Timber and hempcrete form patchwork facade of London mews house

由专筑网王雪纯，小R编译

Hempcrete Mewshouse是一座三层住宅，有着汉麻混凝土墙壁和拼贴立面，由当地工作室Cathie Curran在一个废弃场地上增建而成。

住宅位于Forest Gate街区，环绕着由钢材和木材组成的格栅结构，采用了多种天然材料，包括橡木、固雅木、汉麻混凝土和陶土。场地原本作为一处小马厩，建筑取代了之前的废弃单层车库。

工作室创始人Cathie Curran说：“这个单层车库已经闲置了一段时间，结构不稳固，临时搭建在地面上的混凝土板之间还有一个巨大的坑，用来修理汽车发动机。”

Hempcrete walls and a patchwork facade characterise Hempcrete Mewshouse, a three-storey home that local studio Cathie Curran has added to a derelict site in east London.
Located in Forest Gate, the home was built around a gridded structure made from steel and timber and features a variety of natural materials, including oak, accoya, hempcrete and terracotta. It replaces a derelict single-storey garage on a small mews site.
"The single storey lock-up had been unused for some time, the structure was unsound and there was a huge pit in the makeshift floor slab for working on car engines," studio founder Cathie Curran told Dezeen.


▲ Hempcrete Mewshouse以汉麻混凝土墙和拼贴立面为特色
Hempcrete walls and a patchwork facade characterise Hempcrete Mewshouse

为了展示住宅的结构网格，面向街道的立面材质采用了拼贴风格，包括可以打开通风的暗色固雅木板材。

另外，还有用石灰外抹灰防水的汉麻混凝土，覆盖着红色陶土瓦片，交替放置在立面上。

Curran解释说：“立面是对钢材和木材混合结构的一种表达。客户要求最大程度的适应性和无障碍的地面层布局，因此使用了钢结构框架来界定流线和分区，定义主要功能空间。”

Expressing the home's structural grid, the street-facing facade is clad in a patchwork-like pattern of materials, including panels of dark accoya wood planks, which can be opened in places for ventilation.
In other places, hempcrete blocks are waterproofed with a lime render and covered in terracotta tiles, which have been placed in alternating directions.
"The facade is an expression of the steel and timber tartan grid hybrid structure," explained Curran. "The brief required maximum adaptability and an unobstructed plan at ground level, so a steel frame was employed to delineate circulation and service areas and define the main spaces."


▲ 该住宅采用了多种天然材料
The home features a variety of natural materials

为了将住宅与相邻的马厩隔开，工作室在场地周围建造了一系列屏风，形成了一个半私密的前庭院，由深灰色的门和围墙围合。

进入嵌入立面网格的固雅木大门，来到天花板和墙壁都采用橡木饰面的住宅门厅，具有纹理的混凝土地板呼应着场地的工业历史。

To enclose the home from the rest of the mews, the studio built a series of screens around the site, creating a semi-private front courtyard bordered by dark grey gates and fences.
Accessed through an accoya door built into the grid of the facade, the home's entrance hall features a ceiling and walls clad entirely in oiled oak, while a textural concrete floor draws on the industrial past of the site.


▲ 一处全高的楼梯位于门厅的一侧
A full-height stairwell sits on one side of the entrance hall

贯穿住宅三层楼的楼梯由天窗照亮。楼梯的主要材质是橡木，但底座和最低的两个台阶都是由混凝土制成，软化了楼梯与下方明亮的混凝土地板之间的过渡。

Curran表示：“舒缓的、有生命力的橡木与这条有着坚硬矿物质感的通道形成对比。采用顶部照明的入口空间充满神秘感，像是一个减压室，强调了从混乱到宁静的过渡。”

A full-height stairwell to one side of the entrance hall stretches between all three floors of the home and is lit by a skylight. While the staircase is mainly made from oak, the base and two lowest steps are made from concrete, softening the transition between the stairs and the light concrete floor below.
"The oak offers a soothing, organic contrast to the hard mineral atmosphere of the lane," said Curran. "The top-lit entrance space is mysterious, a decompression chamber to emphasise the transition from chaos to calm."


▲ 楼梯由天窗照亮
The stairwell is lit by a skylight

除了大厅以外，整个一楼都设置了开放式起居空间，橡木家具点缀其中，连柱子也用了橡木包裹。

厨房尽头的挑高空间配有橡木框架的玻璃墙和通往后花园的门，展示了楼上的汉麻混凝土板。

Hempcrete Mewshouse的顶楼为卧室和浴室，以及一个可以俯瞰厨房的书房，通过百叶窗与下方的空间分隔开来。

浴室采用了暖色调的橡木装饰，墙壁和地板都铺设有陶瓷砖，同时还有可打开的橡木墙板和通高窗户。

Curran表示：“石灰膏、橡木、陶土、大理石和浅色地面混凝土等古老材料与街道的工业氛围形成鲜明对比，形成了宜人温柔的氛围。”

Beyond the lobby, open living spaces featuring oak joinery and furnishings have been arranged across the ground floor, punctuated by oak-clad columns.
With a wall of glazing set in oak frames and doors that open onto the back garden, the double-height space at the end of the kitchen showcases the hempcrete panels that enclose the upper levels of the home.
The top floors of Hempcrete Mewshouse comprise bedrooms and bathrooms along with a first-floor study which overlooks the kitchen and can be separated from the space below by shutters.
Finished with warm-toned joinery, the bathrooms feature walls and floors covered in terracotta tiles, as well as openable oak wall panels and full-height windows.
"Ancient materials such as lime plaster, oak, terracotta, marble, and pale ground concrete contrast with the industrial tone of the street, evoking a gentler time and place," said Curran.


▲ Hempcrete Mewshouse的顶楼设有卧室和浴室
The top floors of Hempcrete Mewshouse comprise bedrooms and bathrooms

在设计这栋住宅时，总部位于伦敦的工作室Cathie Curran规划了将住宅分割为两个公寓的方案，每个公寓都可以从街道上独立进入。

工作室表示：“如果要将房屋分割成两个公寓，木梁和托梁可以重新使用，非承重的木制麻混凝土隔墙也可以轻松地移除。建筑的结构设计保证了可以简单地转换为两个独立单元，每个单元的入口都是独立的。因此可以满足跨代居住、共同居住或社会护理服务，甚至商业活动等功能。”

When designing the home, London-based studio Cathie Curran arranged the rooms to allow for future separation of the home into two apartments, each with separate access from the street.
"The timber beams and joists can be redeployed to subdivide the house into a pair of apartments, likewise non-load-bearing timber stud hempcrete partitions can be easily removed," said the studio.
"The structure will permit easy conversion into two separate units, each with independent street access, if desired. Multigenerational occupancy, co-living or social care provision, even commercial activity, could all be accommodated."


▲ 浴室的墙壁和地板都铺有陶土瓦片
The bathrooms feature walls and floors covered in terracotta tiles





















图片由Chris Daly提供

The photography is by Chris Daly.