南非丛林树屋

设计团队曾经参与了之前在这片树木繁茂的土地上的项目，并被委托设计一个小型现代住宅来补充现有的建筑集合，空间上围绕着对Cape Werf进行现代诠释。

The architects have been involved with previous projects on this tree-rich property, and were commissioned to design a small contemporary house to compliment the existing collection of buildings - spatially organised around a modern interpretation of the Cape Werf.

受庄园内树木的启发，客户要求设计一个类似于树屋的小木屋，能够容纳一间卧室。 该结构位于森林般的花园中的一小块空地上，并与周围树木的高度相呼应，以最大限度地提高场地最高处的景观。

Inspired by the trees on the estate, the client requested a cabin-like, one bedroomed hide-away resembling a tree house.  The structure is located in a small clearing amongst forest-like gardens, and respond similarly to the verticality of the surrounding trees in order to maximise views from the highest portion of the site.

灵感来自Horace Gifford的木材小屋和Kengo Kuma的空间或中间空间的工作理念，而Louis Kahn对纯粹形式的掌握和Carlo Scarpa的详细规范提供了几何约束和手工制造的过程。从平面图上看，项目探索了正方形与圆形的纯几何形状，每条边分为三个模块，其中两个模块决定了正方形四条边上每个圆的直径，从而形成针轮式的平面布局。

Inspiration was drawn from the timber cabins of Horace Gifford and Kengo Kuma’s notions of working with the void or in-between space, while Louis Kahn’s mastery of pure form and the detailing ethic of Carlo Scarpa informed a process of geometric restraint and handcrafted manufacturing. The organisational diagramme of the structure explores the pure geometry of a square, with each side divided into three modules and where two of these modules determine the diameter of a circle on each of the four sides of the square - resulting in a pin-wheel plan layout.

方形是有方向性的，而圆是没有方向性的，因此正方形与南北场地几何有关，四个圆与周围的有机自然环境有关。 每个圆的中心都是柱子的位置，圆环支撑着上面的地梁，通过树枝状的臂膀与柱子相连。 每一个圆环都围成一个半圆形的空间，附属于该层的主要方形生活空间。

A square is directional and a circle not - the square relates to the North/South site geometry and the four circles to the organic and natural surroundings.  Each circle’s centre is the location for a column, and circular rings, supporting the floor beams above, are connected to the columns by means of branch-like arms.  Each ring circumscribes a half-round space ancillary to the main square living space on that level.

▽结构平面 Structural diagram

建筑成为一个垂直排列的 "森林中的空地"，第一层是生活空间，第二层是卧室，第三层是屋顶平台。建筑下方的地面上有一间机房。半圆形的托架在起居层容纳了天井、餐厅凹槽和楼梯，在卧室层容纳了卫生间，在屋顶平台层容纳了内置座椅--纯粹的几何图形为空间提供了衔接。 建筑轻盈地触及地面，通过悬挂的木材和耐候钢制坡道进入。

The building becomes a vertically arranged “clearing in the forest”, with living space on level one, a bedroom on level two and a roof deck on the third. A plant room is located at ground level below the building. The half round bays accommodate a patio, dining alcove and stair on the living level, a bathroom on the bedroom level and a built-in seat on the roof deck level - the pure geometries provide articulation to the spaces.  The building lightly touches the ground, and entry is by means of a suspended timber and Corten steel ramp.

柱子、臂和环由激光切割和折叠的耐候钢板制成，每根柱子都被分成四个 "树干"，以保证透明度和纤细性，并允许地板梁和窗户穿过环的中心点。 钢树支撑着木质地板梁、外墙玻璃和西部红柏建筑围护结构。钢材和木材之间的连接是通过手工转动的黄铜部件来表现的。 所有的材料都没有经过任何处理，并将表达时间的流逝，因为它们与周围的树木自然风化。

The columns, arms and rings are constructed from laser-cut and folded Corten steel plate, and each column is divided into four ‘trunks’ in the interest of transparency, slenderness and to allow floor beams and windows to pass through the centre points of the rings.  The steel trees support timber floors beams, facade glazing and a western red cedar building envelope. The connections between steel and timber are expressed by means of hand-turned brass components.  All materials are left untreated, and will express the passing of time as they weather naturally with the surrounding trees.

▽场地平面图 Site plan

▽入口层平面图 Level 0 plan

▽一层平面图 Level 1 plan

▽二层平面图 Level 2 plan

▽三层平面图 Level 3 plan

▽东立面图 East elevation

▽西立面图 West elevation

▽剖面图 Section

Project Name: Tree House

Project Address: Constantia Main Road, Constantia, Cape Town South Africa

Architects: Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design

Project Team [architects]: Pieter Malan, Jan-Heyn Vorster & Peter Urry

Structural Engineers: Henry Fagan & Partners

Landscape Architect: Mary Maurel Gardens

Quantity Surveyor: DA Quantity Surveyors

Contractor: Theunis Naude, Link Engineering

Photographer: Adam Letch, Micky Hoyle

Author of Text: Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design