Rear Window House Edward Ogosta Architecture

2018-06-13 09:00

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架构师提供的文本描述。美国友邦航空(AIA)爱德华·奥古斯塔(Edward Ogosta)的私人家庭住宅“后窗屋”(BackWindow House)是1944年一座平房的一种谨慎而又绝对现代化的增建方式，它位于一个拥有相同时代完整住宅的地区。这是宁静的关键，最小的设计是对环境的敏感性，以减少附加物对邻里的影响。通过仔细排列新的空间，并从战略位置上看，这座房子是开放的，与后花园融为一体。所有的外部和内部装饰都是统一的，使用了玻璃、铝、木材、沥青瓦和混凝土的有限材料调色板，创造了一种无缝的建筑体验。通过新的天窗、漂白的橡木地板，现有的室内装饰被更新为简单而明亮。还有白色的墙壁。这个项目的高潮是主卧室宽敞的后窗，其框架是铝制钢板和一个小池塘上方的悬臂。该设计展示了一种经过深思熟虑的战略性干预，可以为老房子注入新的活力，满足当代家庭的需求，并保持社区规模。

Text description provided by the architects. Rear Window House, the private family residence of Edward Ogosta, AIA, is a discreet yet decidedly modern addition and remodel to a 1944 bungalow in an area abundant with intact dwellings of the same era.  Key to the serene, minimal design was a sensitivity to context to lessen the addition’s impact on the neighborhood.  Through careful sequencing of new spaces, and strategically located apertures, the home opens itself up to become deeply integrated with the rear garden.  All exterior and interior finishes are unified to create a seamless architectural experience using a restricted material palette of glass, aluminum, wood, asphalt shingles, and concrete.  Existing interiors were updated to be simple and bright, via new skylights, bleached oak floors, and white walls.  The project culminates in the master bedroom’s expansive rear window, which is framed by aluminum-clad plate steel and cantilevers above a small pond.  The design demonstrates how a thoughtful, strategic intervention can breathe new life into an older home, serve the needs of the contemporary family, and maintain neighborhood scale.

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 Existing floor plan - New floor plan

现有平面图-新平面图

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虽然现有的房屋在几十年里作为一个紧凑的启动器住宅服务，但建筑师的不断增长的家庭需要在后院建造一个主卧套间。通过对最少数量的移动造成最大影响的哲学引导，Ogosta开始拆除一个大的居中定位的树，以释放简单的矩形体积的空间。为了加强新旧的连接，此外，在原来的家庭和整个社区都保持了传统的坡屋顶坡度，但在几何扭曲的情况下，在内部营造更加开放、通风的感觉。新的体积完全由沥青屋顶瓦覆盖，将建筑锚固到该地区的白话重要性上。

While the existing house served admirably as a compact starter home for decades, the architect’s growing family necessitated building a master suite extension into the backyard.  Guided by a philosophy of making the most impact with the least number of moves, Ogosta started with the removal of a large, centrally located tree to liberate space for the simple rectangular volume.  To strengthen the connection between old and new, the addition maintains the traditional pitched roof slope prevailing in the original home and throughout the neighborhood, but with a geometric twist to create a more open, airy feeling inside.  The new volume is entirely skinned with asphalt roofing shingles, anchoring the building to the vernacular materiality of the area.

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为了创造家的签名后窗，Ogosta集成了钢板和力矩框架，用于挤压铝包的外壳，悬臂从建筑表面伸出两脚。玻璃墙的特征是内置的门，通过阶梯式的混凝土基座通向后院的池塘和花园。窗户提供了被大自然环绕的强烈的私人体验，有时家庭远离城市。周围种植的高树篱减少了附近405高速公路的噪音污染，并提供了更多的隐私，帮助安静的气氛Ogosta和他的家人希望。

To create the home’s signature rear window, Ogosta integrated plate steel and moment frames for the extruded aluminum-wrapped enclosure that cantilevers out two feet from the building face.  The glass wall features a built-in door that leads to the backyard pond and garden via a stepped concrete plinth.  The window offers the intensely private experience of being surrounded by nature, and at times the home feels far from the city.  Tall hedges planted around the property reduce noise pollution from the nearby 405 Freeway and provide added privacy, aiding in the quiet atmosphere Ogosta and his family desire.

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受20世纪60年代的“光与空间”运动的影响，奥古斯塔试图创造清晰的瞬间，让人联想到一种宁静的冥想体验。走廊的尽头有意保持对陈设或艺术品的纯净，把注意力集中在天窗上方的自然光线上。在不同温度的交叉光线中，巧妙地放置小孔和天窗，在家中沐浴。创造一个微妙的戏剧和温凉梯度之间的相互作用，回忆起詹姆斯·特雷尔空间的经历。

Influenced by the California Minimalism practiced by the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, Ogosta sought to create moments of clarity that conjure a serene, meditative experience.  The end of a hallway is intentionally kept pure of furnishings or artwork to draw focus on the natural light coming in from the skylight above.  Strategically placed apertures and skylights bathe the home in intersecting light of varying temperatures, creating a subtle drama and interplay between warm and cool gradients, recalling the experience of a James Turrell Skyspace.