连接之家丨英国伦敦丨Albert Mo Architects

很少有项目能像建筑师自宅一样允许进行大胆的实验，“连接之家 ”也不例外。15 年前，建筑师兼业主Albert Mo和他的家人搬进了Peter Mcintyre设计的一座上世纪中期风格的住宅。在长达十多年的时间里，他们一直在思考设计理念，而这些理念也成为了扩建工程的驱动力。该项目的概念框架中引入了连接室外的新手段，以及为了容纳十多岁孩子而扩大的平面布局，同时完成了对建筑遗产的修复。最终，建成的住宅既是一个花园，亦是一座建筑，日常的生活仪式在各个层面上都与自然发生互动——从大榆树树冠掩映的悬挑起居室，到餐桌上的微缩花园摆件。

Few projects allow as much experimentation as an architect’s own home, Connected House is no exception. Fifteen years ago architect/client, Albert Mo and his family moved into a 1950’s mid-century home designed by Peter Mcintyre. For more than a decade they ruminated on design philosophes that would become the driving force behind the extension. The conceptual framework for the project balanced the restoration of architectural heritage with a new approach to outdoor connections and a growing floor plan to accommodate teenage children. The resulting home is as much about garden as it is about building, the daily ritual of living interacts with nature at all levels – from the cantilevered lounge room in the canopy of a mature elm, to the dining table’s microcosm courtyard garden.

▼外观，exterior appearance © Derek Swalwell

▼大榆树树冠掩映的悬挑起居室， the cantilevered lounge room in the canopy of a mature elm © Derek Swalwell

▼入口，entrance © Derek Swalwell

▼陈列，display area © Derek Swalwell

▼摆件，displayed objects © Derek Swalwell

▼起居室，living lounge © Derek Swalwell

位于伦敦邱区的 Studley 公园是现代主义住宅建筑的大熔炉，保持原有住宅的街道风貌是公共领域的一项重要遗产。原有的涂料颜色和砖饰面被修复，而新的扩建部分则低调地隐藏于街景之中。建筑形式与背景环境之间的这种关系意味着，只有当客人走进住宅深处时，才会察觉第二层的存在。

▼原始剖面与改造后剖面，section of original and after-renovation © Albert Mo Architects

Studley Park in Kew is a melting pot of modernist residential architecture, maintaining the street presence of the original home was an important legacy for the public domain. Original paint colours and brick finishes were restored, while the new extension sits discreetly hidden from the street view. This relationship between built form and context means the second storey isn’t revealed until guests are deep within the home.

▼低调的二层，discreetly hidden upper floor © Derek Swalwell

该地块的地势非常陡峭，需要修建成明显的阶梯以便在住宅和后院之间建立新联系。为了尽量减少土方工程，扩建部分严格遵循现有住宅的结构布局。平面布局努力地在建于二战后的简单框架内确定新的解决方案。最终，新的楼层与原有建筑的占地完全一致，保持了整个房屋的比例和节奏。

The site is incredibly steep and needed significant terracing to create new relationships between the home and the backyard. To minimize earthworks, the extension strictly follows the structural set out of the existing home. The floor plan worked hard to resolve new program within the framework of the modest, post war bones. As a result, the new storey exactly aligns with original building footprint – maintaining a proportional rhythm across the house.

▼餐厨区域，kitchen and dining © Derek Swalwell

▼厨房一瞥，a glimpse at the kitchen © Derek Swalwell

▼餐厅与后院，view of dining area and backyard © Derek Swalwell

▼细部，details © Derek Swalwell

▼中庭花园，central garden © Derek Swalwell

▼花园一角，garden corner © Derek Swalwell

▼楼梯，staircase © Derek Swalwell

在如此陡峭的场地上成功整合新旧建筑结构，需要很高的精确度，这也正是专业联合深度合作的结晶。最典型的例子莫过于在移交一年后完成的吊桥装置！它需要一位愿意做数学计算的航空工程师、一位敢于承担风险的金属制造商、一位值得信赖的建造商，当然还有坚持不懈的建筑师兼业主——结果发现，在经过 12 个月的原型设计后，吊桥仍然太重，无法起吊！又经过 3 次尝试，这座桥才得以成功投入使用。

▼吊桥机构细部，detailed drawings of the drawbridge wheel © Albert Mo Architects

The precision required for the successful integration of old and new building fabric on such a steep site was a culmination of true collaboration from allied principles. There is no better example than the mechanism of the drawbridge, completed a year after handover! It took a willing aerospace engineer to do the math, a metal fabricator with a large appetite for risk, a trusting builder and of course, the architect/client to persevere – only to find that after 12 months of prototyping, the bridge was still too heavy to lift! It took another 3 attempts before the bridge was operational.

▼吊桥装置，drawbridge © Derek Swalwell

▼吊桥装置操纵轮，drawbridge wheel © Derek Swalwell

▼吊桥装置操纵轮细部，drawbridge wheel detail © Derek Swalwell

这座住宅将世代相传，可持续性对于确保跨代住宅的使用寿命至关重要。虽然最初的平面具有良好的朝向，但它几乎没有隔热措施，使用的也都是燃气家电。新工程将其改造为全电气房屋（除了原有的燃气壁炉），并配备了大量太阳能电池板系统。一切都用新的双层玻璃隔热，花园也几乎完全是本地生态。材料均使用低维护和耐磨材料，并优先考虑本地制造商和供应商。

This home will be passed down through generations, sustainability was critical to ensure the longevity of an inter-generational house. Although the original plan had good orientation, it was virtually uninsulated with all gas appliances. The new works converted it to an all electric house (except for the original gas fireplace) with a significant solar panel system. Everything was insulated with new double glazing and the garden is almost entirely native. Materials are low maintenance and hard wearing with a priority for local manufacturers and suppliers.

▼向花园敞开的卧室，interior opened to the natural garden © Derek Swalwell

▼生态花园，natural garden © Derek Swalwell

项目的成功离不开对场地的深入了解——清晨阳光从哪里射入，哪些树木在冬季落叶，谁喜欢在炉火旁阅读，书包又放在哪里，等等。最终的平面直接回应了家庭生活的需求，不仅是现在，也包括未来。

The project’s success comes from intimate site knowledge – where the sun creeps through in the morning, which trees are deciduous in winter, who likes to read by the fire and where the schoolbags live. The floor plan is a direct response to the needs of family life, now and into the future.

▼夜景，night view © Derek Swalwell

▼场地平面与剖面，site plan and section © Albert Mo Architects

▼平面图，floor plans © Albert Mo Architects

▼剖面图，sections © Albert Mo Architects

Project Name: Connected House #AMoAConnectedHouse

Architecture and Interior: Albert Mo Architects (AMoA) @albertmoarchitects

Builder: Block Constructions @blockconstructions

Landscape Architects: Mud Office @mudoffice

Photography: Derek Swalwell @derek_swalwell