BROWN & BROWN ARCHITECTS--苏格兰Arbor住宅

Brown & Brown在苏格兰阿伯丁的一个保护区完成了一座新的低能耗住宅，将一个开放的地块变成了一个私人的、绿树成荫的静修地，突出了工艺和设计。它坐落在基地北角的一个平缓斜坡上，捕捉和利用南方的阳光，掩盖了住宅在繁忙的斜坡道路下的体量。


Brown & Brown has completed a new low-energy home in a conservation area of Aberdeen, Scotland, turning an open plot into a private, leafy retreat that foregrounds craftsmanship and design.It is nestled in a gentle dip on the northern corner of the site to capture and harness southern sunlight, masking the homes’volume below the busy sloping road it neighbors.





Arbor House取代了一个破旧的石头台阶，延长了绿树成荫的地块的长度。小屋的大部分被仔细地解构，砖石被重新利用，在街道上制作了一个低矮的、宽阔的边界墙，而石头小屋的一面墙被保留在原地，形成了一个由原始窗户开口照亮的现代柱廊。Brown & Brown事务所将这些回收的砖石层进行了布置，以平衡客户对隐私的渴望，并保持住宅与街景的原始联系。封闭的入口提供了一个“精神气闸”，在繁忙的道路、封闭的花园和住宅之间划出了清晰的界限。


The Arbor House replaces a dilapidated stone steading that extended the length of the tree-lined plot. Most of the cottage was carefully deconstructed and the masonry reused to craft a low, sweeping boundary wall at street level, while one wall of the stone cottage is left in situ to form a modern colonnade lit by original window openings.Brown & Brown arranged these layers of salvaged masonry to balance the client’s desire for privacy and maintain the property’s original connection to the streetscape. The cloistered entry offers a‘mental airlock’, marking a clear separation between the busy road and enclosed gardens and home.





在内部，Arbor House采用了合理的平面设计，以适应日后独立生活的需要。一扇定制的橡木枢轴门通向一条宽阔的走廊，在这里，居住者可以通过不间断的视野看到花园，经过杂物间、浴室和办公室，然后到达一个双层高的玻璃中庭。这个中央用餐空间由一整面墙的玻璃照明，将周围的树木带入家中。尽管有一堵自然墙俯瞰着这个通风的空间，但一个雕塑般的桦木胶合板螺旋楼梯还是在中庭吸引了人们的注意力。该楼梯由Brown & Brown与当地工匠Angus & Mack合作设计，经过三周的组装，木材踏板被单独切割并手工分层，形成一条光滑、蜿蜒的抛物线曲线。


Inside, The Arbor House follows a logical floor plan designed to adapt for independent living later in life if required.A custom-fumed oak pivot door leads into a wide hallway, where occupants are drawn through the house by uninterrupted views to the gardens past a utility room, bathroom, and office, before arriving in a double-height glazed atrium.This central dining space is lit by an entire wall of glazing, bringing the surrounding trees into the home.Despite the wall of nature overlooking the airy space, a sculptural Birch plywood spiral staircase draws focus in the atrium.Designed by Brown & Brown in collaboration with local craftsman Angus & Mack, the stair was assembled over three weeks as timber treads were individually cut and hand layered to form a smooth, sinuous parabolic curve.





一层的其余部分用于烹饪和招待，定制厨师的厨房标志着房子的支点。 一面由纹理板岩包覆的细木工墙掩盖了一个带有落地式储藏室的后厨。光滑的DK&I厨房岛台设有一个微型水泥柜台，从黑色陶瓷底座悬臂伸出，一直延伸到地板到天花板的玻璃墙。Arbor House的二楼是睡眠区。主卧室和一个角落的玻璃浴室位于平面的东端，而第二和第三间卧室以及为夫妇俩的成年子女设计的相邻的男女浴室则位于西侧。一层、柱廊和车库的体量被景天屋顶打破，它将屋顶与周围的树线融合在一起，并有助于排水。


The remainder of the ground floor is dedicated to cooking and hosting, where a custom chef’s kitchen marks the fulcrum point of the house.A wall of joinery clad in textural slate panels conceals a back-of-house kitchen with floor-to-ceiling storage.The sleek DK&I kitchen island features a micro cement counter that cantilevers out from a blackened ceramic base, reaching toward a wall of floor-to-ceiling glazing.The second floor of The Arbor House hosts the sleeping quarters.The main bedroom with a corner glazed bathroom sits at the eastern end of the plan, while a second and third bedroom and adjoining jack and jill bathroom designed for the couples’grown-up children sit at the western side.The volumes of the first floor, colonnade, and garage are broken up by a sedum roof, which blends the rooftops with the surrounding treelines and assists with drainage.