该项目是在40英尺的土地上建造一个4个卧室的房子，并配备所有的服务区和相关设施。问题是如何通过空间的连接、重叠和分离来组织简报，以创造正确的矩阵。Read Studio被带去参观客户现有的房子，并看到了多年来形成的小仪式，客户希望把这些仪式带到新房子里。

The brief was for a 4-bedroom house on 40 perch land, with all the service areas and related amenities. The question was how to organize the brief through connections, overlaps and separations of spaces to create the right matrix. Read Studio were taken on a tour to see the client’s existing house, and to see the little rituals that have been developed over the years that client would want to bring to the new house.

Read Studio的目标是将花园纳入整体体验的各个细微之处，即物理存在、视觉和物理连接、树荫和阴影、微风和沙沙声、光线的质量等。该项目是垂直组织的，占用的面积很小，而不是在场地上铺开。地面层和较低的地面结合在一起，创造了一个坚实的基础，拥抱地面，与景观融为一体。地面层是一个自给自足的迷你版房子，是一个可以自行运作的无障碍层，有一个小的客厅餐厅厨房、卧室、套间和书房。

Read Studio aimed to incorporate the garden into the overall experience in various nuances: physical presence, visual and physical connections, shade and shadows, breeze and rustle, quality of light etc.The program was vertically organized, taking up a small footprint instead of spreading out on the site. Ground level and lower ground combined to create a solid base that embraces the ground and merges with the landscaping.The ground level is a self-sufficient mini version of the house, an accessible level that could function by itself,with a small living dining kitchen, bedroom, ensuite, and study.

第一层是主要的 "生活 "空间。它有一些独特的条件，使它成为一个令人兴奋的空间，它是有遮蔽的，微风穿过，从四面八方开放，与树冠和树叶齐平。然而，带护栏的下沉式阳台给人一种隐蔽、私密和克制的感觉。上层是房子的私人睡眠区，安静地隐藏在树顶之间。

Level one is the main“living”space. It has some unique conditions making it an exciting space: it’s covered and shaded, breeze crosses through, open from all sides, eye level at the canopy and foliage level of the trees.Yet the sunken veranda with a parapet feels covered, private, and contained.The upper level is the private sleeping quarters of the house, quietly retreating among the tree tops.

房屋的整体混凝土铸造在其不完美中创造了自己的魅力。细木工制品增加了色彩和质感，木材带来了温暖，复古和现代家具元素的结合为空间增添了特色。房子的结构以楼梯、垂直立柱作为主要的剪力墙，外围有两组细长的柱子，把屋顶的负荷带下来。细长的柱子创造了一种重复的垂直节奏，与花园里高大的树干产生了共鸣。

The monolithic concrete casting of the house creates a charm of its own in its imperfection. The joinery adds color and texture, timber brings warmth, and a combination of vintage and contemporary furniture elements adds character to the spaces.The house’s structure works with a staircase, a vertical riser as the main shear walls, and two sets of slender columns in the periphery to bring the roof loads down. The slender columns create a repetitive vertical rhythm that resonates with the tall tree trunks of the garden.

地面被重新铺设，并利用挖掘出的土壤进行雕塑，在花园中创造出柔软的土丘和蜿蜒的小路。花园里没有修剪过的结构，而是自然生长，有各种典型的家庭花园树木、果树、可食用植物、草药、芳香剂、药品、蔬菜等。 透水铺装的软边缘与景观融为一体。每一层都可以以不同的方式体验花园。

The ground plane was resurfaced and sculptured using the soil from excavations to create soft mounds and meandering paths in the garden. Instead of a manicured structured garden, the garden grows naturally, with a variety of typical home garden trees, fruit-bearing trees, edible plants, herbs, aromatics, medicines, vegetables etc.The soft edges of permeable paving merge with the landscape. Each level experience the garden differently.

Architect:Read Studio

Photos:MadhushandeSilva

Words:倩倩