Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York.
The local studio drew on the hexagonal plan of the original 1980s home to create the minimal, linear form of Salt Point Residence, with 185 square metres providing space for two new en-suite bedrooms around a central living room.
Reddymade 和艾未未参考最初的建筑平面设计图,扩建了六边形的体量
Reddymade and Ai Weiwei gave the extension a hexagonal end section to reference the shape of the original building's plan
"The existing residence is composed of a cluster of hexagonal pavilions. For the new structure, we transposed this hexagonal plan to shape the section for the addition," explained Reddymade.
"The extension was designed to be strikingly simple and minimal, which is reflected not only in its graphic language, but also in its materiality."
从远处看,扩建部分看起来像一个工业谷仓
From a distance, the extension looks like an industrial barn
一条玻璃走廊从原有住宅通向扩建部分,两翼在这处极简的客厅里连接,被认为是中央“铰链”。
又长又窄的两翼延伸至浴室,面向玻璃走廊末端,通向私人门廊,使每间新卧室都与周围的景观紧密相连。
A glass corridor leads from the original home to the centre of the extension, where two angled wings meet in a simple living room, conceived as the form's central "hinge".
The long, thin wings then both extend past bathroom blocks towards glazed ends, which open onto private porches to give each of the new bedrooms a close connection with the surrounding landscape.
波纹金属包覆扩建部分的两翼
Corrugated metal clads the extension's two wings
在扩建部分的南端,门廊被赋予了一面室外淋浴的镜面墙,面对墙上的一个切口,构成了框景。
白色的墙壁和天花板,泛白的木地板与由六边形截面形成的斜屋顶一同表现出极简的风格特征。
虽然在观景时大多通过玻璃门廊实现,但通过扩建部分侧边的一些小窗户也能看到房屋周边草坡的景色。
At the extension's southern end, this porch has been given a mirrored wall fitted with an outdoor shower, facing a cut-out in the wall that frames the landscape.
White walls and ceilings, and pale wooden floors characterise the simple interiors, which express the pitched roof created by the hexagonal section.
While most of the focus on the landscape is via the glazed porches, a series of small windows in the side of the extension give views across the home's gently sloping site.
两翼的卧室都通向露台
Bedrooms at each end open onto terraces
"The minimal material palette of the extension offers a neutral and light setting for art works and furniture from the client's private collection," said the studio.
"Throughout the new structure, large square windows are set low to frame the outward view and enhance the experience of the home's natural settings."
白色的墙壁和天花板,浅色木地板用于室内
White walls and ceilings, and pale wooden floors are used throughout the interior
The artworks that dot the landscape indicate the proximity to Artfarm – a private art gallery designed in 2009 by Swiss practice HHF, also in collaboration with Ai Weiwei.
The metal exterior of Artfarm, reminiscent of agricultural barns, informed the corrugated cladding of Salt Point Home, which from a distance also appears as a simple metal barn until you notice its hexagonal ends.
住宅位于纽约北部的Artfarm艺术画廊对面
The house is located opposite the Artfarm centre in Upstate New York
Reddymade 最近还与 Google 合作设计了在纽约切尔西的第一家Google实体零售店,其中包含软木家具和回收材料。
图片由Ashok Sinha拍摄
Reddymade recently worked with Google to design the company's first physical retail space in New York's Chelsea, incorporating cork furniture and recycled materials.
The photography is by Ashok Sinha.