海力蒙住宅(Herringbone Houses)位于伦敦南部城市旺兹沃思(Wandsworth)，是由Alison Brooks Architects建筑事务所为Lyford投资公司设计的，取名自其条纹形的木制外墙。

Herringbone Houses由两栋400平方米的住宅组成，在其中可以远眺南论坛保龄球俱乐部。

每一栋开敞式布局的住宅都是由两个连续型条纹状木制平台组成的，墙、地板、外饰板及围墙都用石墨渲染。这些平台在住宅的中心部位相互连接、折叠，形成了一个两层高的门廊。

三间主卧在西侧，开有大窗，可以保证室内由充足的阳光，还能欣赏保龄球俱乐部的美景。起居室在挑檐后，挑檐起到了遮阴、遮蔽一层入口空间的效果。临近它们的是三层构筑物，含有卧室，及家庭活动室等。

The house is constructed from a steel frame with timber infill that has been wrapped in plywood sheathing. This acts as a substrate for the insulation and cladding. The herringbone cladding was initially developed and set out using 3D modelling software to establish the dimension of each board and to test the final visual effect. After trials with different lengths of board and widths it was decided to us a thin board profile (50mm) and that the boards should be 800mm long, a dimension that worked functionally for the construction and fitted into the structural levels of the house.

The cladding is essentially a traditional open weatherboard construction. The house is initially wrapped in Tyvek breather paper over the rigid insulation. Battens were set out at 800mm horizontal centres and the IPE cladding was all pre-cut to 800mm lengths with pre-drilled holes to speed up the installation and accuracy of the construction process. At our request the contractor constructed a 1:1 mock-up to test the construction of the façade and each stage of the installation was signed off by the architects before proceeding.

This enabled us to maintain a tight control over the building finish. Following the installation of the boards each board was pelleted and sanded before sign off.

Across the façade all materials – timber, render and glass – are in the same plane. This was done to further enhance the abstract planar quality of the façade. The windows sit on steel angles and are strapped back to the window heads and jams, meaning that they can be positioned flush with the timber, like holes cut out of in a thin surface.

Given the automation of the process and simplicity of the traditional construction method this delicate and refined façade took no longer and cost no more than a standard horizontal weatherboarding system. Yet the result is a distinctive façade with an optical ‘accordion’ effect and with the refinement of a piece of renaissance marquetry.

Architects: Alison Brooks Architects - Alison Brooks, Michael Woodford

Location: Wandsworth, South London, UK

Client: Alex Wingate

Area: 400sqm per house

Construction start: Junio 2005

Completion: Diciembre 2006

Phase 1 contractor: Unimead Ltd

Phase 2 contractor: Kaymac Construction

Structural Engineer: Price & Myers

Mechanical and Electrical/Health & Safety: Peter Deer & Associates

Quantity Surveryor: Carruth Marshall Partnership