Renewal-Zone:建筑與藝術(shù)の好事發(fā)生︱百年破舊地下健身館的奇襲


霍爾本之家 (Holborn House)是為霍爾本社區(qū)協(xié)會 (HCA)打造的新的社區(qū)建筑,也擁有完整的公共藝術(shù)品。

隱藏在城市街區(qū)深處,為社區(qū)服務了百年之久的活力社區(qū)中心,從破舊地下室健身房轉(zhuǎn)變成為無障礙設(shè)計、可持續(xù)且具有辨識度的新建筑。經(jīng)過擴建,這里變成了一棟臨街明亮的二層新建筑,里面有藝術(shù)家卡拉·圖林 (Caragh Thuring) 創(chuàng)作的完整的公共藝術(shù)品。在此,HCA可以對已有的多樣化的文化、社會和體育活動進行擴種,并且為多名員工帶來靈活性的重要收入來源。在一個強大但機遇和環(huán)境存在明顯差異的社區(qū)中,HCA發(fā)揮著關(guān)鍵性的作用。

項目的核心要素是再利用。過去的健身空間體量向天空和街道打開,新的屋頂天窗引入自然光、風景和通透性,營造出兩層光線充足的新空間。與此同時,新的彈性地板、工作室、更衣室、工作區(qū)域和俱樂部帶來了新的人群?;谂c藝術(shù)家Caragh Thuring和社區(qū)的合作,經(jīng)濟結(jié)構(gòu)和空間系統(tǒng)得到了調(diào)整,日常區(qū)域已轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榱钊穗y忘的公共空間,提升了機構(gòu)的可見性和識別度,并在這個歷史悠久、人口密集的內(nèi)城地區(qū),彰顯出社區(qū)的重要性及其文化底蘊。

舊的地下室被拆除至混凝土結(jié)構(gòu),并重新進行了襯砌和保溫工序,健身房上方則引入了新的輕質(zhì)鋼屋頂和高聳的屋頂天窗。在其他區(qū)域,粗糲的混凝土拱腹、柱子和橫梁仍保持裸露,與新的結(jié)構(gòu)和材料、同層通行的開口、坡面入口大廳和電梯交錯呈現(xiàn)。

新建筑的隔熱效能優(yōu)越,采用被動通風措施,能效也得到了優(yōu)化。通過新型空氣源熱泵供暖和制冷,設(shè)計致力于通過減少電力供能實現(xiàn)減排的目標。完全無障礙的設(shè)計,顯著增加了HCA所服務的人數(shù),無障礙性的提升也讓更多全齡段的人群能夠使用整座建筑。

新的臨街面具有通透性和連接性,方便孩子們確定自己的方位,工作人員可在必要時為其提供幫助。白色的鋼桁架從街道入口和接待區(qū)一直延伸到雙層高的健身區(qū),將城市街區(qū)深處的景觀引入室內(nèi)并營造出溫馨的光線環(huán)境。裸露的木托梁、鋼材和砌塊的結(jié)構(gòu)清晰可見,將材料、尺度和非正式的輕松氛圍帶到上方的樓層中。

卡拉·圖林 (Caragh Thuring) 以舊檔案材料為基礎(chǔ)創(chuàng)作出的藝術(shù)作品《美好的事情即將發(fā)生》(Great Things Lie Ahead)(2020 年),被融入了霍爾本之家的整個建筑之中。玻璃立面上刻有當?shù)氐拿?、事件和地點,絲印的形式仿若周圍的磚砌墻體從不同時代演變而來的不規(guī)則的砂漿線條,與裸露的鋼結(jié)構(gòu)相結(jié)合形成了一種“格魯吉亞麥卡諾”的風格,加強了新結(jié)構(gòu)與周圍的歷史建筑結(jié)構(gòu)之間的對話。從健身房內(nèi)襯的手工編織隔音板、通過藝術(shù)家打造的網(wǎng)格圖形和色彩改造出的浴室獨有的瓷磚,到參考了霍爾本森林起源的彩色金屬制品,藝術(shù)品在與社區(qū)共同發(fā)展的過程中深深地融入到建筑結(jié)構(gòu)之中。

6a與Dan Pearson及LB Camden合作,在狹窄的巷中打造了一處由花卉、攀緣植物和樹木組成的野生棲息地。源自卡拉·圖林 (Caragh Thuring)從20世紀20年代的舊檔案簿中發(fā)現(xiàn)的話語,由他創(chuàng)作的“偉大的事情就在前方”的邀語和兒童游戲都被刻在了約克石的路面上。在重新鋪設(shè)的喬治亞通道中,新的花盆和植物營造出戶外空間和園藝區(qū),也為當?shù)氐囊吧鷦游锾峁┝藯⒌丶覉@。



6a建筑師事務所由斯蒂芬妮·麥克唐納 (Stephanie Macdonald) 和湯姆·愛默生 (Tom Emerson)創(chuàng)立于2001年,屢獲殊榮的作品涵蓋藝術(shù)畫廊、教育建筑、時裝旗艦店和不同規(guī)模的住宅項目,為事務所贏得了國際贊譽。
事務所也被定義為建筑偵探,他們擅長在材料、景觀、氣候、歷史和文化之間發(fā)掘新的聯(lián)系,并從社會歷史、建造傳統(tǒng)、當代藝術(shù)時尚等方面汲取靈感元素,將項目深深植根于所在的區(qū)域。長期以來,事務所與工程師、園藝家和藝術(shù)家開展密切合作,湯姆·艾默生 (Tom Emerson) 本人是蘇黎世聯(lián)邦理工學院的建筑學教授、系主任,他領(lǐng)導的設(shè)計研究工作室探索創(chuàng)作與地域之間的關(guān)系。
6a建筑師事務所多次榮獲RIBA獎項,其中包括備受矚目的謝林獎,為攝影師Juergen Teller打造的工作室綜合體曾在2017年獲得了斯特林獎提名。2018年,湯姆·艾默生 (Tom Emerson) 榮獲了康拉德·費迪南德·邁耶獎 (Conrad Ferdinand Meyer),斯蒂芬妮·麥克唐納 (Stephanie Macdonald) 入圍了國際女性建筑師獎的最終提名。2021年新年之際,兩人均榮獲了著名的OBE獎,該獎項由女王頒發(fā)以表彰獲獎者在建筑教育以及建筑領(lǐng)域的貢獻。
6a建筑師事務所的作品刊登于國際上的專業(yè)媒體中。2020年,頗具影響力的意大利雜志Domus將6a列入全球前50的建筑師名錄。2013年事務所的首本圖書《Never Modern》面世(由蘇黎世的Park Books出版),2017年El Croquis出版了事務所的專著,a+u的雜志特輯在2022年10月發(fā)行。



Holborn House is a new community building with an integral public artwork for Holborn Community Association (HCA).

This project has transformed the home of a vital local hub that has been serving the community for a century from a rundown basement gym, hidden deep within a city block into a fully accessible, visible and sustainable new building. It has been extended up into a luminous new two-storey, street-facing building with an integral public artwork by artist Caragh Thuring, from where HCA can expand its already varied offering of cultural, social and sporting activities, and which has the flexibility for multiple hires as a vital source of revenue. HCA plays a crucial role in an area that has a strong community, but also notable differences in opportunities and circumstances.

Re-use is a core element, opening up the existing gym volume to the sky and street, admitting daylight, views and transparency through a new roof and rooflights, and creating two new floors of light-filled spaces. At the same time, a new sprung floor, studios, changing rooms, workspaces and clubrooms provide spaces for new audiences. Economic construction and proprietary systems were adapted in collaboration with the artist Caragh Thuring, and the community, to transform everyday moments into memorable public spaces, bringing visibility and identity to the organisation, reflecting the importance and culture of the community in this historic and dense inner-city borough.

The old basement was stripped to its concrete structure, relined, tanked and insulated, with a new lightweight steel roof and tall roof lanterns introduced over the gym. Elsewhere, rough concrete soffits, columns and beams remain exposed, intercut with new structures and materials, incisions made for level access, a ramped entrance hall and lift.

The new building is highly insulated, passively ventilated and optimised for energy. With heating and cooling provided by a new air source heat pump, it has been designed to decrease emissions as the grid decarbonises. Full accessibility throughout significantly increases the number of people HCA can support and improved access allows more multigenerational use of the whole building.

The new street frontage offers transparency and connection, it is easy for children to orientate themselves and allows staff to assist when needed. White painted steel trusses unfold from street entrance and reception studio into the double height gym, introducing views deep inside the city block and creating a welcoming filigree lightness over the interior. Construction is legible in exposed timber joists, steels and blockwork bringing materiality, scale and an informal ease of use to the upper floors.

Caragh Thuring's artwork, Great Things Lie Ahead (2020), is integrated throughout the architecture of Holborn House and has built on old archive materials. A glazed fa?ade is inscribed with local names, events and places, etched between the irregular mortar lines traced from multiple eras of surrounding brickwork. Combined with the exposed steel structure, it results in a kind of 'Georgian Meccano' that acts to strengthen the dialogue between the surrounding historic building fabric and the new structure. Evolving with the community, the artwork has become embedded into the fabric of the building through the handwoven acoustic panels lining the gym, the proprietary bathroom tiling transformed with the artist's gridded patterns and colour, and the brightly coloured metalwork that references Holborn's forest origins.

Working with LB Camden, 6a and Dan Pearson introduced new wildlife habitats of flowers, climbing plants and a tree into the narrow alleyway. Caragh Thuring's invitation, 'Great things lie ahead' - originating from a line Thuring found in old archive scrapbooks dating back to the 1920s - and children's games are inscribed into new Yorkstone paving. The new planters and greenery in the relit and repaved Georgian passageway have created an external room and gardening opportunities as well as homes and habitats for local wildlife.

HCA and 6a architects worked closely in securing the funds for the project. Holborn House has been made possible thanks to the generous support of:
Arper, Arts Council England, Bourne Amenity, London Borough of Camden, Camden Council Street Licensing & Highways, City Bridge Trust, Thomas Dane Gallery, Gardenlink, GreenBlue Urban, Hargrave Foundation, HS2 Community and Environment Fund, Hobson Trust, izé, Junckers, Kvadrat, Little Greene, London Marathon Charitable Trust, Marshalls Stone, Mayor of London Good Growth Fund, Power to Change, Sport England, Volker Highways, 3VB Charitable Trust, 29th May Charitable Trust, and many private individuals.



6a architects was founded by Stephanie Macdonald and Tom Emerson in 2001. The practice has gained an international reputation for award-winning projects spanning art galleries, educational buildings, flagship fashion stores, and multi-scale residential projects.
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Sometimes described as architect detectives, the studio finds new connections between materials, landscape, climate, history and culture, drawing on social histories, construction traditions, contemporary art and fashion, projects emerge firmly rooted in their place. The studio has longstanding collaborations with engineers, horticulturalists and artists and Emerson is professor of architecture and dean at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich, where he leads a research and design studio, exploring the relationship between making and the territory.
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The studio has won multiple national RIBA Awards, notably winning the Schelling Medal and nominated for the Stirling Prize for its studio complex for photographer Juergen Teller 2017. In 2018, Tom Emerson was awarded the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize and Stephanie Macdonald was a finalist for the International Women in Architecture Award. The New Year Honours 2021 saw both recognised with a prestigious OBE medal, awarded by the Queen for Services to Architecture and Education, and Services to Architecture respectively.
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6a architects' work is published internationally. In 2020, the influential Italian magazine, Domus, included 6a in the 50 Best Architects in the world today. The practice's first book, Never Modern, was published in 2014 (Park Books, Zurich), a monograph in 2017 by El Croquis and an a+u monograph issue October 2022.
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Architect:?6a architects
Artist:?Caragh Thuring
Structural Engineer:?Price & Myers
Environmental Engineer:?Ritchie+Daffin
Signage & Typography:?John Morgan Studio
Landscaping:?Dan Pearson Studio
Contractor:?Quinn London
Building Control:?Sweco Building Control Ltd
Project Borough:?London Borough of Camden
Joinery:?Jones Neville, Nic Rhode
Fa?ade Artwork:?Protoglass: Glass ceramic fused silk screen print into double glazed units
Completion:?2021
Photography credits:?6a architects
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