架构师提供的文本描述。从一开始，“生活之家”背后的思想是一种毫不妥协的现代设计，它可以居住在一种不同的建筑空间中。关于聚集和定向的实验已经产生了一种构图，这种构图被沉积在土地的陷落中。黑猩猩在周围地区的扩散反映在黑暗的外部砖块上，而粗糙的沼泽地草则为室内使用的较轻的砖提供了参考。

Text description provided by the architects. From the beginning, the thinking behind the Life House was an uncompromisingly modern design where it would be possible to inhabit a different sort of architectural space. Experiments with massing and orientation have produced a composition that is bedded into the fall of the land. The proliferation of blackened gorse in the surrounding heathland is reflected in the dark exterior brickwork, whilst the rough moor grass provides a reference for the lighter bricks used inside.

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吉尔伯特·麦卡勒(Gilbert McCarragher)

这所房子的活动安排成一系列独立的折叠，打开了两条走廊。在一个直角相遇，这些通道产生了延伸的内部视野和一个计划，让居住在附近的团体在一起和分开的时间，在一个空间安排，与修道院有共同的特点。走廊-一盏灯，一片黑暗-不仅仅代表着在房子不同部分之间穿行的手段，它们也是关键的建筑经验，每个建筑都有自己独特的特色。

The house’s programme is arranged as a series of self-contained folds, opening off two corridors. Meeting at a right angle, these passageways generate extended internal vistas and a plan designed to allow groups living in proximity to spend time together and apart, in a spatial arrangement that shares certain characteristics with the monastic cloister. The corridors — one light, one dark — represent more than just the means to get between the different parts of the house, they are key architectural experiences, each charged with its own distinctive character.

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吉尔伯特·麦卡勒(Gilbert McCarragher)

 Floor Plan

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吉尔伯特·麦卡勒(Gilbert McCarragher)

本着创造当代沃尔登的精神，支持和丰富特定仪式和活动的想法塑造了社区和私人宿舍。在整个生活之家，这转化为设备和功能条件的优化库存，但也转化成一系列精细校准的大气。

In the spirit of creating a contemporary Walden, communal and private quarters are shaped by the idea of supporting and enriching specific rituals and activities. Across the Life House this translates into optimised inventories of equipment and functional conditions, but also into a series of finely calibrated atmospheres.

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吉尔伯特·麦卡勒(Gilbert McCarragher)

Architects John Pawson

Location Llanbister, United Kingdom

Category Houses

Design Team Shingo Ozawa, Justine Bell, Chris Masson, Charlotte Moe

Area 334.0 sqm

Project Year 2016

Photographs Gilbert McCarragher