“The Quest”是一栋位于英国,斯沃尼奇的私人住宅。在这栋新修建的建筑体量所在的场址上以前有一栋很老旧的平房,那栋旧的平房修建于1917年。客户想要一栋退休后可以居住的住宅,但是因为我们的客户对有着强烈的兴趣,对抽象主义和现代主义的艺术有着深深的热爱,所以要求住宅不应该拥有普通而又古板的外表,不应该被设计成普通的退休住宅。场址上的森林很浓密,也很陡,在这里可以看到南部Durlston国家公园的美丽风景。
“The Quest” is a private house in Swanage (UK); it is a new-build home replacing an ageing bungalow that had been on the site since 1917.The clients wanted a house for their retirement, but with a keen interest in design and a love of abstract and modern art, it needed to eschew the usual trappings of staid, retirement home design.The site is heavily wooded and sloping, enjoying a beautiful southerly aspect with a view over the Durlston Country Park.
Early on, we established the advantages of a single-storey building; it would suit the retired clients’ future needs and the needs of their disabled daughter, give an elegant solution to the steeply sloped site and allow a simple arrangement of spaces. At the same time, the design reduces the visual impact from across the valley when looking back towards the house, and helped the scheme from a planning point of view.The sloping site - with protected mature trees - very much dictated the positioning of the dwelling.