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Laneway Glass House
On the Sydney city fringe, a tiny laneway tower, inspired by a French classic, embodies an ethos of simplicity, utility and beauty. It came from a 5-year collaboration between award-winning practice Brad Swartz Architects, and globally branded industrial designer Henry Wilson.On a compact 56 square-meter footprint, the infill building behind a Victorian terrace replaces a double tandem car space just 4.7 meters wide. Its Palladian floor-plan flips the usual terrace/townhouse model, locating the studio at ground level, bedrooms and bathrooms above, and living area, kitchen and outdoor terrace on the top level, maximising light, privacy and views.
此項目位於悉尼市外圍，受到了法國經典的微巷塔樓啟發，體現了簡單、實用和美麗的價值觀。這是屢獲殊榮的Brad Swartz Architects建築事務所與全球知名工業設計師Henry Wilson五年深度合作的成果。這棟建築佔地僅僅56平方公尺，位於一棟維多利亞風格的聯排房屋後方，取代了一個僅4.7公尺寬的併排雙車位。他的帕拉第歐式建築規劃顛覆了傳統的露台/聯排別墅的型式，將工作室設置在地面層，臥室和浴室位於上面，而生活領區、廚房和戶外露台則位於最頂層，從而獲得最佳採光、隱私和視野。
Rooms are separate but interconnected, each enjoying a view to something beyond. The efficient interior floor plan has only four square meters of dedicated circulation space, courtesy of a spiral staircase (in concrete and steel) and a walk-through ensuite to the main bedroom. Fortifying the entire western (laneway) elevation is a stunning glass-block wall that anchors the building and softly diffuses light throughout all three levels. Off the main living area is a sun terrace that takes in an eclectic neighborhood view.
各個房間彼此相連，但都各自獨立且擁有向外的視野。這個高效的室內空間，僅有四平方米的獨立串流空間，得益於一個螺旋樓梯（由混凝土和鋼製成）與一個直通主臥室的衛浴。整個西面（巷道）的立面強化了一堵令人讚嘆的玻璃塊牆，這座玻璃牆面不僅為建築提供了堅固支撐，還使光線能夠柔和地散布到三個樓層。主要的生活區旁規劃了一個陽光露台，可以俯瞰到當地充滿特色的鄰里景觀。
“What the building lacks in width, it more than makes up for in spatial volume and quality of light,” says architect Brad Swartz. His practice is renowned for unlocking the hidden potential of even the tightest of sites. “The spiral stair unlocked the ensuite, but meant that at every point in the whole house you can see the full interior width (4.7m meter). Each level has well above regulation-height ceilings, which gives a sense of grandeur you’d expect to see in larger old terrace houses.” Brad Swartz, architect.Swartz says the result is a blueprint for urban density done well in the city-fringe suburbs, through its reuse of an existing infill site to add housing. Apart from judicious use of the site planning regulations (not maxing out the permissible floor area), the trick, says Swartz, is to “scrutinise every aspect of the plan, construction methods and materials, taking nothing for granted.”
建築師Brad Swartz分享：「這棟建築在寬度上略顯不足，但在空間量體及採光質量上卻遠超呼預期。」他的設計事務所以「專發掘即便是最狹小基地中被埋沒的潛力」而聞名。「螺旋樓梯使得套房更加開放，這意味著在整棟房子的每個地方，你都可以看到完整的室內寬度（4.7公尺）。每層樓的平頂高度皆遠超過法規標準，這在視覺及空間感受上顯得氣勢宏偉，你會更期待在較大的老式聯排別墅中看到這種設計手法。」建築師Brad Swartz如是說。
Wilson asked that the house express his pared-back design aesthetic, and his elemental palette of materials. In close collaboration, Swartz and Wilson found ways of using cost-effective materials in unique ways to elevate the finishes. The ground-floor’s structural concrete floor slab is burnished for a beautiful and durable finish. In the home above, standard travertine tiles are laid without grout-lines to lend the effect of luxurious larger slabs. For the glass wall, standard glass blocks (sandblasted on the inside face) were chosen over cost-prohibitive bespoke versions.
Swartz表示，此結果是對城市郊區的正向都市密度藍圖，透過重建現有的空地來增加住房。除了善用規劃法規（不使用滿容積）之外，Swartz說，訣竅在於「仔細審查檢視計劃的每個方面、施工方法和材料，不要把任何事情視為理所當然。」Wilson希望這棟房子能呈現他簡約的設計美學以及他喜好的基本材質。在密切的合作下，Swartz和Wilson找到了使用高效經濟型材料的獨特方法，以提升裝修的質感。地面的採拋光混凝土地板，呈現出美觀樸實且耐用的表面效果。上層住宅部分，直接鋪設標準的石灰華磚無收邊，從而營造出奢華大石板的視覺效果。對於玻璃牆，捨棄昂貴的特製版本，選擇標準的玻璃塊（內側進行噴砂處理），依舊表現得相當出色。
