挪威出身的建筑师Casper Mork-Ulnes近期完成了一座看上去像变形虫的建筑，和他之前设计建造的艺术家工作室相连，内设厨房和餐厅。建筑位于北加利福尼亚Sonoma城一座占地3英亩的农场里，艺术家工作室的前身为谷仓，屋顶像蝴蝶一样反向折起；新建筑结构和工作室脱离，一直延伸到主人的花园，一端的玻璃拉门可以完全打开，让住户尽情享受当地温和的气候。

Norwegian-born architect Casper Mork-Ulnes recently completed an amoeba-like pavilion housing a kitchen and dining area, the extension to a skylit artist’s studio he designed the year before for a creative couple living on a three-acre farm in Sonoma county, northern California. The 2,500 square feet barn, featuring a dramatic inverted butterfly roof, accommodates an artist’s studio and an office; the new addition flows out to the garden where the homeowners planted bamboo, bird-of-paradise plants, aloes, edible taro, a fig tree and some creeping vines. Though easily sealed off from the elements, the pavilion has sliding glass doors that can completely open and take full advantage of Sonoma county’s clement weather.

▼项目全景，前方的板色建筑为新建的“变形虫”，后部的木立面建筑是经过改造的谷仓，overall view of the project，the white building at the front is “Amoeba”, the wooden building behind is the barn

农场为一对夫妇所有，从2005年起，业主和建筑师一同在其中建造了许多充满个性的实验性建筑。作为艺术家工作室的谷仓改造于2010年设计动工，为业主提供了充足的工作和绘画空间空间，以及环境适宜的艺术品储藏室。2012年建筑师设计了这个与工作室相连的形状独特扩展空间，而在他们的设想中，扩展房间的前部还将有一个新的泳池，预计将在2017年付诸实施。

Casper Mork-Ulnes has been collaborating with Lars Richardson, an entrepreneur dealing in Scandinavian art and antiques, and Laila Carlsen, a painter, ever since they moved from San Francisco to Sonoma in 2005. It all started with the design of several new structures on the couple’s three-acre farm: an unusual estate that exemplifies the creative spontaneity and penchant for experimentalism of the owners and their architect.

More recently, in 2010, they worked on the design of a new building (the Barn), as Richardson and Carlsen needed additional working space, climate safe storage of artwork, collectibles and memorabilia, and adequate space for a painter’s studio. And in 2012 they conceived an extension to the barn, a dining pavilion dubbed the Amoeba that was recently completed.

The architects are still working on the property, their collaboration with the clients starting in 2005 and still going 11 years later. The new masterplan includes a new pool and a pool-house in front of the Amoeba which is currently on the drawing board, ready to be implemented in 2017.

▼谷仓中的工作室，studio in the barn

▼充满绿意的新建筑，new architecture full of plants

谷仓改造

The project: phase 1 / The Barn

老谷仓位于旧金山以北一小时车程处的Sebastopol郊区，由于年代久远，其结构已经无法继续使用，因此建筑师决定将它彻底重建，促使整个农场项目得以推进和完成。设计师保留了谷仓的形态，在其中植入了新的功能。传统的谷仓屋顶为画室和藏画间提供了充足的高度，空间内有着舒适的自然通风和散射光照，从中还可以纵览农场的景色。

新建筑沿谷仓原址建造，建筑面积2500平方英尺，造价仅为每平方英尺140美元。建筑为大跨度结构，木框架和钢框架共同支撑，空间开放，光照充足，让艺术家可以根据自己的喜好在室内外作画。由于业主对木材情有独钟，建筑师将已有100年历史的老谷仓的壁板拆下，用作工作室立面材料。出于造价和结构考虑，室内使用复合木板覆面。老谷仓多余的木料被制造成了家具，屋顶使用的耐候钢材也来自于原有建筑。

The catalyst and driving design factor for the project was creating a second life for an old, derelict barn on the rural property located in Sebastopol, about an hour north of San Francisco, but turned into a new building after the existing structure was deemed unsalvageable. Using the barn typology had an instant appeal. The main challenge became to create an ideal art studio within the barn vernacular. Inverting the traditional gable barn roof created sweeping double height spaces for art production and storage, while providing natural ventilation, indirect northern light conditions, and views out toward the property.

The new barn has the same footprint as the existing one and was built for just over $140 per square foot. The new building consists of 2,500 square feet and is wood framed with steel moment frames. They allow for the large utilitarian openings and spans required to maneuver tractors and art work in and out of the building, while providing optimal lighting conditions for the artist. The Norwegian owners have a love for wood as a construction material. 100-year- old reclaimed barn siding was used as the exterior cladding material, reflecting 
the agrarian character of the previous building, while budgetary and functional constraints led to plywood being chosen as the interior cladding material. Framing material and siding from the existing barn was used for cabinetry. The roof was constructed with rusted steel reminiscent of the previous barn structure’s roofing and siding.

▼通高的工作室和艺术储藏室，double-height studio and art storage