Hawthorn House | Victoria | Australia

Scope

Hawthorn House, Victoria, Australia

澳洲維多利亞省霍索恩住宅

—

Edition Office

版本建築事務所

Edition Office primary design response for this project was to first recalibrate the entire project site into a large and singular terrace; one grand outdoor theatre for living which peels upwards at each title boundary to form a lush garden backdrop that would appear at every viewpoint from the living areas of the home. Within this garden platform, the house is is defined by a pair of heavily textured concrete shrouds, each with its own proportion and personality, linked together by a walkway and courtyard garden. The arched concrete shrouds evolved as a method of structurally supporting the house with its own skin; designed to be understood as protective cloak rather than as signifiers of support. These shrouds provide the framework for how the spaces within the home relate to each other and to the external environment. From the first floor the context appears denied, however these more private bathing and sleeping spaces are pulled away from the ends of the solid skin which allows each elevated pavilion to look out through full height glazing onto their own private courtyards full of plants, sky and tree canopy. At ground floor within the living, cooking and dining spaces the concrete shells provide clear connectivity with the entire landscape and a sense of unexpected lightness, while carefully concealing the neighbouring context. The ground floor living and lounge spaces in each pavilion are distinct from one another, yet they connect across the central north facing garden and courtyard. In contrast, the more private first floor sleeping spaces exist as their own elevated islands, the aspect of each being consciously framed around the three grand tree canopies of the site. The rough sawn formwork boards were stripped from the outer concrete walls, cleaned and re-used as the fencing material of the house, so that the entire perimeter of the site is composed of the same textural language and character of the concrete pavilions.

版本建築事務所(Edition Office)對此案首要的設計想法是將整個場地調整為一個大而奇異的露台，形成一個戶外生活劇場，將每一處建地邊緣掀開，使得居住者從屋內任何角度都能看見背景的蔥鬱花園。在這座花園平台中，房屋部分包含兩棟覆蓋粗糙混凝土幕牆的樓閣，兩間各有不同的的比例和特性，中間以走道和花園相連。本建案以拱型混凝土幕牆發展出外殼即為支撐結構的建築工法，但希望混凝土牆看起來像保護性遮罩，而非支撐元素。這些幕牆為家中各個空間之間以及和外部環境的連結關係提供了框架。在二樓，這些背景似乎都消失了，位於這裡的衛浴和寢室等較私密空間與堅硬的外牆拉開距離，從兩棟空中樓閣透過整面玻璃落地窗朝外看，皆可見綠樹如茵的私人庭院、藍天和樹冠。在一樓，水泥外牆為客廳、廚房與餐廳提供了明確的連接性及完整的空間和預期之外的明亮感，同時隱藏了周遭的街鄰區域。兩棟樓閣位於地面層的客廳和起居空間雖各有不同，但透過中間面北的花園和庭院相互連接。相反地，一樓私人空間的臥室則如空中島嶼般各自獨立存在，四面環繞著三株大樹樹冠。從混凝土外牆取下的模板經過清洗後再利用，作為屋子的圍牆，讓整塊建地的邊緣與其中的混凝土樓閣呈現相同的質地和個性。