California Dreaming

BACKGROUND In 2009, the researcher was commissioned to design two duplex residences in Launceston, Tasmania. The work contributes to Architectural Design, specifically the adaptation of Australian suburban residential typologies for evolving urban environments. The project adds to areas of research that have been explored by NMBW & Atelier BowWow, in their examination of typological information within existing built environments and C M Lee/Series Architects’ exploration of serial adaptation of typological models.CONTRIBUTIONCalifornia Dreaming is a project by the researcher Ben Milbourne, with Evie Blackman, as the duo behind Bild Architecture. The research challenge addressed in this project was the identification of typological traits within an established built environment, development of a design technique for adapting this information and judgement of the degree of transformation of the identified information for a new designed work. The project context characterised by inter-war ‘California Bungalow’ type housing was mapped and catalogued. The identified formal language was adapted to the specific project conditions; sheering the floor plate vertically to minimise cut and fill, slipping it horizontally to address the street crossover and provide northern oriented open spaces, and finally wrapping the signature double-gable roof form around the building to optimise passive solar benefits. Judgement of the degree of transformation rested in the threshold of legibility of the familial relationship between the new building and the existing built context, tested through perspective photomontage. SIGNIFICANCEThe project was reviewed by Michelle Galindo and published in ‘Bungalow: Masterpieces Architecture + Design’ by Baun, Switzerland (2013), which notes “this residence represents how Australian suburban typologies can be adapted to contemporary housing requirements”. The project was also published ‘Utilisation: creative home space design’, by SendPoint Publishing, Hong Kong (2012), and featured in the local press, appearing in the Sunday Tasmania Newspaper (22nd April, 2012).研究背景 2009年，本研究者受委托在塔斯马尼亚州朗塞斯顿市设计两栋双联住宅。本研究为建筑设计领域作出贡献，具体聚焦于适配不断发展的城市环境的澳大利亚郊区住宅建筑类型学改造方向。本项目补充了NMBW与Atelier BowWow的既有研究路径——二人针对既有建成环境中的类型学信息展开考察，同时也延续了C M Lee/Series Architects对建筑类型模型系列化改造的探索范畴。 研究贡献 本项目名为《加州之梦》（California Dreaming），由研究者本·米尔本（Ben Milbourne）与伊维·布莱克曼（Evie Blackman）共同完成，二人以Bild Architecture事务所的名义开展工作。本项目所要解决的核心研究难题包括：识别既有建成环境中的建筑类型学特征、开发适配该特征的设计手法，以及判断将已识别特征改造应用于全新设计作品的合理程度。 本项目的场地以两次世界大战期间建成的‘加州平房’（California Bungalow）型住宅为典型特征，研究团队首先对该场地进行了测绘与编目。随后将识别出的形式语言适配本项目的具体场地条件：通过垂直切割楼板以减少土方开挖与回填量，水平偏移楼板以适配街道交叉口布局并获得北向开放空间，最终在建筑外围包裹标志性的双坡屋顶造型，以最大化被动太阳能利用效益。改造程度的判断标准，在于新建筑与既有建成环境之间的类型学亲缘关系是否具备可识别阈值，该判断通过透视照片合成手法进行验证。 研究意义 本项目经米歇尔·加林多（Michelle Galindo）评审后，收录于瑞士Baun出版社2013年出版的《平房：建筑与设计杰作》（"Bungalow: Masterpieces Architecture + Design"）一书，该书评价道："该住宅展现了澳大利亚郊区住宅类型学如何适配当代住宅需求"。本项目同时被收录于香港SendPoint Publishing出版社2012年出版的《活用：创意家居空间设计》（"Utilisation: creative home space design"）一书，并登上当地媒体《塔斯马尼亚星期日报》（2012年4月22日刊）。