© Nigel Rigden

(Nigel Rigden)

架构师提供的文本描述。这座四层楼高的水塔位于新罕布什尔州的新林内，始建于20世纪初，是为了给邻近的弗里塔姆大厦供水。附属的平房大楼内装有柴油发电机，这些发电机将水泵到塔顶以供储存。这座塔的维修状况非常糟糕，一些单一的玻璃木窗和金属框架窗户已经恶化到漏水的地步。

Text description provided by the architects. Located within the New Forest, Hampshire, this four storey water tower was first constructed in the early 1900s to gravity feed water to the adjacent Fritham House. The attached cottage building housed the diesel generators which pumped water up to the top of the tower for storage. The tower was in very bad state of repair with a number of single glazed timber and metal framed windows which had deteriorated to the point of leaking.

© Nigel Rigden

(Nigel Rigden)

脚垫开始翻修，剥离现有的家具和装饰，以揭示水塔的历史织物，然后提出了一些当代干预措施，包括一个大的突出窗口和雕塑钢楼梯。前者的作用就像一个照相机镜头，刺破一层楼的建筑物，把你的视野聚焦到花园和更远的地方。一个靠窗的座位也形成了一个空间，以供坐，吸收光线和前景。后者是一座新的雕塑钢楼梯，设计成日间的工业特色，从双高的空间上升到四楼的浴室。在其他地方，设计和安装了新的最小框架的克里特窗户，以最大限度地利用自然光，改善建筑物的热性能。

PAD began the refurbishment by stripping away the existing furnishing and decor to reveal the water towers historic fabric, before proposing a number of contemporary interventions, including a large protruding window and sculptural steel staircase. The former acts like a camera lens, puncturing the building at first floor level, focusing one’s view out to the garden and beyond. A window seat is also formed creating a space to sit, soaking up light and prospect. The latter, a new sculptural steel stair, was designed as an industrial feature in the day room, rising up through the double height space to the bathroom on the fourth floor. Elsewhere, new minimally framed Crittall windows were designed and installed to maximise natural light and improve the buildings thermal performance.

© Nigel Rigden

(Nigel Rigden)

作为翻修的一部分，精心挑选的材料托盘补充了现有的砖块，使原来的建筑能够在新增加的基础上被清楚地表达出来。此外，我们进行了广泛的清洁，以刷新建筑物外墙和恢复原来的砖块的颜色。

As part of the renovation, a carefully selected pallet of materials complements the existing brick allowing the original architecture to be clearly expressed against the new additions. Furthermore, extensive cleaning was undertaken to refresh the buildings external walls and bring back the original brick’s colour.

© Nigel Rigden

(Nigel Rigden)