Merrydown

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来自事务所的描述。这栋住宅原是当地维多利亚女子学校，20世纪70年代的时候成为一个单层住宅，住宅的主人和现在一样（委托人的妈妈）。住宅原来的布局更像是修道院，一间大大的房间，一条单独的走廊连接着小型卧室，另一侧布置着浴室。

From the architect. The house was originally the local Victorian girls school and latterly a single storey home that had been lived in by the same owner since the 1970s (the clients mother). The original layout was almost monastic: one large room with a single corridor o it with cell-like bedrooms and bathrooms to one side.


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我们的设计旨在使整栋住宅显得朴素大方，并达到以下三个要求：
•增加住宅使用面积
•充分发挥建筑结构的优势，使居住空间富有乐趣
•将住宅空间划分为两层

Our brief was to strip the building bare and produce a scheme which delivered three things:
• An increase in the sq/m of the house:
• A more interesting set of spaces, taking best advantage of the building form

• Accommodation over two storeys


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最终，该住宅布置了三间卧室、两间浴室，一个开放式起居空间、2层通高的厨房还有一间尺度更小更宜人的学习/娱乐空间。我们调整了二层卧室和浴室的位置，充分利用了过去被忽视的空间，结合建筑构造和自身特点，把空间划分为两层。原有的首层平面坐落在1米高的空地之上，而天花板与屋顶托梁之间还有相当大的距离。重新利用这些闲置的空间以及三米高的层高，我们不必挪动原有墙体，也不必刻意提高屋顶高度，就可以将空间划分为两层。

The final scheme resulted in three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one loo, an open plan living space and an additional Study/ TV Room which is a smaller and more intimate space o the double-height kitchen. The first floor bedrooms and bathroom were not there before. We were able to fit two storeys into the existing building envelope by utilising space which had been previously ignored. The original ground floor was sitting above a one metre void, and the original ceiling had been suspended from the roof joists by a considerable distance. By claiming back these untapped voids, and with a generous existing ceiling height of three metres, we were able to deliver two storeys without underpinning the perimeter walls or increasing the height of the roof structure.


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把原有住宅进行改造，其中局部划分为两层空间（卧室部分），局部设置为通高空间（起居部分），问题的关键在于：如何让两部分彼此关联，合二为一？

We knew from early on that part of the building would have two floors (the bedroom end), and part would be double-height (the living end). The key question was: how will these two ends relate to one another?


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开放式起居空间位于二层卧室的下方，天花高度较低。上层卧室自屋顶结构悬挂而下，避免出现墙体或柱子破坏起居空间的完整性。卧室部分结构处理的十分隐蔽，不得不暴露在外的结构部分则用涂漆钢板装饰起来，与木屋顶融合在一起。最终，上层卧室看起来像漂浮在空中一般，看似并不符合逻辑，充满了戏剧性，处理的十分巧妙。

The open plan living room sits below a bedroom at first floor level and has a low ceiling height as a result. It was important that the bedroom above was completely suspended from the roof structure to prevent any supporting walls or columns from compromising the living room. This was achieved by concealing the bedroom structure wherever possible and, where this was not possible, it was disguised by using painted steel sections that were indistinguishable from the existing timber roof structure. The result is a deceptively simple ‘ floating’ room that seems to defy logic and lends a wonderful sense of drama to the double-height kitchen.


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这幢住宅并不用于长期日常生活，而是作为度假、周末住宅或是短租之用。住宅坐落于郊区，作为人们短暂的聚会逗留场所——因此，在设计中，将厨房和起居空间密切的联系在一起，并作为住宅的主要使用空间。

The house was never meant for day-to-day living and is intended to be used for holidays, weekends and short holiday rentals. The building is in the countryside and on a short break people typically tend to congregate in one focal space – so it was important that the kitchen and living room were tied together and formed the main room of the house.


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住宅主要空间在尺度和布局上近似于礼拜堂，在材料的选择上，更偏好纯净朴素。室内设计中，始终采用桦木胶合板、混凝土、木材、黄铜等材料，利用回收木材/混凝土砌块打造出一片纵向承重墙，作为通向二层卧室的楼梯井的内纵墙，同时它也充当着起居空间的背景墙。忠实的表达材料特性，注重耐磨性能，控制造价。所有的材料都不加修饰，未经雕琢，恰到好处的融入原有住宅，形成一个极简而质朴的纯净空间，住宅中所有的木质家具全部在当地手工定制而成。

The principal living space is almost church-like in scale and arrangement, so be fitting a pure and restrained selection of materials. Birch plywood, concrete, wood wool and brass are used through-out, and recycled wood/concrete blocks create a structural spine wall which forms the stairwell to the bedrooms above and provides a backdrop to the more intimate living area. e materials used are honest, hard wearing and low in cost. They have all been left in their natural state - ‘as found’ – and, together with the pleasing rhythms of the original building, combine to make a scheme of conceptual simplicity and spatial purity. We designed all the joinery and everything is bespoke and hand made locally.


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Floor Plan/楼层平面图


Floor Plan/楼层平面图


Elevation/立面图


Elevation/立面图


Section/剖面图


Section/剖面图


Detail/细节

建筑设计：McLaren Excell • Office Profile
项目位置：英国，多塞特郡
项目年份：2016年
摄影：McLaren Excell

Architects：McLaren Excell • Office Profile
Location：Dorset, UK
Project Year：2016
Photographs：Courtesy of McLaren Excell

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