Convertible Courtyards House / Christopher Megowan Design

设计师：Christopher Megowan Design

位置：澳大利亚

分类：居住建筑

内容：实景照片

结构工程师：Gamcorp

项目规模：70平方米

图片：17张

正如其名所示，这是一座庭院可变换的住宅，由Christopher Megowan Design设计。该住宅可应对澳大利亚墨尔本多变的气候。该项目位于普拉兰郊外一个迷人的平房区，现存建筑是文化遗产保护的别墅之一，设计新增了厨房、起居室、饭厅、浴室、主卧室及两个阳台。

为了应对场地朝北的现状，设计一个中央庭院，以作护墙和新建区的过渡空间。而开敞的厨房、起居室和客房因此可享受到自然光线。特别的加釉地板沿着中央庭院和垂直板条而铺砌，在新与旧的地板、墙身形成俏皮的阴影。而另一个庭院布置在起居室南部，让客户和他的小女儿在这个美丽的后花园培育蔬菜和香草等植物。

建筑屋顶可自动伸缩，最长可伸出12米，覆盖两个庭院。利用手动绞盘和滑轮操作，调节屋顶面板伸出长度，以应对墨尔本日晒雨淋多种天气变化。屋顶面板采用木材、钢铁和聚碳酸酯面板组成。两扇硬木趟门设在起居室两边，以确保起居室室内外的连接。

建筑面积：70平方米

建筑时间：2013

图片来源：Nils Koenning

译者： 艾比

As the name suggests, the Convertible Courtyards House, by Christopher Megowan Design, kinetically adapts to the notoriously variable climate found in Melbourne, Australia. This project added a kitchen, living area, dining area, bathroom, master bedroom, ensuite and two decks to a previously overlooked yet charming weatherboard cottage in the inner urban suburb of Prahran. Nestled on an intimate street, the existing house is one of a series of heritage protected cottages.

In response to the north-facing block of land, a central courtyard was created between the weatherboard and modern extension in order to flood the open kitchen, living and dining area with natural light. A carefully detailed glazed linkway runs along the central courtyard and vertical battens cast a playful cadence of shadows across the floor and walls as one transitions between old and new. A second courtyard straddles the living room to the south and allows access to the rear garden where the client and his young daughter avidly nurture various vegetables and herbs.

The conceptual strength of the house is found in the manually operated retractable roof which runs over 12 metres from north to south to cover both courtyards. A hand winch and a block and tackle, allow the slatted timber, steel and polycarbonate roof panel to help regulate sun and rain on the two outdoor spaces, a valuable feature given Melbourne’s famously fickle weather. Two sets of hardwood bifolding doors, one on each side of the living room, help successfully ensure the all-important connection between indoors and out.

In the rear garden, an elevated aqueduct sculpturally cascades rainwater from both the fixed and operable roofs to a slimline water tank that is connected to the sanitary flushing system. Solar panels, gas boosted solar hot water, high levels of insulation, and sustainably harvested/regionally sourced spotted gum timbers round out the projects green credentials.

墨尔本庭院可变换的住宅外观图

墨尔本庭院可变换的住宅内部局部图

墨尔本庭院可变换的住宅内部细节图

墨尔本庭院可变换的住宅