公寓翻新－开放式的空间功能优化

班德拉（Bandra）曾经只是孟买市的一个边陲郊区，现在已经在针对印度的“大都会”发展策略中成为了一个高密度、且充满活力的地区。快速地将老旧平房替换成为环状塔楼的拼凑区，使得住户建筑面积受到的限制也越来越严格。虽然很多人已经离开了原先的居住区域向更远的边缘继续扩散，但是对于仍然留下来的居民来说意味着他们不得不继续凑合使用有限的空间。面对这个日益严重的问题，在班德拉一座7层高的公寓中的设计中经过巧妙的手段达到了令人惊异的效果。居住在这里的是一对建筑师夫妇和他们5岁大的女儿，他们并没试图去设计一个完美独特的“原型”，反而试图发掘对于既有现状潜质的类型学进行一种实验。

Bandra, once a leafy suburb of Mumbai city, has become a vi- brant yet highly dense neighborhood symptomatic of the crunching space in Indian metropolises. Quickly underway replacing it’s plotted bungalow scheme in a patchwork of hugging towers, the floor space of an average household gets more and more constrained and precious. While it forces some to leave the neighbourhood and move further away from the city cen- tre, for others it means that they’ll have to make do with less space. This increasing problem has been ingeniously addressed in a 7th floor apartment in Bandra with an astonishing result. Occupied by an architects couple with their 5 year old daughter doesn’t attempt to present an optimum unique prototype, how- ever it attempts to test a typology that explores the potentials of this reality.

▽ 起居室与开放式的厨房空间，Living Room and Open Kitchen

▽ 客厅和露台／餐厅空间，Living Room and Terrace/ Dinning Room

80平方米的公寓空间设计具有相当的适应性和开放式布局，各种手法在规划整体空间上同时呈现。首先通过对房间之间非承重墙的移除，使得空间上得到优化。同时基本的水电管道藏在橱柜之中，实际的分割取决于各种管道线路的绝缘、防水、维护、可触摸等要求。

除此之外，每个个体都被以不同的使用频率进行分类，例如：某些家具（占用空间与使用呈反比）保持最低需求，以增加空间的开放性。相反，每天都会使用的事物被安置与指定的空间之中，这种指定空间可以在不使用时随时关闭或叠起。通过开打和关闭、滑动和折叠，这个家庭空间被重新组合、扩张、打散、连接或者隔离。日常活动功能与空间分区相互重叠。阳台兼具浴室的功能，露台则和餐厅共享一个空间，而厨房则被有意的设计消去了与起居室之间的区隔。

The 80 sq.m. apartment is designed with an adaptable and open arrangement, with various modus operandi playing out simul- taneously in the planning of the layout. By removing dispen- sable walls between rooms and replacing them with objects, space is optimized. Essential electrical connections and plumb- ing fixtures are integrated in to the cupboards and wardrobes. The materialization of the partitions are optimised depending on their insulating, waterproofing, maintenance and tactilerequirements.

Besides this, objects are divided into categories with varying frequency of use. For instance: loose furniture pieces are kept to a minimum to increase open floor space in the apartment. Objects that are used every day are allocated in specific spaces that can be closed when not in use and occupy their surround- ing space when opened. By opening and closing, sliding and folding it up, the home is restructured, expanded, fragmented, connected or isolated. Activities are overlapped in semi-defined spaces. A verandah becomes a shower. A terrace becomes a dining room. The kitchen is designed to disappear to merge with the living room.

▽ 复合小空间，入口玄关的橱柜结构及折叠酒窖，Dutch Door at Entrance and Customised Blackened Steel Bar

▽ 复合大空间，阳台／开放浴室与书房、露台／正餐厅，Verandah／Shower, Study Space and Dining Room/ Terrace

虽然一个典型的两室公寓通常有两个附加的浴室和和一个盥洗室。而在这个公寓翻新中首先设计了一个联通两个卧室的公用浴室从而达到了空间的节省。空出来的第二个浴室空间成为了独立且分割成了特殊的日常功能：如盥洗、梳妆和剃须。一个雨洒和一个还有覆盖整面镜子的衣橱开放放置于卧室之内，而当不使用它时又完全从卧室空间中消隐。这一切是为了腾出更多的开放空间，它允许在同一空间在同时进行多个日常活动。

While a typical two bedroom apartment in this context has two attached bathrooms and a common toilet, space is saved by allocating one attached bathroom between and accessible from two bedrooms. The functions of the second bathroom become independent and are separated into specific activities: showering, brushing, grooming and shaving. A rain shower with a view, a shaving sink, and a vanity cabinet with full length mirror are dispersed to specific locations in the bedroom which, when closed- completely disappear. While freeing up space it also allows for multiple activities to take place simultaneously in the daily routine.

▽共用浴室和梳妆间，Master Bathroom Shower and the Powder Room

▽ 主卧和阳台／开放浴室空间，Verandah/ Open Shower in the Master Bedroom

对于室内装饰，它在简单的同时确有着错综复杂的细节处理——通过对于纹理和材料微妙的处理而产生出的效果。每个设置的核心无论是染色桦木板还是天然白橡木，都展示了自身对于整个空间特性的诠释。整个空间有这自己独一无二的特征与定义，更透露出一种对空间感的不妥协。

将日常杂事藏于像这样一个小公寓之中，必须使用复杂的空间规划和设计形式。比如对于装置所有日常厨房用品的大橱柜置放于触手可及的位置，同时又允许其两片折叠门合起来时与橡木板墙融为一体。桦树木制作的书架重点在于每层隔板之间的细节木工处理。开关和亮度钮被融入于木制表皮之中。定制的镀锌钢窗划入暗口中，使得开窗时完整的联通室内外空间。

The interiors while minimal yet intricate in detailing, is embel- lished with a subtle collection of textures and materials. Each utility core is materialized either in stained birch plywood, nat- ural stained white oak or an epoxy cement finish each defining the characters of the spaces in which they present themselves. The spaces have their own unique character and definition while at the same time do not compromise on the feeling of spaciousness.

Hiding the daily clutter in a small apartment like this has add- ed to complexity in the form of spatial planning and design. For example a generous pantry in the kitchen has all daily sup- plies conveniently ready within an arms reach but it can also be completely shut off by two pocket folding doors becoming seamless with the oak wood panelled wall. The birch ply book- case is detailed with an emphasised joinery between shelves. Distracting switch plates of Toggle switches and dimmers have been removed and instead integrated into the wooden surfaces. Custom made galvanised steel windows slide into pockets, enabling spaces to be connected seamless with the outdoors.

▽表面的材料细节处理，Detail Close Up

▽ 不同材料在公寓中的运用，Different Materials Used in the Apartment

开放、互动的布局可以使人们以不同的动线走遍房间。每一个房间至少两个选择可以穿行，这给人们制造了一种多个房间的幻象。负责的空间设定一定程度上阻止了人们一下子就在内心中产生一个公寓平面图，它鼓励人们用不同的方式去探索整个空间。这样也就会产生一种关于“亲密”“疏远”（Intimacy and Periphery）的感觉，一些东西在里面，而一些东西在外面，进而形成一个留下未知的空间。伴随着所有的暗门和转角，它使得整个房间成为了探险的绝佳场所，让小孩子萌生出捉迷藏的想法。

The interactive layout of the apartment allows you to walk around the house in multiple ways. Every room has at least two ways to go to another, giving an illusion that there are many more rooms than there actually are. The complexity of spaces prevents a quick and easy mental map of the apartment to be formulated, encouraging one to explore the house in different ways. There is a sense of intimacy and periphery, of something inside and beyond, places for things to be left unkown. Along with all the secret doors and corners, it makes the house a great place to explore and experience, and a delight for children to play hide and seek.

▽改造平面图，Plans for City Apartment Renovation

Description:City Apartment Renovation
Location:Bandra, Mumbai, India
Size:80 m2
Client:Robert Verrijt + Shefali Balwani
Design::Architecture BRIO, Robert Verrijt + Shefali Balwani
Realisation:March 2015
Photographs:Jignesh Jhaveri Photolink Creative India Pvt.Ltd.

Drawings: Architecture BRIO
English Text: Architecture BRIO
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