The Layers OBBA

2017-03-09 22:00

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架构师提供的文本描述。在瞬息万变的社会背景下，坚持“挥之不去的意象”似乎是一项难以跟上我们日常生活的努力。旅行一回来，我们就立即恢复我们的日常生活，然后再考虑旅行。即使是看电影也不能给我们留下足够的印象，因为我们马上就会受到其他刺激的影响。正因为如此，我们的生活变成了一系列短暂的时刻。你下班回家的那一刻呢？你不再有一个愉快的经历，走过一条小巷回家。来到停车场、下车、乘电梯、开门和进屋的经历是一连串短暂的瞬间，没有留下任何有意义的记忆。

Text description provided by the architects. In the context of a fast changing society, holding on to a “lingering imagery” seems to be a difficult effort in keeping up with our daily life. As soon as returning from a trip, we immediately resume our routine before having to reflect upon the journey. Even watching a movie doesn’t provide enough lingering impressions any more, as we are instantly exposed to other stimuli. As such, our lives are becoming a series of short moments.  What about the moments you are back home after work? You do not have a pleasant experience of walking through an alley toward home any more. The experience of arriving at a parking lot, getting off your car, taking an elevator, opening a door and entering your house is a series of short moments that leaves no meaningful memories.

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 Floor Plan

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这个项目是一对老年夫妇的第二栋房子，他们打算在国外生活很长一段时间后返回韩国。该遗址位于山脚下。在仁川的甘瓦冈，离首尔西北方向一个小时。一个巨大的山脉从远处拥抱该地区，一个水平宽的水库创造了一种在首尔市中心永远无法感受到的和谐。

This project is a second house for an elderly couple who plan to go back to Korea after living abroad for a long time. The site is located at the foot of Mt. Toema in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, which is 1 hour north-westwards from Seoul. A large mountain range hugs the area from afar and a horizontally wide reservoir creates a harmony that can never be felt in downtown Seoul.

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我们想为这对老年夫妇-他们过着忙碌的生活，就像短暂的短暂时光-提供一个舒适但不无聊的乡村之家。这个项目的主要关注点之一是将上述短暂的瞬间转化为一个充满挥之不去的想象的空间。

We wanted to offer the elderly couple-who have lived a busy life, which was like a series of short moments-,a rural home that is enjoyably comfortable but not boring. One of the major concerns for this project was a transformation of the aforementioned short moments into a space imbued with an abundance of lingering imageries.

该遗址向南向山开放，而在北部的水库，大约86米x25米长的土地与一片森林和一条相邻的道路接壤。考虑到这是第二栋房子，而不是他们的日常住所，它的设计是为了保护隐私，以便居民不在场是不显眼的。此外，由于房子是作为主要用户的老年夫妇，我们简化了空间结构，避免楼梯或高架部分。

The site is open toward the mountain in the south, and the reservoir in the north, approximately 86m x 25m elongated land borders a forest and an adjacent road. Considering it is a second house rather than their daily abode, it was designed to protect privacy, in order for the absence of the residents is inconspicuous. Also, since the house was for the elderly couple as the main users, we simplified the spatial structure, avoiding stairs or elevated parts.

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至于建筑的布局，它位于一片细长的土地的中心，其南北两端有不同类型的花园。在南方是一个生产花园，他们可以种植水果和蔬菜，也是一个平房，可以积极使用的客厅和厨房。在北方，我们在种植园林树木的同时，尽量保持土地的自然形态，这样我们就可以建立一个观想花园，向偏远的水库望去。

As for the layout of the building, it is located at the center of a slender land, whose north-south ends have different kinds of gardens. In the south is a productive garden where they can grow fruits and vegetables, also is a bungalow that can be actively used linking the living room and the kitchen. In the north, we tried to keep the natural shape of the land as much as possible, while planting landscaping trees, so that we can create a contemplative garden with a view towards the remote reservoir.

 Floor Plan

这座单层建筑分为四层，南北延伸，东西向水平分层。虽然从道路上看它是一个封闭的立面，但进入大楼后，人们会通过一条长廊看到一个宽阔的内部景观，这条走廊贯穿于向东向西延伸的四层空间。

This single-story building is structured as four masses, extending in the north-south direction and horizontally layered in the east-west direction. Although it is viewed as a blocked façade from the road, by entering the building, one encounters a wide interior view via a long corridor that penetrates through the four layered spaces stretching out to the east-west direction.

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每一层的厚度和长度因其特点而异，每一层都有正门和客房；厨房和餐厅；客厅；书房和主人室。另外，各层的表面粗糙度不同，从外层光滑的表面到最深处的粗糙坚硬的黄石表面，通过分层空间的布置强化了感知深度。

Each layer differs in thickness and length, depending on its character, and each contains the main entrance and the guest room; the kitchen and the dining room; the living room; the study room and the master room. In addition, the surface of each layer has different roughness, ranging from the smooth finish on the outer part to the rough and rigid yellow stone finish at the deepest part, intensifying the perceptional depth through its disposition of layered spaces.

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如果你一步地走在走廊里，穿过每一层，你将面临一个向北和南敞开的广阔空间。每一层中的混合程序自然由贯穿它们的走廊分隔，但同时，它们在视觉和物理上连接起来，以进一步扩大空间的开放性。此外，这些层次创造的口袋花园具有不同的特点，在每个指定的空间给予更多不同的印象。

If you walk step by step in the corridor, passing through each layer, you will face a wide space that is open toward north and south. Mixed programs in each layer are naturally separated by the corridor that penetrates them, but at the same time, they are visually and physically connected to further amplify openness of the space. Also, the pocket gardens created by the layers bear different characteristics, giving more diverse impressions at each designated space.

穿过长廊，到达最深和最舒适的空间的顺序，可以将短暂的瞬间变成一种挥之不去的意象，使居民们得到最大限度的放松。这个过程似乎就像那些想回家过着宁静舒适生活的客户的生活，他们在遥远的地方经历了困难和成功。黄色石板的分层墙，像泥土的颜色，融入了与遥远山脉的景观，与周围的自然和谐相处。

The sequence of passing through the long corridor and reaching the deepest and most comfortable space could turn short moments into a lingering imagery, maximizing the residents’ relaxation. This process seems to resemble the life of the clients who want to return home and live a peaceful and cozy life, after having difficulties and successes in a remote place.  The layered walls of the yellow stone finish, resembling the color of the soil, blend into the landscape with the distant mountain range, creating harmony with the surrounding nature.