在过去的11年里，Gianni Botsford建筑事务所一直在伦敦诺丁山建造最壮观的住宅，占地面积超过247平方米，以及一个被大理石覆盖的游泳池。虽然11年对于任何一个单独的住宅项目来说是一个非常漫长的时间，但设计师相信这个模范的住宅建筑非常值得等待。

Over the last eleven years, Gianni Botsford Architects have been crafting the most spectacular hidden home in Notting Hill, London, set over 247 square meters of ground and two sub-terrain levels complete with a marble-clad swimming pool. And while eleven years is a seriously long time for any single resi project, I’m sure we can all agree that this home – nay, this shrine to exemplary residential architecture – was well worth the wait. 

穿过一条沿着1840年代诺丁山别墅延伸的小路，就可以到达这座极为与众不同的住宅。项目需要对1960年代的平房进行拆除，住宅有两个楼层位于地下。周围环绕着花园。光井和天窗的设计起到了优化自然采光的作用，使光线能够从顶部投射到地下两层的墙面上。

Replacing a dilapidated 1960’s bungalow in the back garden of an 1840’s Notting Hill villa, this house occupies ground level and two basement floors surrounded by gardens. The raised copper roof topped by a skylight and a series of strategically located light wells control and distribute light throughout the various levels of the building. 

建筑师说道“一个屋顶和一个用光线雕刻的房子，感受四季冷暖明暗......”。

“A house that is a roof and a hole in the ground… A house where you live above and below ground, where there is hot and cold, light and dark… A house that is carved from the ground and the available light.” So begins the statement by the architects. 

设计团队表示，“在光明与黑暗的基础上，根据环境为项目提供的适合的方案 - 一系列限制和机遇，从而形成一种适应当地气候和文化的建筑。”

“To build with light and darkness is to work with what a context gives you – a unique set of constraints and opportunities that lead to an architecture of local adaptation to the climate and culture that it sits within,” said the design team.

为了应对场地十分紧凑且房屋朝北的情况，Gianni Botsford建筑事务利用数字分析工具来探寻光线在塑造三维空间和建筑形式方面的潜力。

To combat the difficult circumstances presented by a tight, north facing urban site, Gianni Botsford Architects employed digital tools to seek out three-dimensional possibilities that light gives to generate form and organisation. 

铜质屋顶像树叶在阳光下散发光泽，通过城市和天空的空隙形成远景。木质屋顶的双曲线让人联想到罗马的万神殿，而抛光的铜质厨房则带来一丝魅力，增添了一丝微妙的暖色。

Reacting to the light like a tree, the ground level pavilion-like structure floats above the ground creating distant views through gaps in the city and to the sky. The double curvature of the timber roof concludes in an oculus reminiscent of Pantheon in Rome, while the polished copper-clad kitchen ads a touch of glamour and just the right amount of bling.

这座豪华的住宅被三面的房屋和一颗巨大的梧桐树遮挡，散发着大自然的气息和阳光，为日常生活和活动提供场地。

Overshadowed by houses on three sides and a giant plane tree, this luxury dwelling distributes atmospheres and intensities of light that inform daily rituals and activities. 

屋顶像帐篷一样的形式为生命创造了一个新的场所，它背对着周围的巨大体量，拥抱着特殊的观景走廊，拥有无数采光的可能性。尽管建筑师使用数字工具寻找屋顶的3D造型，但最终的结构完全是手工制作的。 我知道你在想什么 - 这花了多少钱？ 很多。 但它有多不可思议？ 最初，博斯福德认为屋顶的复杂结构将采用数控切割技术进行数字化，但最终，它是由意大利北部的一个车间手工制作，后来运往伦敦。 但忽略这些花销，这里的美景是无疑是设计师曾经见过的最令人难以置信的房子之一。

Shaped and informed by the light and shadow that surround it, the roof’s tent-like form creates a new place for life to occur – one that turns its back on the large volumes surrounding it and embraces particular view corridors and possibilities for light. Despite the fact the architects employed digital tools to seek out 3D shapes for the roof, the final structure was entirely handcrafted. I know what you’re thinking – How much did that cost? A lot. But how incredible is it? Initially, Bosford thought the roof’s complex structure would be made digitally, using CNC cutting techniques, but in the end, it was hand fabricated by a workshop in Northern Italy, and later transported to London. I know what you’re thinking now. How much did THAT cost? Like I said – a lot. But we’re not here to count our pennies. We’re here to bask in the beauty of what’s undoubtedly one of the most incredible homes I’ve seen in a while.

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我们认为，设计应该具有原创性又引人注目，它们缺乏一种表述，缺乏一种自我意识，需要融入自身文化，以及对设计细节的关注。它们反映了GBA的精神，与客户密切合作，以确保项目适应其环境，符合客户的需求和愿望:如果一个画廊，设计重点是参观;如果是房子，房间必须是可居住的;如果是一所学校，必须拥有令人愉快的环境;如果是整个村子，那应该是人们向往的地方。

What makes our buildings and projects both original and notable is, we think, the absence of a statement, the lack of an ego, the way they fit into their culture, the economy and attention to detail of their design. They reflect the GBA ethos of working closely with a client to make sure that the project fits into its surroundings and tallies with the client's needs and desires: if an art gallery, the contents must be visible; if a house, the rooms must be liveable; if a school, it must be enjoyable as an environment; if a whole village, it should be where people would want to live.

GBA的成功建立在它的独特。在这种氛围中，伙伴团结合作执行其他人的命令。设计的项目遍布世界任何地方.在这么多的变化中，有一种统一。GBA所有的项目都根据的环境，材料和当地的传统来制定解决方案。它们都是基于对光线、天气使用元素的彻底思考。期待扩大我们的业务范围,越来越多的大型公共建筑项目能适应他们的环境,同时满足客户的需求,美丽的、恰当的、可持续的发展。

GBA's success is built on its individuality. It is not a mammoth practice in which teams of draftsmen work and execute someone else's bidding. It is a small, private firm - extremely flexible - able to design and supervise construction anywhere in the world.

There is an unity, or unities, among so much variety. All GBA projects are original solutions to particular problems of the surroundings, materials, and local traditions. They are all based on a thorough thinking-through of the available light, the weather, the disposition of their elements, of how to make the most out of any site, and for any purpose. We have worked alone or in partnerships, and as we look forward and expand our practice, we think increasingly of larger-scale public building projects: how they can be made to fit in their context while meeting our clients' needs, how they can be local and humane while still being original, beautiful and apt.