tsai Butcher Shop | Office

蔡式肉舖•辦公室

tsai Butcher Shop, Office

蔡式肉舖是我們在吉朗Geelong的家及辦公室。

該項目分為兩個階段，第一階段完成了店面和辦公室的裝修，第二階段將於明年完成，包括房屋的翻修新工程。

這個項目的命名源於這棟建築曾是一家當地的肉舖，我們的目標，將其改造結合建築師辦公室和零售的店面式住宅，前半部是商業空間，後半部是居住空間，打造一個全方位的家庭工作場域。

我們希望這個店面式住宅能在城市街景中成為一個亮點，同時兼具我們對居住空間的隱私性。我們在建築物的牆壁上增加了功能性低台窗，在白天它像一對法式窗戶一樣打開，展示著擺放在牆板上的建築模型，為鄰居和路人呈現一個有框架的景色，窺探著建築辦公室的活動。到了晚上，窗戶板關閉，創造了一個商店前台展示，形成一個櫥窗陳列，展示我們的家具和可能成為當地藝術家的畫作，同時保有房屋的隱私性。

辦公室內的材料選擇保持簡樸和真實，牆壁部分採用了白色漆面膠合板鑲嵌，同時露出其餘部分，油漆、瑕疵和裂縫。我們從拆除工程中回收利用材料來製作柱子和框架，決定將它們全部呈現出來，這樣的設計符合一個建築辦公室的氛圍，展現建築材料的美感，這感覺很貼切。

這是一個DIY項目，是由我們的同事保羅博斯自己動手完成的，他從事建築工作擔任了8年的建築師。

The project is divided into 2 stages, the shopfront and office fit-out is completed as stage 1, with the house renovation to the back as stage 2 to be completed next year.

The project got its name as the building was once a local butcher shop, we had a vision to convert it into a shopfront house, with architects’ office and retail shop to the front, and residential home to the back, the ultimate work from home pad.

As a shopfront house we wanted the place to both add a point of interest to the streetscape, but also balance with the privacy we wanted to enjoy for our house. We added an operable portion to the wall, during the day it opens like a pair of French windows, revealing the architectural models sitting in the operable wall panels, and present a framed view to the activities of an architectural office for the neighbours and passer-by. During the night the window panel is closed, creating a shopfront display, showing off our furniture pieces and potentially local artists paintings on the wall, all the while keeping the privacy of the house.

Inside the office the material palette is kept simple and honest, the wall is partially lined with whitewash plywood panelling, and exposing the rest, showing the paints, and imperfections and cracks. We salvaged materials from the demolition to make the columns and framings. We decided to expose them all, feel fitting as an architectural office to present the beauty of construction materials.

The project is completed as a DIY project, via our colleague, Paul Botes, who worked as 8 years as a builder after graduating from architecture.

第二階段

這個基地受到許多限制，包括土地面積小以及採光不理想等問題。由於只有略大於100平方米的土地面積，要建立獨立的辦公室和住宅將導致兩個面積都不滿意的小空間。我們的目標是既可以成為一個住宅，又可以成為一個建築辦公室。白天，這個住宅像一個真實的展示空間供客戶參觀，辦公室位於前方，客戶會議可以在客廳透過電視螢幕進行，員工可以在大空間的廚房享用午餐，並可以店面前部或位於綠屋閣樓的空間。晚上，可控制壁面關閉，使整個空間變成私人住宅，即使在半夜加班時，也可以穿著睡衣工作。

我們喜歡與現有建築物一起工作的想法，因為在建築物的生命周期中，不同的用途和功能的堆疊創造了有趣的動態和話題，它講述了社區的故事和記憶，並且重要的是，它也減少了在興建之前通常伴隨著每次拆除所產生的建築廢棄物。

我們喜歡與現有建築物一起工作的想法，因為在建築物的生命周期中，不同的用途和功能的堆疊創造

了有趣的動態和話題，它講述了社區的故事和記憶，並且重要的是，它也減少了在興建之前通常伴隨

著每次拆除所產生的建築廢棄物。

STAGE 2

There are many site constraints with this landlock site, small footprint and inaccessibility to sunlight are the 2 main problems. With a little over 100m2 site area to create separate office and house will result in 2 unsatisfying small spaces. We have a vision for the project to be both a house and an architectural office, during the day, the house opens up as a real lived in display home for clients to walk through, with the office in the front, client meeting can happen in the living room over TV screens, staff have access to the full-size kitchen for lunch, and can use the shopfront or up in the green house loft space. At night the operable wall closes, and the whole space becomes private residential, even the occasional midnight overtime can happen while one is wearing PJs.

We like the idea of working with existing building stocks, as the layering of the different uses and function thought he lifecycle of the building creating an interesting dynamics and conversation starters, as it tells the story and history of the neighbourhood, and importantly it minimizes creation of additional construction waste, typically go with each demolition before a new build.