Brooklyn Row House Office of Architecture

2015-03-18 12:45

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架构师提供的文本描述。当我们的客户来找我们装修一栋有110年历史的15英尺宽的排屋时，我们的目标是创造一个能够适应时间变化的房子。这座建筑的设计很容易在两个家庭和一个家庭的结构之间摇摆。使业主有能力在需要时逐步进出房屋。70%的建筑物可用作2卧室/2浴室单元，其余30%的建筑则交由1卧室/1浴室单元使用。

Text description provided by the architects. When we were approached by our clients to gut renovate and add to a 110 year old, 15' wide row house, our goal was to create a home that could adapt to change over time.  The building is designed to oscillate easily between a two-family and one-family configuration, giving the owners the ability to gradually grow into and out of the house as needed.  70% of the building can be used as a 2 bedroom / 2 bath unit, while the remaining 30% of the building is given over to a 1 bedroom/ 1 bath unit.

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根据他们在任何特定时间的优先次序，业主可以选择占用其中一个单位，在将另一套房屋用作租金收入的同时，它还让业主能够将这两个单元结合起来，为自己打造一套2100 SF的独栋住宅-只需拆除二楼的一堵小墙，拆除出租厨房-这是一项可以在漫长的周末期间完成的工作。优雅的材料选择，细致入微的细枝末节。考虑周到的空间情感掩盖了建筑的智能空间规划。

Depending on their priorities at any given time, the owners have the option to occupy one of the units themselves, while using the other for rental income.  It also gives the owners the ability to combine both units to create a 2100SF one-family home for themselves simply by removing a small demising wall on the second floor and demolishing the rental kitchen – a job that can be executed over the course of a long weekend.  Elegant material choices, subtle detailing, and thoughtful spatial sensibilities belie the building's intelligent space planning.

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仔细布置浴室和厨房，再加上第二层楼梯的整合(对于这么大的排屋来说，这是非常不寻常的)，这使得建筑能够容纳主人，因为他们的需求从一对年轻夫妇的需求发展到四口之家变成了空巢。在这样做的过程中，建筑变得更加积极地参与其居民的生活-随时准备好预测和吸收变化。

Careful placement of bathrooms and kitchens, along with the integration of a second stair (highly unusual for a row-house this size) enable the architecture to accommodate its owners as their needs evolve from that of a young couple to a family of four to empty nesters.  In doing so, the building becomes much more an active participant in the life of its inhabitants – always ready to anticipate and absorb change.