项目坐落于墨尔本Balwyn区的某处前农田基地上，场地平坦开阔，周边围绕着众多乡村住宅。这些住宅的规模比墨尔本郊区中部的住宅小得多，而本项目则以独特的风格从这些小型住宅建筑中脱颖而出。新建筑坐落于场地的中心，采用了“谷仓”式的建筑形式，展现出场地过去的农业历史与原有建筑的位置。

Located on a former farmland site in Balwyn, the Kenny Street House is a unique project in that the site is a relatively large, flat site surrounded by much smaller houses in the middle of suburban Melbourne. The new house makes reference to its agricultural origins via its’ barn-like external form and its’ location towards the centre of the site, similar to the location of the original homestead.

▼项目外观，external view of the project © Tatjana Plitt

住宅外部采用了经久耐用的建筑材料，包括：金属覆层包裹的墙体与屋面，主入口处干石堆砌的承重墙等。入口底层立面上则采用了更为温暖的木制饰面，这种设置将建筑外部理性的风格与室内温暖的纹理与弯曲的形式柔和地衔接起来。

Externally, the materials selected were durable and robust – including metal cladding and drystone stacked walls which transitioned to warmer textures and curved forms internally. This was done via curved timber wall cladding on the ground floor mirrored by curved timber battens on the first floor which were offset by the subtle textures of the polished slab and off form concrete.

▼入口立面，entrance facade © Tatjana Plitt

业主的愿景是建造一座光线充足的家庭住宅，四名家庭成员既可以在一个主要的公共生活空间内互动交流，又能享有不同私密程度的个人空间。此外，业主还特别强调了房屋的可持续性，保证全年舒适度、降低建筑能耗，并运用被动式太阳能技术。

Our client’s brief was for a light-filled family home that allowed all four members of the family to interact in the one main living space but to also offer various opportunities to have spaces that allowed for activities with varying levels of privacy. There was also a strong emphasis on sustainability in that the house had to be comfortable all year round with very low energy use and to encompass passive solar principles.

▼入口玄关，entrance porch © Tatjana Plitt

▼由玄关看生活空间，viewing the living space from the entrance porch © Tatjana Plitt