天花板高度飙升至36英尺，从顶层一直到一楼过滤日光。外立面成为建筑物简单性外壳的和发生在此处复杂的生活之间的媒介。

The wrap reacts with the walls of the cube by folding back onto itself, or continuing upward to form window openings. Ceiling heights soar up to 36 feet, filtering daylight from the top level all the way to the ground floor. The wrap becomes the mediator between the simplicity of the building’s shell and the complexity of living that occurs within.

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Ground Floor Plan/底层平面图

Second Floor Plan/二层平面图

Third Floor Plan/三层平面图

Unit Plans/单元平面图

Exploded Axonometric/分解轴测图

Wrap Diagram 1/包装分析图

Wrap Diagram 2/包装分析图 2

Wrap Diagram 3/包装分析图 3

Wrap Diagram 4/包装分析图 4

Wrap Diagram 5/包装分析图 5

Wrap Diagram 6/包装分析图 6

Wrap Diagram 7/包装分析图 7

Wrap Diagram 8/包装分析图 8

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建筑设计：5468796架构
地点：加拿大马尼托巴省 温尼伯
面积：15000.0平方英尺
项目年份：2015年
摄影：James Brittain

Architects: 5468796 Architecture
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Area: 15000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: James Brittain

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