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Apartment in Carcavelos / Portugal

從國外的設計，啟發新的思考

設計案基地狀況,約19.6坪

Architects: Hugo Proença
Location: Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal
Project year: 2009
Contractor: Bloco Zero
Constructed area: 65 sqm
Budget: 35.000€
Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

這案子座落在Carcavelos靠近海灘的位置，面積只有65平方公尺，也就是約19.6坪左右。 這案子最主要的設計重點就是強調空間的區隔性，以及牆體的變化性不光只是單單的區隔實體，更可以置入一些功能性。唯一的設計限制就是必須依照原本建築的規劃而不做破壞性的拆除工程- 因為在有限的預算裡並不容許拆除原先屋內的水泥結構。

這案子被規劃設計為單身住宅 - 必需的空間功能有，客廳，臥室，餐聽，廚房以及浴室，但並不是傳統思惟模式裡的樣子。所有的區域皆是獨立開放性的，只有臥室及浴室有加入【門】的設計做遮掩的功能。在空間的轉換上顯露了一些特別的元素，並創造出空間的互動關連性...。我們可以知道這些通道【沒有門的設計】的功能就是將所有的空間和動線做了有感情性並且是有效的串連。

設計案的一項新思考就是將不使用木作工藝作為基礎（絕大部份的設計案木作部份佔的比例為最大）。同樣的材質使用在同樣的功能設計，克服了最基本的需求 - 儲藏。 兩側設立兩個由front-to-front的cabinet單位，定義出並且框架出了客廳活動空間。在一側，有一座（白色，封閉，全高度）的cabinet定義出了臥室入口，另一側（黑色，開放，和2米10高）的cabinet定義出了通往用餐區的走道，和廚房。在檯面和廚房部份元素遵循同樣的設計語言 - 乾淨，直線條和功能性。地板是中立性的，淺灰色，映射了陽光透過窗戶的自然灑落。

入口玄關處的鏡面板為固定並可旋轉開啟成為進入浴室的隱藏式門，也可以讓來訪或離去的客人能稍微在鏡面牆前做一個短暫的整理。

簡潔，簡單就是新生活美學

House in Sakuragawa

在寸土寸金的日本,這樣的案子雖然不是很特殊,但是還是在不同的特徵上表露其性格。

建物設計地坪面積僅僅10坪左右,在這樣的條件下要規劃成住宅,其實難度是頗高的！

如何在形與機能中做方向取捨,這會依業主及設計者的傾向而有所不同,但通常這些特殊的案子都有其共通性

就是捨得放棄許多生活上的【不必需性】,進而換得更多的【可能性】

建地小再加上家人成員不算少的狀況下（男女主人,奶奶,小孩還有一隻狗）,如何直接將有限的設計範圍做視覺延伸是設計師的第一優先考量。大面積的開窗,引景入內有效的放大了室內的幽閉感,並將住宅前方的小公園在視覺上直接納入為自家前院,父母親也可以在bay window 前監視小孩在公園玩耍的狀況。

室內三樓部份設計為有落差高度,不僅增加了視覺上了延伸性,更讓整個空間的動線多了些活潑感。而且可以巧妙的避開家長與孩子的私人領域空間...

一樓: 奶奶房間,盥洗衛浴,室外車庫

二樓: 客廳,餐廳與廚房

三樓低層: 小孩空間

三樓高層: 男女主人空間

閣樓: 露台空間

SPEC

Architects: Suppose Design Office
Location: Sakuragawa, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Program: Personal house
Site area: 50 sqm
Building area: 33.16 sqm
Total floor area: 91.01 sqm
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano from Nacasa&Partners Inc.

設計的發想,可以是如此的單純！

將一張椅子重新簡易解構成 - 外型[美學] , 結構[支撐] , 材質[質感]

再加上一個有趣的想法 - 解構"椅子"本身的"文字"

重新混合元素,以不同的表象呈現！

雖然這是一張充滿了實驗性質設計的椅子,距離所謂的銷售與量產還有一段不小的空間

但這樣單純的設計想法卻是最真誠,最真實...

An inspiration from the American contemporary artist Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chair. Instead of giving new definition, Eric Ku redefined the concept of a chair by using alphabet. One is able to construct a chair by assembling the redesigned alphabets.

Do u have an inspiring working environment ?

This is the office of the Selgas Cano architects in Madrid, I guess it’s not downtown Madrid. They definitely have a different perspective on their surroundings.
Photos by Iwan Baan

Reference: Selgas Cano

Residence X

Life & Environment

一個依山旁海的住宅

遠離城市的喧囂

腦海中響起一首旋律～

"我家前面有小河,後面有山坡,山坡上面野花多,野花紅似火..."

這首兒歌恰巧真實的反應了這案子的特殊性...

歷經了三個月的客變,堅持著設計理念,感動了業主,也說服了建商,將面北的所有牆體全部變更為穿透性屏隔

引景入內的概念加上大如房間的陽台,淡水的夕陽就是這光影舞台的主角,

遠處的海平面上,光線隨著波浪舞動...

沒有多餘的包裝設計,只有流動的空間氛圍,客廳及主臥大面積的採光方式呼應著綠建築的節能減碳議題,

保留著部份的建築粗胚,融合細膩溫潤的木質,衝突性的 vintage 美學,似乎有著那麼一點點的 loft 感覺

環境反應個性,

粗茶淡飯也可以很精緻,

這是種"零負擔"的生活方式...

The possibilities at the cutting-edge

Being in 21 century now, architecture is more free and flexible by computer design. The so-called digital architecture theory involves continued expectations of innovative computer graphic software and new images in the century. On the other hand, I am also considering about if this "conceptual image thinking method" would achieve the aim of "space of folding".

Recently (in the information era), almost everything has been influenced by the information age including the architecture. Since 1963 the fast invention of computer skill which include CAAD, A.I, 3D animation, model making have deeply impact to architecture design. Therefore there are multiple style of images that we can imagine in this digital era. When digital architecture this strong trend power comes, the definition of "digital architecture" still been debate and query. If the architects are satisfied with their "ART" works, do people like to live in the house, which covered by pc and internet? Some architects said "architecture is a liberated form" so the "free from" appears, another architects said "architecture is a container of information" so the "digital wall" appears…

Compared to the traditional architecture the digital architecture use computers or digital systems to help create or design even build, and the digital one use the different types of space environments, the differences are lots of combine information involved in digital design which is totally different than the traditional one. Every era has different technology, now the "digital" and "information" are the peculiarities. Apparently the changes are not only the form of the architecture but also the thoughts and process of design.

"The so-called [smart house] of tomorrow will be characterized not by its architecture, properly speaking, but by small-scale gadgets and the information systems to which they call wired." [1]

Since 1990 the digital technology made the form and space of architectures changed to curved lines or surfaces, so architecture became soft and the space inside became flexible. But when we look at all the forms that we called it "digital" are all free form and smooth. Could "free form" be "HARD" ? Or another types of free form which with lots of straight angles?

Too many possibilities...

J' @ UCA UK

Reference:
[1] J.Abbott Miller, Sings and Spaces, New York. Rockport Publisher, page 9

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO

Brilliant digital design


In this building, it is very difficult to use the normal shapes or geometry which we are familiar to combine or to describe its form, Just let me call it – unphysical architecture. However now we know that one part of his inspiration came from his messy drifts or some screwed up papers, and so that we could understand why it's that form! At first this kind of special design style made a huge wave in architectural field, and now it becomes to "Gehrian Style" !

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was established in 1925 by United States Senator Simon Guggenheim and his wife as a memorial to a son who died April 26, 1922. The Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.

Meyer Guggenheim created a successful business importing lace, but made an investment in Colorado silver mines that put the Guggenheim family into the mining and smelting business, a business (the American Smelting and Refining Company or ASARCO) that expanded to include copper and nitrates not only in Colorado, but eventually in Mexico, Alaska, Chile, and other places around the world.

The first Guggenheim museum was built on fifth avenue in New York in 1959 by Frank Lloyd wright. Till now there are Berlin branch Venice branch and Bilbao branch around the world. Las Vegas branch closed last year. Before 1991 Bilbao is a small industrial town near by sea. Since the later part of nineteenth century Bilbao had been a bustling industrial and mercantile community , but in recent times, in the face of recession, it has been in the difficult position of making a transition to high-service industries.

After few years, Bilbao has a stunning Guggenheim museum branch which covered by shining titanium material, glass walls and massive limestone. There were 1300,000 visitors in the first year and there were over 4000,000 visitors in last 3 years , they were also brought over 4.5 hundred million US dollars incomes for the government and the city. Now Bilbao become the new art culture center of Europe, because of Bilbao "Guggenheim museum" is not only the name of art area. This regenerative power makes the city reborn, we call that- "Guggenheim effects".

Bilbao is in Basque region and it is also the fourth big city in Spain. The government put it in the plans of main upgrading city.


Area: 28.500 square meters

Schedule:

Begin Design – 1991

Begin Construction – 1993
Completion – 1997

Frank O. Gehry

That open area(site) is the geocultural triangle of Bilbao, the river is in the middle of it. There are three major cultural facilities around the museum, the Deusto university, the Bellas Artes museum, and the opera house.

No doubt compare to traditional architecture the digital architecture needs more and more high technology support. Gehry's design can be completely built because of Jim Glymph. He is good at digital technology and the most important staff in Gehry's studio, he brought Gehry's dreams come ture!

Mentioned about to build this kind of weird architecture it's not easy stuff. From the beginning of drafts and sketches transformed to the scaled model, and then use the digital 3D precision instrument transformed to computer model, after that the work team has to solve the plans and functions. Finally it will become to construction plans . It is impossible to be done without computers!

Ask yourself what's your first impression of Guggenheim? The museum in Bilbao covered by titanium? Or the famous architect – Frank O. Gehry? Or do you know what's the most important artefact inside? I think only few people know about the last question, this means the building itself makes a deeply impression to everyone than the "Guggenheim Museum" !


By the way, it's a pity that Guggenheim Museum Taiwan branch project which designed by Zaha Hadid, can not be approved by the government in 2004...

原生設計

The Essentials


近十年來的資訊觸角蔓延異常迅速,遍及各種領域層面
這世界也被繁雜的"多樣性"所覆蓋著
雖然"多樣性"豐富了生活的表面
但或許實質上在表象下的意義是略顯空虛的

在建築的領域裡,因數位科技的發達
各種形體被塑造的可能性,已經幾乎不是天方夜譚
各種可應用的材質也一一被發展...
大量的花樣材質搭配上基本元素鐵件,玻璃,鋼骨,石材...etc
乍看之下或許我們可以用"現代建築"來形容他
至少在表象上的某一方面（材質）滿足了當代的需求
但說不出似乎少了些某種不存在的東西
是"精神"嗎？是"意義"嗎？還是都不是？

也因為如此,所以"獨特性"的建築風格更能在紛亂的時代發人省思
安藤的清水混泥土,外觀材質具有"單一性",原始的材質能引導人們對空間的思惟多一些,而不是只focus在表皮上！
而Gehry 的鈦金屬skin建築,是另一種"單一性"的表徵,他將最新的科技打造出新建築的皮膚,
流線不規則的量體,讓人們重新思考建築量體的外型可行性
還有ZAHA 的curving , TOYO ITO的carving...

回到室內更小的範疇內,
我們常思考著空間設計的重點到底是什麼？
是業主的需求？花俏的造型,多變的材質？
這些充其量不過是台式的表面裝潢工作,再多的材質,再多的造型總會"膩"吧！
真正能讓人感受到的,不外乎是些自然的基礎元素
灑落的陽光,流動空氣,搖曳的光影,順暢的動線
與活動在空間的人們互動的狀態...

我們的生活方式可以改變嗎？
近年來在台灣流行起的,LOHAS,自然風,單車風
不就是在複雜的生活現狀中,找回原始的純真而已嗎？
換個角度思考,我們的生活中可放棄的"不必要性"元素實在太多
滿足的基本生存需求,是否其他都是多餘的呢？

空間上亦是如此
基本的機能需求滿足了,是否可以不需要其他的綴飾？
不是極簡風,也不是現代風,更不是所謂文字可定義的XX風...
先遺忘所有生活上的負擔,讓基礎機能滿足你的基本需求,
其他的空間就暫時放空吧！



老梗說: LESS IS MORE !

Residence 21.22

生命的呼吸 與 生活的意義
往往在繁雜的空間中被淹沒...

多樣的材質,繁複的造型是多數業主心中的"完美設計"？！

雖然設計風格可以變化無窮
但是若回歸到"家"的設計思考
在設計的基礎發展開始
我會盡量從溝通的過程中
重新讓業主思考"家"的意義與定位

跳脫傳統的枷鎖
生命會找到新的出口

新的生活態度....

沈澱是下次出發的動力
也會是"家"存在的無形意義








功能性太強的設計 未必能滿足空間上的全部意義
只能說完整的功能性可以滿足在單一"使用"上的行為!

空間+影像

空間的尺度在2D的平面範圍不容易被表現出來
所以感受不如身處在空間中那麼強烈

透過12mm or 17mm端的解讀
大多數都矯枉過正而失真
千篇一律

正如 Red Porcupine 說的
器材最終還是要透過想法去使用呈現
反覆的討論著墨不是我想要的影像發展過程

因為最初的感受與未經雕琢的想法最能呈現當下的感動
影像給讀者的震撼不就是那一瞬間嗎？

"含有強烈故事性的影像,才能引導深層的思考行為發生"

透過東海研究所的新朋友-紅刺蝟 對空間的新解讀
從影像思考的角度重新詮釋空間
跳脫傳統制式的模矩我們將故事性加入在影像中

是誰說空間一定要整體呈現？
情感往往都躲在小角落裡...





    
  
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