Beton Brut is a "neo-brutalist" concrete house in Ahmedabad

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这座混凝土住宅位于印度艾哈迈达巴德，突出的混凝土体量给种植露台带来了有阴影，该项目由当地The Grid建筑事务所设计。

The Grid建筑事务所设计了Beton Brut住宅，该项目的客户是一位企业家，其家庭热爱创意，因此他们希望拥有一座能够进行家庭聚会也拥有私人空间的住宅。

Jutting concrete volumes provide shade to openings and planted terraces at this monolithic concrete house in Ahmedabad, India, designed by local studio The Grid Architects.
The Grid Architects created Beton Brut house for an entrepreneur whose family enjoys creative pursuits. The client wanted a home that would provide spaces for family gatherings and for individual activities.


Beton Brut是一座印度混凝土住宅，由The Grid建筑事务所设计
Beton Brut is a concrete home in India that was designed by The Grid Architects

住宅位于一块西南向的场地上，其整体形态让室内空间免收当地炎热阳光的影响。

建筑师在构思建筑的整体形式时，借鉴了一位印度女性的形象，即应用传统面纱保护面部。

Located on a southwest-facing plot, the house's form was driven by the need to protect interior spaces from the region's harsh heat and sunlight.
The studio used the image of an Indian woman protecting her head and face from the sun with the drapes of a traditional sari as a reference when creating the building's folded forms.


退台结合了有棱角的混凝土结构
Terraces were incorporated across the angular concrete structure

相较于设计一个线性方盒子，将结构分成交错的层次也许是个更好的选择，建筑师去掉了一些体量，构成了一系列的悬臂空间，削弱了整体感。

混凝土是建筑主要材料，影响了建筑的形态和风格，这让人联想起20世纪后半叶的粗野主义建筑。

Rather than designing a rectilinear box, the structure was separated into staggered layers with some sections removed to create a series of cantilevers that lighten the overall aesthetic.
The choice of concrete as the main construction material also influenced the shape and style of the house, which evokes brutalist buildings from the latter half of the 20th century.


成角度的悬臂遮挡了部分外部空间
Angular cantilevers shelter parts of the exterior

工作室解释说：“我们为了构思一个纯粹的结构空间体量，建筑形态则定义为粗野主义，这里有着裸露的混凝土面板、几何形态、单色面板，以及单色外观。”

人造混凝土表面内外直接裸露出来，为了减轻重量感，建筑室内采用了传统的印度装饰元素，再结合了大量的软垫家具和织物。

工作室说：“将‘粗野’融入到社会住宅理念和传统印度建筑中，我们认为这是‘新粗野’主义。”

“法文中原始混凝土是‘Beton Brut’，它表达强大和自信，但却拥有柔软的内心。”

"With the decision of creating a pure structure that respected honesty of materiality, the architectural path was determined as a brutalist one," the studio explained, "typified by bare concrete, geometric shapes, a monochrome palette and a monolithic appearance."
To mitigate the heavy, manmade concrete surfaces that are left exposed internally and externally, the interiors feature traditional Indian decorative elements along with plenty of upholstered furniture and soft fabrics.
"Incorporating 'brutal' in social housing ideals and traditional Indian typologies results in, what we call, 'neo-brutalism'," the firm added.
"This is why while Beton Brut – raw concrete in French – may appear strong and assertive, it possesses a soft, emotive, heart."


使用者透过起居空间的落地窗可以看到花园
The living area looks out to the garden through floor to ceiling windows

建筑的入口遮挡着一个悬臂式屋面，三米高的门直通一条走道，走道的尽头是一个通向阳台的开口，这里的混凝土墙体上悬挂着一件镀膜艺术作品。

主要起居室位于走廊的右侧，环绕着中央景观院落。

The building's entrance is sheltered beneath one of the cantilevered roofs. A three-metre-tall door leads into a passage that culminates in an opening looking onto a rear terrace where a patinated artwork is hung on a concrete wall.
The main living areas are positioned to the right of the corridor and are arranged around a central landscaped courtyard.


面板形态的混凝土覆盖着室内墙体和天花板
Board formed concrete covers the walls and ceiling of the interior

休息区和餐厅位于花园的梁侧，主卧位于住宅深处，在这里使用者可以看到花园。

公共设施空间包含有干湿厨房和餐具室，它们位于住宅的一个角落里，除此之外设施完善的其他卧室则位于上部楼层。

The formal lounge and a dining room are positioned on either side of the garden. The main bedroom is accommodated deeper into the house and looks out onto the garden.
Utility spaces including wet and dry kitchens and a pantry are tucked away in a corner of the building, while further bedrooms with ensuite facilities are situated on the upper floors.


建筑中央有着开着天窗的中庭
An atrium extends through the centre of the house and is lit by a skylight

住宅中有着各式各样的手工艺品、家具，以及艺术品，柔化了建筑的外部形态，给空间带来个性，其中包含有来自诸如Haveli住宅和Mandapa展亭等传统建筑的面板和支架。

起居室有着通高空间，墙上安装有原本突出于建筑外部的木窗，使用者从一层的卧室看到这个空间。

艾哈迈达巴德当地的The Grid建筑事务所曾经入围Dezeen奖。

摄影：Photographix

Artefacts, furniture and art works distributed throughout the home soften the appearance and inject personality into the spaces. These include reclaimed panels and brackets from traditional buildings such as haveli houses and mandapa pavilions.
In the double-height living space, a wooden jharokha window that would originally have projected from the exterior of a building is mounted on the wall and offers a glimpse into the space from one of the first-floor bedrooms.
Ahmedabad-based The Grid Architects was previously longlisted for the Dezeen Awards in the studio of the year category.
The photography is by Photographix.