DIG Architects--孟买铜立方小屋

这套公寓是一位经常出行的自由职业者的第二个家，目的是在出行间隙营造安定和歇息的氛围。空间干预的关键在于将既有的线性布局打开，使之成为积极的、套间公寓般的环境。改造后，厨房成为布局的核心，它被设计成独立于天花和墙壁的矩形体块，兼作吧台（客厅侧）和烹饪空间。该区域被铜包裹起来，项目由此得名“铜立方小屋（Copper Cube Haus）”。

A second home for a professional with an itinerant lifestyle, this apartment was designed to create a sense of stability and repose between trips. The crux of the spatial intervention was the opening up the existing linear compartmentalised orchestration into an upbeat, almost studio apartment-like setting. The hero of the narrative was the kitchen block that was delineated into a detached cuboid (free from the ceiling and walls) that would serve both as a bar/serving counter (from the living room side) and a cooking space. The distinction was intensified by sheathing it in copper — giving this house its name: Copper Cube Haus.

▼空间概览，overall view of the space ©DIG Architects



▼独立于天花和墙壁的矩形体块
the detached cuboid free from the ceiling and walls ©DIG Architects



抛光的立方体向摆放了小型沙发和小型餐桌兼办公桌的生活区敞开，旁边是通向卧室的通道，在这里，多种体积策略优化了紧凑的空间，也将卧室从紧张的尺寸中解救出来。解决方案是通过模块化的桦木凹室，以内置布局的形式满足各种需求——包括在床和衣柜之间设置手动折叠板，用来存放房间主人的行李。此外，卧室旁的黑色玻璃马赛克浴室采用了与厨房不同的铜饰。

The burnished cube overlooks the living area with its compact sofa and a small dining cum discussion table, while alongside it, a passage leads to the bedroom in which various volumetric strategies optimise its compact space. Volumetric play rescues the bedroom at Copper Cube Haus from its modest dimensions by optimising space. The response is articulated as a modular birch-ply box that is strategically scooped out to accommodate various requirements in the form of built-in arrangements — including a handy push-up bench between the bed and wardrobe to keep the luggage of the itinerant owner. The adjacent black glass mosaic-clad toilet incorporates a copper accent in deference to the copper box of the kitchen.

▼立方体与生活空间、通道、卧室的空间关系，the spatial relationship between cube and living space, passage, bedroom ©DIG Architects



▼厨房成为布局的核心，the kitchen becomes the heart of the layout ©DIG Architects



▼吧台，the bar/serving counter ©DIG Architects



▼烹饪空间，the cooking space ©DIG Architects



▼厨房细部，details ©DIG Architects



▼卧室一瞥，a glance to the bedroom ©DIG Architects



▼卧室，bedroom ©DIG Architects



▼存放行李的活动折板，foldable plate for luggage storage ©DIG Architects



▼平面图，plan ©DIG Architects




▼剖透视，sectional perspective ©DIG Architects