멜버른 교외 Ivanhoe East의 BKK 건축가가 설계한 이 아파트의 벽돌 정면은 원형의 창이 지배한다. 창문은 길을 향해 투영되는 6개의 높다란 큐브 높이에 걸쳐 있어 자연 채광이 집안 내부 공간을 가득 채운다. 전반적인 건물의 부피를 줄이고 작은 규모로 표현함으로써 고도로 표현되었고, 이는 현대적인 방식으로 역사적 주택 형태의 중요성과 표현을 그려낸 것이다.
Circular windows dominate the staggered brick facades of this apartment blockdesigned by Australian practice BKK Architects for the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe East.
Local studio BKK Architects designed the 44-apartment block for a steeply sloping site in a residential neighbourhood located around 10 kilometres northeast of the city's central business district.
Six porthole windows provide the focal point for the Cirqua Apartments, which are made up from staggered grey brick boxes that break up the bulk of the development.
The windows span almost the full height of six cubes that project towards the street, flooding the interior living spaces with natural light.
Architects: BKK Architects
Builder: Aspekt Construction Group
Structural: Kersulting
Landscape: John Patrick Landscape
Services: NJM Consulting
Building Surveyor: Group II
Traffic and Waste: Cardno
Signage: MASS
ESD: Urban Digestor
DDA: Nick Morris Access Consulting
"The building facades are highly articulated to reduce the overall building's mass and present a smaller scale," explained the architects. "The design draws on the materiality and expression of local, historical housing types that are reinterpreted in a contemporary manner."
"The design has been carried out to provide a strong sense of address for tenants whilst maintaining a street rhythm and scale that stitches the project into its context," they added.
"Generous glazing maximises connections to the surrounding garden, with significant landscaping integrated into the design, capturing the 'garden city' essence of Ivanhoe."
from dezeen