SHARE MADアーキテクツが完成させた、アメリカ・カリフォルニア州・ビバリーヒルズの集合住宅「Gardenhouse」
MADアーキテクツが完成させた、アメリカ・カリフォルニア州・ビバリーヒルズの集合住宅「Gardenhouse」です。プロジェクトの公式サイトはこちら。
この建築は、MADアーキテクツがアメリカで初めて完成させたプロジェクト。
1階部分は商業施設となっており、その上に18の住戸ユニットがのる設計となっています。外観の特徴となっている、切妻屋根のヴォリュームが集まるデザインは、ロサンゼルスの象徴的な丘陵地への遊び心とウィットに富んだシンプルなオマージュを表現しているのだとか。また様々な住戸タイプ（2つのスタジオ、8つのコンドミニアム、3つのタウンハウス、5つのヴィラなど）を設けることで小規模ながらもコミュニティ意識の形成を意図しているとの事。
内部空間の特徴となっているのは、白い家型ヴォリュームに囲まれた中庭空間で、バルコニー等の配置などにもこだわりを持って設計しており、プライバシー性を確保しつつ、集合住宅内の居住者間の交流を促すものとなっているそう。
またMADはこの建築を通して、世界の高密度都市に見られるステレオタイプなキュービックボックス型の生活環境への反論を意図しているとの事。この建築では、自然との本質的なつながりや、静かな中庭と各住戸のプライベートな屋外空間を共有することで、都市環境から数メートル離れた静かなオアシスとなっているそうで、本建築を、建物と自然環境の両方と接続し、より完全で調和のとれた生活体験を提供することができるというアイデアを示す物理的マニフェストであるとも述べています。
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MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed “Gardenhouse,” the first project completed by MAD in the USA.
Located at 8600 Wilshire Boulevard in California’s Beverly Hills, “Gardenhouse” is a mixed-use scheme consisting of 18 residential units above ground floor commercial space. Evoking the lush landscape of Beverly Hills, the scheme becomes a “hillside village” with residential units “growing” from the building’s living green wall. Peaking above the landscaped envelope, a cluster of white façaded, irregular-shaped windows, and gabled-roof structures create a dynamic neighborhood, and a playful, witty, though simple homage to the iconic hillsides of Los Angeles.
Upon completion, the scheme will host one of the largest living green walls in the USA. This defining envelope is covered in lush plantings of native, drought-tolerant succulents and vines, whose familiarity to the local climate negates the need for extra irrigation and maintenance. The result is a unique texture forming an organic, natural, seasonal addition to the neighborhood streetscape.
The 4,460 sqm (48,000 sqft) “hillside village” offers a variety of different housing typologies: two studios, eight condominiums, three townhouses and five villas. This healthy mixture results in a high sense of community, and a feeling of individuality and exclusiveness even in this small-scale development. Unlike traditional apartment schemes, each unit has its own independent entry/exit circulation route, while almost every unit features a pitched-roof volume with dynamic interior expressions.
Enclosed by this cluster of white, pitched-roofed “houses”, the 2nd floor courtyard forms a central landscaped gathering space for the small community. With careful consideration given to the distance, orientation, and arrangement of balconies overlooking the courtyard, the result is a private, tranquil, convenient interaction between residents and the “secret garden” which they share.
Residents of “Gardenhouse” are welcomed via a ground-floor entrance along Stanley Drive, off Wilshire Boulevard. The entrance adopts the atmosphere of a cave digging into the hillside; a dim, surreal environment where residents are led on a journey through a “fairyland” of light, shadow, and the sound of water. Further ahead, the softness of the cave meets a bright conclusion, with natural light flooding through a connected water feature from the courtyard patio above. Standing beneath this threshold, visitors marvel at a framed view of sun, sky, landscape, and water: a living painting removing people from the reality of the city.
Through “Gardenhouse,” MAD seeks to offer a rebuttal to the stereotypical cubic-box living environments of high-density cities across the world. An intrinsic connection with nature, with a tranquil, shared courtyard and private outdoor space for each unit, creates a calm oasis just meters away from the urban environment. The result is a physical manifestation of the idea that architecture can connect with both the built and natural environment, to offer a more full, harmonious living experience.
Ma Yansong said, “Los Angeles and Beverly Hills are highly modernized and developed. Their residences on the hills seemingly coexist with the urban environment. However, they also see enclosed movement at their core. The commune connection between the urban environment and nature is isolated. What new perspectives, and new value, can we bring to Los Angeles? Perhaps, we can create a hill in the urban context, so people can live on it and make it a village. This place will be half urban, half nature. This can offer an interesting response to Beverly Hills: a neighborhood which is often carefully organized and maintained, now with a witty, playful new resident.”
■建築概要
Gardenhouse
Los Angeles, USA
2013 – 2020
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Typology: Residential, Commercial
Site Area: 2,400 sqm
Building Area: 4,460 sqm
Building Height: 18m
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Principal Partners in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Associate Partners in Charge: Flora Lee, Dixon Lu
Design Team: Li Guangchong, Jon Kontuly, Joanna Tan, Chris Hung-Yu Chen, Wenshan Xie, Cesar D Pena Del Rey, Jeffrey Miner
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Client: Palisades Capital Partners LLC
Executive Architect: Gruen Associates
Structural Engineer: John Labib + Associates (JLA)
MEP Engineer: Breen Engineering Inc.
Landscape Architect: Gruen Associates
Interior Design: Rottet Studio
Civil Engineering: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Green Wall Specialist: Seasons Landscape
General Constructor: DHC Builders, Inc.
