Identiti廣告辦公空間改造
Identiti Advertising Renovation / Meister Varma Architects
由專築網王沛儒，李韌編譯
來自建築事務所的描述： Identiti是一個由父子三人經營的廣告和品牌代理機構，他們希望將家和辦公室整合成一個寬敞的生活工作單元。在業主購買了位於270平方米的場地上的一座建築之後，他們與建築師取得了聯繫。現有的建築是印度喀拉拉邦當地的典型風格，這種建築大多數採用租賃的形式。採光效率低、面積小是印度傳統建築的一些特徵，而狹小的房間尺寸也讓項目變得棘手。
Text description provided by the architects. Identiti is an advertising and branding agency run by a father-sons trio who wished to consolidate their home and office in different parts of the city into a spacious live-work unit. By the time we were approached, a building had been purchased for this purpose on a relatively compact 270 sqm site. The existing structure was an archetype of a build to rent style prevalent throughout Kerala with low daylight and even lesser character. Cramped room sizes resulting from a half-baked interpretation of Vastu (traditional Indian system of architecture) made matters worse.
為了滿足使用者的功能需求，項目改造極具戲劇性。除了家庭功能之外，建築中還要容納約20名員工的辦公場所。因此，建築需要有著與眾不同的外觀，滿足其多種功能用途。建築師採取了由內向外的設計策略，從內部空間入手，結合不同的功能需求。一樓是無柱辦公空間，另外還設置有長輩公寓（帶有傳統的封閉廚房和公用平臺），最後在第二層進入晚輩的開放式公寓。氧化亞鐵牆是每個樓層的突出元素，內置照明功能。東邊的水泥格柵遮擋了周邊的視野，並將光線過濾至生活空間。除了牆壁外，二層樓板也被部分拆除，從而將兩座住宅樓層的陽臺連接起來。
The renovation had to be dramatic to match its energetic occupants. The building was to cater for an office of 20 employees in addition to an expanding joint family. It also needed a look distinct from its neighbours hinting at its mixed-use avatar. We began with an inside out approach carving out the interior to match the space requirements of each floor. The largely column free office on the ground floor proceeding to the parents’ apartment on the first (with a traditional closed kitchen and utility terrace) and finally onto the sons’ open plan apartment on the second. Ferrous oxide walls feature as prominent elements on each floor with built in lighting features. A cement lattice to the east gives visual privacy from close neighbours and filters light to the living spaces. In addition to the walls, a portion of the second floor slab was also demolished to link the two residential floor balconies.
在建築外部，建築師通過石膏和色彩的表面處理將公共與私人功能從視覺上分開。標誌性的紅色赭石色牆圍繞著建築，將其與周圍的居住環境區分開來。大型陽臺用拋光水泥建成，橫跨兩層，向前方伸出。內部的種植裝置就如同垂直的廚房花園，其中種植了爬山虎等植物。建築師的目標是在密集的城市環境中，讓這座融合了多種功能空間充滿活力。
On the exterior, the public/private functions are visually separated by the surface treatment of plaster and colour. A red ochre wall deriving its colour from the company logo wraps around the building setting it apart from its residential surrounding. Large balconies finished in polished cement and spanning two floors jut out towards the front. Inbuilt planters within act as vertical kitchen gardens used to grow creepers and herbs. The building aims to be a model of invigoration for life in a dense urban environment incorporating a variety of spaces and functions.
建築設計：Meister Varma建築事務所
地點：印度，喀拉拉邦
設計團隊：Krishnan Varma, Vanessa Meister, Anila Cherian, Sruthi Vijay
結構設計：Rao & Associates
面積：3600平方英尺（334.4平方米）
項目年份：2017年
